The Veterans of Stephentown will sponsor a Texas Hold’em Tournament at the Stephentown Fire Hall on Grange Hall Road on Saturday, February 21. [Read more…] about Texas Hold’em
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Stephentown Extra Helpings
The March pickup and ordering date for the Extra Helpings Community Food Buying Club in Stephentown is Thursday, February 26, from 3:30 to 6 pm at the Stephentown Federated Church on Garfield Road. [Read more…] about Stephentown Extra Helpings
Grafton VFD Breakfast
The Grafton Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Grafton Ladies Auxiliary, will be holding an all you can eat buffet style breakfast on Saturday, February 28, from 8 to 11 am at the Grafton Fire Hall on South Road (County Route 85) in Grafton. [Read more…] about Grafton VFD Breakfast
PVMCC News
PVMCC will host the Music & Art CafÄ this Friday, February 20, from 8 to 10 pm featuring Doc & Bill. [Read more…] about PVMCC News
Dyken Pond Bird Seed Sale
Are you running out of bird seed for your feeders? The Friends of the Dyken Pond Center is offering a pre-order bird seed sale fund raiser to support programs and activities held at the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center. This is a one time sale, and bird seed must be pre-ordered by February 26. [Read more…] about Dyken Pond Bird Seed Sale
Helen Cogan
Stephentown – Helen Olga Aubrey Cogan, 99, died on February 4, 2009, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, MA.
Born in November of 1909 in Calcutta, India, she began her education there before being sent back to England after World War I to complete school. She worked in London as a secretary for many years. In 1932 she sailed to the Philippine Islands to marry Edwin Osgood Cogan. Mrs. Cogan lived there until 1945, the last three years spent in the Japanese concentration camp at Santo Tomas in Manila.
Marion Burdick
Petersburgh – Mrs. Marion Marie Burdick, 81, a resident of Dean Road, Pownal, VT, died at the Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bennington, VT, on Thursday evening February 12, 2009.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, on March 4,1927, Mrs. Burdick was the daughter of the late Frank W. and Florence A. (Crandall) Stevens. [Read more…] about Marion Burdick
Edward J. Gormley
Hoosick Falls – Edward J. “Ed” Gormley, 72, of Endicott, NY, passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness on February 11, 2009, with his loving wife Joanne at his side. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on January 27, 1937, Ed was the son of the late Edward J. Gormley Sr. and Muriel Grace (Keppler) Gormley.
Margaret J. Hawks
Eagle Bridge – Margaret J. “Peggy” Hawks, 64, a resident of Shaftsbury Hollow Road, Eagle Bridge, NY, died on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT.
An Army National Guard Mission At Grafton Elementary School
by Judith Radford
On Friday, February 6, the Army National Guard completed an important mission at the Grafton Elementary School. Since October of 2008, students at the Grafton school have been collecting items to send to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Read more…] about An Army National Guard Mission At Grafton Elementary School