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Trick or Treat Nature Trail At Grafton Lakes State Park

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Grafton Lakes State Park will be holding its third Annual Trick or Treat Nature Trail on Saturday, October 30, from 5 to 7 pm. Kids can go on a fun adventure on the trail, challenge their senses with some nature mysteries and, by trail’s end, find some treats. The trail departs from Shaver Nature Center, 194 Shaver Pond Road in Grafton.
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Blessing Of The Animals Moves Indoors

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Payton Zedalis and Aleah Stowell share a chair while they wait for their animals, Tyler the dog and Dolly the cat, to be blessed in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. The planned outdoor ceremony Wednesday evening, October 6, was moved to the First United Presbyterian Church Hall because of rain. Rev. Donna Eli bestowed blessings on five dogs and three cats. (Bea Peterson photo)

Hundreds Turn Out For Walk To Prevent Suicide

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by Bea Peterson
On Sunday evening, October 3, the crowd of all ages, from families with youngsters in strollers, to teens, to seniors, kept growing and growing as people gathered for the first annual Community Walk to Prevent Suicide. This year the walk was in memory of two HFCS teens. Joe Sweeney took his life about six months ago. Tyler Marcoux’s death was very recent. [Read more…] about Hundreds Turn Out For Walk To Prevent Suicide

Cherry Plain Cell Tower On Schedule

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by David Flint
“Everything is on target” with the Cherry Plain cell tower, according to landowner Doug Goodermote. Despite earlier reports that work on the project had ground to a halt because of a legal matter concerning the proposed source of gravel for the access road, Goodermote and the tower builder both say that the work has been and is proceeding on schedule. Goodermote noted that Tim Giumarra Logging & Excavating was busy on Wednesday, despite the rain, working on the access road and digging a foundation for the tower.
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Semi-Pro Football Comes To Hoosick Falls

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The Storm Rolls Through
by Bea Peterson
Sunday, October 3, a New England Football Semi-pro League playoff game between the Rampage of Central Vermont and the Southern Vermont Storm was held at the HFCS Ken Baker Field. The Storm is made up of players from Bennington, Fair Haven, Jacksonville, Manchester, Pownal and Sandgate, VT, Lanesborough, North Adams and Williamstown,  MA, and Johnsonville, Troy, Shushan and Valley Falls, NY. It is also made up of Alex Hansen, Jeffery Hunt, Sean Lennon, Shawn Morrison, Warren O’Grady, Don Skott, Gregg Stroffoleno and Francis Tilley, III of Hoosick Falls and William Telford of White Creek.
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