The Grafton Community Library will be sponsoring a learn to dance Hip Hop program for teens and tweens on Tuesday, August 9 and 16. Two times will be offered: dancing for ages 8 – 11 will be at 7 pm and dancing for ages 12 and up will begin at 8 pm. The program will be taught by 15 year-old Phoenix Lim-Bassallo, a summer resident of Grafton, (also known as B-Girl NIX), who is both a hip hop artist and break dancer.
Pre-registration is not required, and refreshments will be served. For more information, visit www.graftoncommunitylibrary.org, or call the Library at 279-0580.
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August Events At The New Lebanon Library
• Wednesdays – 11 am – Tales for Tots Story Hour. Story hour includes crafts, songs and movement activities for children aged 1 to 5 years.
• Thursdays – 12 pm – Hug-A-Bye Babies – age appropriate stories, songs and movement activities for our youngest patrons and their parents.
• August 6 – 6 pm – Coffeehouse Night – an evening of music with popular Berkshire singer/songwriter Linda Worster; light refreshments provided.
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Second Annual Harvest Moon Dinner
The Hoosick Area Youth Center & Community Coalition invites the community to a celebration of the bountiful harvest in support of programs for youth and families in the Hoosick area. The Second Annual Harvest Moon Dinner will be held on Saturday, September 25, at the Hoosick Area Youth Center, 115 Church Street, Hoosick Falls.
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Grafton Historical Society Meeting To Feature Corn Husk Dolls
The Grafton Historical Society’s August meeting will be held at the Grafton Town Hall on August 18 at 7 pm.
The Society will host Dee Kronau. She has been making corn husk dolls since 1975. Her interest stems from their history. She feels they are a truly American craft that the native Americans shared with the early settlers. Her dolls have been featured in Doll Reader and Lady’s Circle as well as the Times Union.
For more information contact Dorothy Surprise at historicgrafton@aol.com or 641-9660.
Join In The Fun Of Cub Scout Pack 911
There will be an open house orientation at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Berlin on Monday, August 16, at 7 pm. Cub scouts are open to all boys in first through fifth grade. The cost of enrollment is $35. For more information, please contact Jim Akers at 658-0872. Hope to see you there!!
Hoosick Falls Soccer Registration
Fall soccer season is once again fast approaching. The club offers a travel league for boys and girls in grades 4 through 6 and an in house rec league for boys and girls from kindergarten through sixth grade. We also have an adaptive program called TOPS for 3 and 4 year olds and children with special needs.
Come check out our complex located on South Street in Hoosick. To get your kids registered go to Hoosickfallssoccer.org or call Andrea at 686-0734 or Sue at 686-0717.
Bentley Exhibit Of National Parks At Petersburgh Library
The Petersburgh Library invites everyone to experience the geological wonders of some of our western National Parks. The display of Randall “Randi” Bentley’s oil paintings hanging in the Library gives one the feeling of actually being in the Parks. The paintings will be at the Library for the next three months. Be sure to find her folder with brief explanations on the formations of these geological wonders. Also, beware of the Yosemite bears when in the Library!
Sarah Anne Goldstein And Kevin Wade Moss Are Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Goldstein of Berlin, NY, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sarah Anne Goldstein, to Kevin Wade Moss. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Moss of Henderson, NC. An October 3, 2010, wedding is planned to take place at Jiminy Peak in Hancock, MA.
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Sarah J. Howard-Prebola Makes MCLA Dean’s List
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) has announced that Sarah J. Howard-Prebola of Petersburgh was placed on the Dean’s List for the spring 2010 semester.
To be eligible for the Dean’s Honor List, matriculated students must be enrolled in six or more credit courses, attain a grade point average of 3.25 or better and have no incomplete grades.
Local Students Named To The College Of Saint Rose Dean’s List For Spring 2010
The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, has announced that Lee Dixon, a resident of Petersburgh, Cicely Parnas, a resident of Stephentown, and Madalyn Parnas, a resident of Stephentown are among 744 students named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2010 semester.
Full time students who complete a minimum of 12 credit hours and achieve a semester grade-point average of at least 3.5 with no grades of D, F, Incomplete or Pass/Fail are eligible for inclusion on the Dean’s List.