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Parent Toddler Classes At Mountain Road School

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Mountain Road School’s Parent-Toddler classes begin again September 22, 2011. We welcome parents and caregivers with children aged 18 months to three years. The program has been expanded to ten weeks and will be held on Thursdays from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., September 22, October 6, 11, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, and December 1, 8 (no groups will be held on Rosh Hashanah, September 29th or Thanksgiving, November 24th). [Read more…] about Parent Toddler Classes At Mountain Road School

September Events At The New Lebanon Library

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All of these events are free and will take place at the Library which is located at 550 State Route 20.
September 4 – New Lebanon Book Group – 11 am. The book to be discussed is The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Newcomers are welcome.
September 8, 15, 22 and 29 – Bright Beginnings Story Hour and Play Group – 11 am – stories and play for ages  up to 5 years.
September 7, 14, 21 and 28 – Tales for Tots Story Hour – 10:30 am. Story hour includes crafts, songs and movement activities.
September 7, 14, 21 and 28 – Hug-A-Bye Babies – noon – age appropriate stories, songs and movement activities for our youngest patrons and their caregivers.
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Labor Day at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village – Last Day to Visit

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Mount Lebanon Shaker Village closes for the season on Labor Day, September 5. This is the last weekend to visit. Village hours are 11 am to 4 pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Free guided tours will be offered at 11:30 am and 2:30 pm each day and leave from the North Family Granary. Visitors will learn the history of the Shakers at Mount Lebanon and what the Museum is doing to restore the North Family.
The complete schedule of these tours and other Museum events and programs can be found at www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org.

The Demise Of The Union Free School Building Delayed

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by Thaddeus Flint
The Union Free School building of New Lebanon has had its fate postponed yet once again, this time until August 31.
Bids have already been solicited for the demolition of the structure by the School Board of New Lebanon. The bids were to have been opened and considered at the August 17 meeting of the School Board, however this was put off after New Lebanon Town Supervisor Margaret Robertson appeared before the School Board with a resolution from the Town Board that the Union Free School be considered as a possible site for the Town’s next Town Hall.
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The Columbia County Fair; A Year In The Making

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The electric bill for 6 days is $10,000. Seventy-five engraved trophies are awarded. The trash fills a new dumpster every day. And Pepsi distributes 520 cases of water to food vendors. That’s just the beginning of what goes into the Columbia County Fair.
On Wednesday, August 31, the Fair opens its gates for the 171st year. Around 60,000 ticket holders will marvel at the new acts, grab seats for the headliners and chow down in the Food Court. But few will stop to think about the work that went in to producing this annual event.
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