The Stephentown Library Book Discussion Group will read The Help by Kathryn Stockett for their meeting on Thursday, February 3. This “Upstairs, Downstairs” of 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, is an illuminating and compassionate story. Recent grad Skeeter aspires to be a journalist and finds her subject in the lives of the black maids working for her friends and family. The clandestine writing project puts them all at risk.
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The Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Breakfast
The Grafton Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Grafton Ladies Auxiliary, will be holding an all you can eat buffet breakfast on Saturday, January 29, from 8 to 11 am at the Grafton VFW – Fire Hall on South Road (County Route 85). Belgian waffles, pancakes, French toast, eggs (made to order), bacon, sausage, home fries, toast, orange juice, coffee and milk are on the menu. The cost is $8 per adult, $4 for kids 12 and under and free for kids 5 and under. We look forward to serving you!
Extra Helpings For Stephentown
The ordering date for February bundles from the Extra Helpings Community Food Buying Club in Stephentown is Thursday, January 27, from 3:30 to 6 pm at the Stephentown Federated Church on Garfield Road. The Extra Helpings program is part of the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. It allows anyone to buy nutritious food at lower than retail prices. There are no limits on age, income, number of bundles or geography, so all smart shoppers are welcome and encouraged to participate.
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Halleran And Salamanca Named To SUNY Plattsburgh Dean’s List
Local residents Jessica Halleran of Berlin and Lena Salamanca of Petersburgh were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2010 semester at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh.
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Hoosick Cemetery Association Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Hoosick Cemetery Association will be held on January 22 at 1:30 pm at the Hoosick Baptist Church for the election of officers and such other business as may come before said meeting.
Drew Webster Curry College’s Dean’s List
Curry College’s Chief Academic Officer David Potash is pleased to announce that Petersburgh resident Drew Webster attained membership to the Curry College Dean’s List for the Fall 2010 term.
“Curry students who achieve the Dean’s List demonstrate deep commitment to learning and academic success,” said Dean Potash. “We are proud of them and their accomplishments.”
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Healthy Lifestyle Program
Healthy living is a spiritual and physical way to better living – from the inside out! The program starts Monday, January 17, from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Grafton Baptist Church (back entrance).
The program is free, and ladies of all ages are invited and encouraged to attend. The program will run every Monday at the same time and place.
We will provide support to living a healthy lifestyle – from what you eat to what you think, helping each other each step of the way. On-line and phone support is included.
For more information, call Amy Reger at 279-0565 or email hairorthere@verizon.net.
John L. Delurey
Hoosick – John L. Delurey, 84, died at Southern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, on Friday, January 7, 2011. John was a resident of Hoosick, NY, for almost 60 years.
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Beatrice M. Shiland
Hoosick Falls – Beatrice M. Shiland, 76, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2011, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Carey Avenue in Hoosick Falls, NY, and was the wife of the late Robert “Tink” Shiland, who died on December 2, 2010.
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Mary Curtis Harrington
Buskirk – Mary Curtis Harrington, affectionately known as “A,” 88, of West Hoosick Road, Buskirk, NY, died on Saturday, January 8, 2011, with her nieces and nephews at her bedside.
“A” was born on July 22, 1922, in Eagle Bridge, NY, at the home of her parents, Michael and Jennie McGowan Curtis. After her mother’s death at an early age, her aunt, Hannah Curtis, helped Michael Curtis in the raising of “A” and her younger sister, Luella.
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