When most people read the words “blue canyon” they imagine a placid scene – maybe a green valley surrounded by craggy mountains underneath a perfectly blue sky dotted with clouds. But come September 3, for those who attend the rodeo at the Columbia County Fair, those images will change dramatically.
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Algonquian Peoples Seminar To Highlight Lebanon Springs
The 12th Annual Mohican Algonquian Peoples Seminar will be held at the NYS Museum on Saturday, September 15, from 9 am to 4 pm. Mohican Tribal members, researchers and archaeologists will do presentations of Mohicans, past and present. We live on Mohican land. Learn more about the land you live on. The Mohican Reservation is in Wisconsin, but this area is their ancestral land. The fee for the seminar is $20. Bring your own lunch. For information, go to www.nativeamericanhudsonriver.org or call 518-369-8116. This year we have several local towns being highlighted – Coeymans, Staats Island and Lebanon Springs.
Old Chatham Union Cemetery Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Old Chatham Union Cemetery Corporation will be held on Saturday, September 15, at 2pm in the Vedder Hall of the Malden Bridge Community Center located at 1087 Albany Turnpike, in Malden Bridge.
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Jean M. Wheeler
West Lebanon – Jean M. Drowne Wheeler, 66, of Schoolhouse Road, West Lebanon, NY, died early Monday morning August 27, 2012, surrounded by her loving family under the care of Community Hospice of Columbia-Greene.
Born January 27, 1946, in Troy, NY, she was the daughter of Molly Seaman Drowne of Chatham, NY, and the late Roland Drowne. She was the loving wife of Russell I. Wheeler, whom she married on May 25, 1968, in the Brainard Methodist Church.
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Laureen A. Cure
New Lebanon/Stephentown – Laureen A. Mitchell Cure, 69, (aka Nani, Sis or Birdie) of Route 22, Stephentown, NY, died suddenly at her residence on Tuesday, August 28, 2012.
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Trick Riding At The Columbia County Fair
Cellist Paul de Jong To Perform At New Lebanon Library
Internationally renowned cellist Paul de Jong will perform at the New Lebanon Library on August 24 from 7 to 8:30 pm. The program, which is free and open to the public, will consist of classical, traditional and original works accompanied by a collage of found video.
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Many Thanks For A Successful Fundraiser
The Trustees of the Cemetery of the Evergreens are pleased to announce that their recent Cabaret at The Theater Barn realized a profit of $7,303. A monumental success such as this is not possible without the assistance, cooperation and support of many individuals and businesses.
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New Lebanon Town Board Action – A Town Without A Rudder
by Thaddeus Flint
Tuesday’s meeting of the New Lebanon Town Board was a ship without a captain as the Town’s Supervisor, Mike Benson, failed to attend. Council Member Doug Clark did take the helm, but something was missing and some questions of residents and Board members remained unanswered. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action – A Town Without A Rudder
Butterfly Release In New Lebanon
by Bea Peterson
Lindsay Kuhn of Smoke Ridge Organic Farm in Bloomfield, NY, about 20 miles southeast of Rochester, had a long drive to reach the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, August 9. She arrived to a room filled with youngsters and adults of all ages anxious to learn more about butterflies.
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