The New Lebanon Foundation will launch its 2012 fund-raising campaign with a Trivia Night to be held on March 30 from 7 to 9 pm at the New Lebanon Junior/Senior High School on Route 22. Test your trivia knowledge in a number of diverse categories while enjoying time with your team of up to six family members and friends, or join a team on the spot. Door prizes, a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle will add to the evening’s entertainment.
For additional information please call Barbara Ruhe at 518-794-9490. The cost is $10 per person. All proceeds benefit the New Lebanon Arts and Humanities Fund, a fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
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George Rickey Sculpture Exhibit To End
The 2011 Sculpture in the Streets exhibition featuring the late American kinetic sculptor George Rickey is nearing the end of its stay in downtown Albany. On March 26, the sculptures, some as large as 14 feet high and 22 feet wide, will be taken down and returned to The George Rickey Foundation in East Chatham. [Read more…] about George Rickey Sculpture Exhibit To End
Shaker Swamp Conservancy Granted Tax Exempt Status
The Shaker Swamp Conservancy, a nonprofit community based organization in New Lebanon, has recently been granted tax-exempt status by the IRS. Now a 501c3 entity, the Conservancy can seek tax-deductible donations to continue work on research into Shaker Swamp history and ecology and its potential for recreation and tourism. The mission of the Shaker Swamp Conservancy is “to preserve the Shaker Swamp as a unique and defining asset of the Lebanon Valley, to promote understanding of this natural resource and its human heritage and to create related opportunities for public access, education and recreation.”
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Tsatsawassa Fire Co. Breakfast
The Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company will hold its monthly breakfast on Sunday, March 18, with servings from 8 until 11 am at a cost of $6. Breakfast consists of your choice of French toast or pancakes as well as bacon or sausage, toast, orange juice, applesauce, beverages and eggs prepared to your specifications.
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The Union Free School Mural Is Missing
submitted by Margaret Robertson
The mural and its wall was the last part to come down unscathed, amid the smashing of everything else. [Read more…] about The Union Free School Mural Is Missing
New Lebanon Book Group To Discuss Old Filth
The New Lebanon Book Group will discuss the novel Old Filth by Jane Gardam on Sunday, March 4, at 11 am at the New Lebanon Library. Newcomers are welcome.
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Folk Duo Divinitress At The New Lebanon Library
Local acoustic folk duo Divinitress will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Friday, March 9, from 7 to 9 pm. Their blend of harmonies and acoustic instruments give their music a unique and uplifting sound. This event is free and open to the public, although donations for the performers are welcome.
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Richard J. Blood
New Lebanon – Former New York Daily News City Editor Richard J. Blood, who nurtured young writers in the newsroom and the classroom during a long journalistic career, has died of respiratory failure.
Mr. Blood, 83, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan. He spent 28 years in the newspaper business, including a dozen at The News – first as night city editor then as day city editor – when it was the nation’s largest circulation newspaper.
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Alice Joyce Styner
Lebanon Springs – Joyce Styner, born October 17, 1914, widow of Tony Styner, died peacefully at her home in Lebanon Springs, NY, in the small hours of Thursday, February 23, 2012. She was 97. [Read more…] about Alice Joyce Styner
Court Clerk Sues New Lebanon For $139k
by Thaddeus Flint
A former Court Clerk with the Town of New Lebanon has initiated a lawsuit against the Town, the Town Board, Town Board Member Douglas Clark and two Town Justices and is demanding $139,000 as a settlement for what she believes was “unlawful termination from employment.”
Diane Reynolds-Brown was a Court Clerk with the New Lebanon courts from December 2007 until January 19, 2012, at which time her two year appointment was terminated in a letter signed by Town Justices Jessica Byrne and Jack Nevers. According to the Claim, Reynolds-Brown was “terminated without any due process.”
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