The Albany Area Amateur Astronomers will hold a public Star Watch on Saturday, April 25, at the main parking lot of the Grafton Lakes State Park at 8 pm, weather permitting. Please use the winter entrance off North Long Pond Road. Come early to catch a telescopic glimpse of the planet Mercury and the very young crescent moon. If it is very cloudy, the event will be cancelled. To inquire about cancellation, call Bernard Cognon at 658-9144 or Ray Bogucki at 658-3138.
Local News
Andrea Gundrum Whitelaw
Grafton/Petersburgh – Andrea Lynn Whitelaw, 41, of 18 Woodland Road, Niantic, CT, passed away Friday, April 3, 2009, at the Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London, CT. Andrea was born on July 19, 1967, in Troy, NY, the daughter of Gordon (Gunny) Gundrum and Elizabeth Styles Cooper.
Hilda M. Smith
Stephentown – Hilda M. Schrufer Smith, 71, of NY Route 22, Stephentown, NY, died on Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA, after a long illness.
Dorothy A. Bentley
Berlin – Dorothy A. Yerton Bentley, 89, of Greene’s Brook Road, Berlin, NY, died on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at her daughter’s residence under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
Vivianna Margaret Deysenroth
Hoosick Falls – Vivianna Margaret Deysenroth, infant daughter of Daniel and Jessica (Holmstedt) Deysenroth of Shaftsbury, VT, died on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY, where she was born prematurely on April 7. [Read more…] about Vivianna Margaret Deysenroth
Ruth A. Woffenden
White Creek – Mrs. Ruth A. Woffenden, 87, a resident of McCart Road, White Creek, NY, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. [Read more…] about Ruth A. Woffenden
JoAnne Harrington
White Creek – JoAnne Harrington, 54, of Lincoln Hill Road, White Creek, NY, died peacefully, surrounded by family and loving friends, on April 18, 2009, at the Rivers Edge Community Care Home in Bennington, VT. She resided on Lincoln Hill Road with her husband John Harrington.
Sixty-nine Dogs And Cats Taken From Hoosick Home
by Bea Peterson
On Wednesday, April 8, the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society removed 55 dogs, 16 of them nursing puppies, and 14 cats from a single-wide mobile home on Spicer Rd. in Hoosick. [Read more…] about Sixty-nine Dogs And Cats Taken From Hoosick Home
A Meal For A Mountain Lion?
by David Flint
A deer hit by a car may have made a meal for the elusive mountain lion reported to have been seen occasionally in these parts. [Read more…] about A Meal For A Mountain Lion?
Grafton Lakes And Cherry Plain State Parks To Close Two Days A Week During The Summer
Hours At The Bennington Battlefield Also Cut Back
by Kieron Kramer
On April 9 the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced changes in the 2009-10 operating schedules at a number of parks and historic sites in the Saratoga-Capital Region. The changes reflect a reduction in State spending at parks and historic sites statewide.