Chess Instruction for Kids
Saturday, March 14, at 10 am. Instruction for kids, but players at all levels are welcome.
Poetry Group
Monday, March 16, at 6 pm. Poets age 12 and older are invited to come and share their work.
Local News
PVMCC News
PVMCC is pleased to announce an award of $750 from the Stewart’s Holiday Match Grant to fund the purchase of teen recreation equipment. The popular monthly Teen Night Program will resume again on April 24.
Spring Session Of The Eastwick Choir Begins
You Gotta Hear This! Presents, Inc. announces that rehearsals for the Eastwick Community Choir will begin on Tuesday, March 24, at 7 pm at the Petersburgh Veteran’s Memorial Community Center, 71 Main Street, Petersburgh. [Read more…] about Spring Session Of The Eastwick Choir Begins
Stephentown Historical Society Meeting Is Rescheduled Again
The talk by M.E. Kemp, writer of historical mysteries, on Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 to the Stephentown Historical Society has been rescheduled a second time to Monday, March 16, because of weather. The meeting is at 7:30 pm at the Heritage Center on Garfield Road in Stephentown. It is free and open to the public. The building is handicapped accessible. For directions, telephone 518-733-5675.
Girl Scout Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball
The Girl Scout Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball will provide an evening of dancing for the whole family. The Ball is Saturday, March 28, from 7 to 10 pm at the Walter B. Howard Elementary School in West Lebanon. Semiformal or formal attire is required.
Tickets, which cost $5, are available at Angel’s Trumpet and at the Stephentown Memorial Library.
Final Shatford Little League Registration
The Shatford Little League will be holding its final registration on Saturday, March 21, from 10 am to noon at Shatford Park in New Lebanon. Children ages 5 to 16 who live within the Shatford Little League boundaries in Eastern Rensselaer and Eastern Columbia Counties are eligible to enroll to play Shatford Little League Baseball.
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Richard F. Brown
Stephentown – Richard Frederick Brown, 64, a lifelong resident of Stephentown, NY, died on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia, PA, due to complications from pancreatic cancer.
Ralph O. Oakes, Jr.
Berlin – Ralph Otis Oakes, Jr., 46, of Satterlee Hollow Road in Berlin, NY, died on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY, after being stricken on his way to the hospital.
Freling S. Smith
Stephentown – Freling S. Smith died peacefully at home on March 4, 2009. Born on November 30, 1915, in New York City, he was the son of Freling H. and Minnie Allen Smith. Mr. Smith attended the Collegiate School in Manhattan and Rollins College. As a young man, he moved to Stephentown, NY, where he farmed and where he raised his family.
Berlin Fire Dept. Installation
by Alex Brooks
The Berlin Volunteer Fire Company held its Annual Installation Banquet on Saturday evening, February 28, celebrating 105 years of service since its inception in 1904.