The world’s foremost klezmer fiddler, Alicia Svigals, brings her dazzling style of playing to PS21 in Chatham on Sunday, June 24, at 2 pm. The concert will include traditional klezmer tunes, Yiddish songs and some original and new music. The audience is encouraged to participate in the lively, expressive music by dancing, singing and clapping. “We’re the Jewish equivalent of a sizzling hoedown,” Svigals said.
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New Lebanon
Stephentown ZBA Sued Over Motocross
by David Flint
As he did two years ago, Lewis B. Oliver, Jr., attorney for residents seeking to block Howard Commander’s proposed Motocross park, has again filed an Article 78 proceeding against the Stephentown Zoning Board of Appeals. Oliver is challenging a decision the Board made in March in which, by a 3-2 vote following a public hearing, they rejected an appeal of the Code Enforcement Officer’s determination that no area variance would be needed for the project’s access road which is within 25 feet of a neighboring property. [Read more…] about Stephentown ZBA Sued Over Motocross
New Lebanon Town Board Action – Town Hall Project Progressing Swiftly
by Thaddeus Flint
Onward and downward goes New Lebanon’s new Town Hall. “If everything goes to plan we will be digging the trenches next week,” said Councilmember Bruce Baldwin at Tuesday’s monthly Town Board meeting. “It’s moving quite swiftly.”
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New Farmer Narrative Project At The New Lebanon Library
On June 18 at 7 pm the New Lebanon Library will welcome the New Farmer Narrative Project with a reception of light, local refreshments and a free film screening of the farmer documentary “Small Farm Rising,” followed by a Q&A with some of New Lebanon’s new farmers.
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Local Students To Graduate From TVHS
Students from Germantown to Schalmont, Hoosick Falls to Schoharie will walk down the aisle next week following four years of shaping the future of education.
The 28 students are members of Tech Valley High School’s second graduating class and have helped the school’s faculty and staff shape the future of education in the region and beyond.
The local TVHS students expected to graduate are Dallas Carr from New Lebanon, Corey Doughty from Berlin, John Hendricks II from Berlin and Nate Moseley from Hoosick Falls.
Olympic Runner Visits Walter B. Howard Elementary School
by Thaddeus Flint
The physical education department of Walter B. Howard Elementary School in New Lebanon recently hosted four-time Australian Olympian Benita Willis. Willis came to speak to the children on May 31 as part of the 33rd Annual Freihofer’s Run for Women “Elite Athlete Visitation” program. [Read more…] about Olympic Runner Visits Walter B. Howard Elementary School
Rev Tor Solo At The New Lebanon Library
Berkshire musician Tor Krautter will perform his Rev Tor solo show at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, June 14, at 7 pm. With the use of a looping unit, Rev Tor creates tasty yet infectious grooves and performs a large repertoire of well crafted original tunes and classic rock/folk covers.
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New Lebanon Library June Events
All of these events are free and will take place at the library which is located at 550 State Route 20.
• June 8 – Cheryl Bickford in concert – 6:30 pm. Acoustic music with a spiritual flavor.
• June 13, 20, 27 (event is on Wednesdays) – Tales for Tots Story Hour – 10:30 am. Story hour includes crafts, songs and movement activities.
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Two HerbFest Events At Darrow School
On Sunday, June 10, on the beautiful Darrow School campus on the grounds of Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, 110 Darrow Road, New Lebanon, Peter O’Hara, Landscape Volunteer, will be on hand to discuss and show highlights of the North Family Herb Garden (next to the North Family Forge) at 1:30 pm.
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Lebanon Valley Business Assn. Celebrates Herb History In New Lebanon
The first annual Mount Lebanon HerbFest celebrates the intertwining of herbs, local history and some highly topical interests in the heart of the Lebanon Valley, the birthplace of herbal pharmacy in the U.S. Taking place both in downtown New Lebanon and on the Shaker grounds of the Darrow School, the HerbFest explores the role of herbs in food, gardens, medicine and health from the early days of the Native Americans to present times.
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