The Veterans of Stephentown will sponsor a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, October 17, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located on Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. [Read more…] about Texas Hold’em Tournament
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Tsatsawassa Fire Co. Breakfast
The Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company will resume its monthly breakfast on Sunday, October 18, with servings from 8 am until noon. Breakfast consists of French toast or pancakes as well as bacon or sausage, toast, orange juice, applesauce and eggs prepared to your specifications. The fire house is located behind the post office near the intersection of Routes 20 and 66 north in Brainard. For more information call 766-3815.
Joan M. Jones
Berlin – Joan M. Jewett Jones, 69, of Route 22, Berlin, NY, died on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at Crescent Manor Nursing Home in Bennington, VT.
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Joanna Haight Adelberg
New Lebanon – Joanna Haight Adelberg, 92, died peacefully in the Hospice unit at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA, on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.
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You Gotta Hear This! Does Rodgers & Hart
Local performing arts group You Gotta Hear This! continues its journey through the American Songbook on Saturday, October 24, with “Isn’t It Romantic? Music of Rodgers & Hart.” The concert begins at 7 pm in the Blake Hall Theatre at the Hoosac School in Hoosick.
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Pumpkins Catapulted In Hoosick Falls
Pumpkinpalooza
by Bea Peterson
History websites state that catapults were originated in China around the third and fourth century BC. The first catapults were much like a big crossbow. They stood around 8 feet tall. What turned them into the design seen most often in books is the swinging arm mounted on a pivot. The crossbow string itself is not used to fire the projectile, it is used to move the arm which holds the projectile. Greeks and Romans used them. Almost every movie dealing with the middle ages shows them. Gunpowder and artillery made these humongous weapons obsolete… until now.
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What To Do With The Stephentown Elementary School?
by David Flint
An open meeting of the Berlin School District’s Stephentown Study Group on Monday was intended to “revitalize efforts” to explore ways the Stephentown Elementary School building and grounds could be available for Town programs and community needs. [Read more…] about What To Do With The Stephentown Elementary School?
Brownell And Goodermote Win WFP Primary
by Kieron Kramer
According to Republican Rich Crist, the Rensselaer County Legislative Liaison, District 5 Legislators Stan Brownell and Lester Goodermote won an important primary on September 15, capturing the Working Families Party line through an effective write-in campaign. [Read more…] about Brownell And Goodermote Win WFP Primary
Sister Kenan To Be Honored
by Bea Peterson
In 1963 no one imagined the impact Sister Kenan would have on St. John Francis Regis Church in Grafton, Sacred Heart Church in Berlin and the community in general. [Read more…] about Sister Kenan To Be Honored
Melissa Hake Receives Masonic Scholarship
Melissa Hake of Berlin recently received a scholarship from the Grand Lodge and Trustees of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York. [Read more…] about Melissa Hake Receives Masonic Scholarship