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Bennington Museum Has A Record-Setting Year For Remarkable Gifts

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During the 2014-15 fiscal year, Bennington Museum was the recipient of a remarkable trove of artworks and historic artifacts, gifts that together are of greater significance than the museum has received in any other year in the last decade.

The Bennington Museum is both an art and a history museum, and approaches its collection with the philosophy that the two work together to tell the story of the region and therefore artifacts and artworks are displayed together. “The Museum’s goal is to speak to the past and the present, and inspire the future,” said Robert Wolterstorff, Executive Director. [Read more…] about Bennington Museum Has A Record-Setting Year For Remarkable Gifts

NYSDOT Paving Project Tying Up Traffic On Route 22

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by Alex Brooks

Complaints have been heard for years about the State not repaving the deteriorated roadway of Route 22, and now drivers held up by the paving project are gnashing their teeth because it is being done.

The State paved a section of Route 22 last summer from Stephentown up to Cherry Plain, and they are now picking up where they left off, doing a 9.2 mile section from Cherry Plain to Route 2. [Read more…] about NYSDOT Paving Project Tying Up Traffic On Route 22

Stephentown Town Board Action

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Stephentown Developing A Comprehensive Plan

by David Flint

The Stephentown Comprehensive Plan Committee is moving ahead with developing a master plan for the Town. At the Town Board meeting on July 20 Councilman PJ Roder reported that over 1,500 copies of a survey had been sent out to residents. Extra copies are available at the Town Clerk’s Office.

Roder noted that there would be a public workshop meeting on July 27 and the Committee is looking for input from residents as to what things are most important and what subcommittees will be needed. One subcommittee will definitely be set up to focus on the issue of emergency services which he said is becoming a major problem everywhere. Assistant Fire Chief Rik McClave will head up that subcommittee. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action

Sacred Heart Church Closed

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by Bea Peterson

On June 28 a very special Mass was held at Sacred Heart Church in Berlin. It was a Mass filled with memories for many. The Church was officially closed. The sign across from the Church announcing Mass hours is gone. Just the sign post remains. The Church that withstood the horrendous propane fire 53 years ago couldn’t withstand the changing times. [Read more…] about Sacred Heart Church Closed

Love’s Labour’s Lost

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Hubbard Hall’s Shakespeare In The Park Production

by Bea Peterson

On Saturday evening, July 25, Wood Park had a large gathering of folks in lawn chairs and on blankets and toddlers wandering very close to “the stage area.” They were all soon transported to Bryant Park during NY Fashion Week in the 1980s. This Shakespeare in the Park performance included singing and dancing, featuring pop music from that era. [Read more…] about Love’s Labour’s Lost

Grafton Planning Board Action

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Objections To Tree Cutting Stall Lot Line Adjustment

by Alex Brooks

The Grafton Planning Board held a public hearing on a proposed lot line adjustment on property of Michael and Julie Longo on North Shore Road at Babcock Lake.

Jan Shields, representing Babcock Lake Estates, said the previous subdivision for the purpose of transferring land from the Longos to Sean Nealon had been approved with the understanding that there would be no clearcutting on that land. She said he had cut “almost all the trees.”  Because of this she said she objects to the current lot line adjustment because she does not want to see any more land transferred that would be in danger of more tree cutting. [Read more…] about Grafton Planning Board Action