Boy Scout Troop 65 of Hoosick Falls will be selling their fresh 14 inch balsam wreaths. Plain wreaths cost $12, wreaths with bows cost $14 and decorated wreaths cost $16. To order your wreath, contact Cheryl Downing at 686-4664.
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New Lebanon Book Group To Discuss Tinkers
The New Lebanon Book Group will meet Sunday, December 5, at 11 am at the New Lebanon Library to discuss Tinkers by Paul Harding. This debut novel received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Grafton Library Launches Annual Appeal
The Grafton Community Library’s annual appeal is underway, with letters recently sent to Grafton property owners asking for their support of this local gem. Use of the Library has been growing steadily every year for the past 15 years with 2009 circulation reaching a record of 27,809 items lent.
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Hoosick Falls Extra Helpings!
Join Extra Helpings and save money on your food bill. Extra Helpings is a community food buying club with no age limits or income limits. Now there are more choices and better quality.
The December choices which can be ordered then are: $21 basic bundle: 3.75 lb. avg. wt. Bavarian holiday ham half, 1 lb. pkg. chicken patties, 1 lb. pkg. hamburger (90/10), 1 lb. pkg. all beef hot dogs, a 20 oz. bag of peeled butternut squash and a 1 lb. bag of baby carrots.
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Texas Hold’em
The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, December 4, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located on Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
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Tsatsawassa Fire Co. Calendar Drive
Members of the Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company Inc. serving the Brainard and East Nassau area wish to extend their thanks for the support the residents in the district have given during their recent calendar drive. Together with the calendar we offered a news letter outlining events for the ensuing year as well as a list of officers and a self-addressed envelope for mailing donations which will aid your fire company in providing the service that we so proudly offer.
Special thanks to member Tom Carroll, who delivered the calendars to the district homes, and we are most appreciative to the Thomas P. Mooney Funeral Home in Nassau for supplying the calendar.
Yule Log Tradition At The Dyken Pond Center
Celebrate the outdoors this season by attending the annual Yule Log Event at the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center on Sunday, December 12. Beginning at 1 pm, there will a search for the hidden yule log. Guests can then enjoy this informal day at the outdoor campfire or make holiday crafts for the season. There will also be a children’s scavenger hunt as well. People of all ages are encouraged to come out and don’t forget to bring your sleds! Hot chocolate and light snacks will be provided or feel free to bring your own snacks as well.
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Kathryn E. Roberts
Stephentown – Kathryn E. Chamberlin Roberts, 80, of Route 43, Stephentown, NY, died on Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the Albany Medical Center.
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Baldwin Services
Funeral services for James W. Baldwin Sr. will be held on Saturday, December 4, at 1 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial with Military Honors will follow the service at Grandview Cemetery in North Bennington, VT.
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Gertrude M. Derby
Hancock – Gertrude M. “Trudy” Derby, 88, formerly of Main Street, Hancock, MA, died on Saturday, November 20, 2010, with her family by her side at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, MA, where she had resided for four years.
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