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The New Lebanon CSD Board of Education seats held by Tracy Bingham and Monique Wood will expire on June 30, 2015.
Candidates wishing to run for the New Lebanon Board of Education [Read more…] about Nominating Petitions To Run For New Lebanon BOE Due April 20
A night of mystery and intrigue……
Celebrate Agatha Christie’s 125th Anniversary by attending the Hoosick Falls Drama Club’s production of the timeless classic The Mousetrap, the longest running show in British history. [Read more…] about HFCS To Present Agatha Christie’s The MouseTrap April 24-26
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“The history of Vermont’s relationship with alcohol reflects the struggle to reach a balance between personal freedom and the regulation of a powerful substance that can bring enjoyment or ruin lives.” states Callie Stewart, Collections Manager and curator of Alcohol in Vermont: Creation to Consumption, Tolerance to Temperance on view at the Bennington Museum from March 28 through June 21. [Read more…] about Alcohol In Vermont: Creation To Consumption, Tolerance To Temperance
Rensselaer County Kathleen Jimino and County Legislator Leon Fiacco helped stock local rivers with trout. [Read more…] about Annual County Trout-Stocking Ushers In Spring
by Alex Brooks
The Grafton Town Board held a special meeting to discuss renewal of the lease on the Senior Center. The current agreement with the County expires on April 30. County Attorney Stephen Pechenik was onhand, and Carol Rosbozom, the Commissioner for Unified Family Services, which includes the Dept. for Aging, and some other County officials. GraftonTown Attorney Sal Ferlazzo was also present. [Read more…] about Grafton Special Meeting Reaches No Agreement
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board and Planning Board met in a joint session on Monday, March 30 to discuss updating Petersburgh’s law governing manufactured housing. The meeting began with an on-screen presentation by Planning Board Chairman Frank Sheldon. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Revising Its 1985 Mobile Home Law
by Bea Peterson
Last year it began as a whim for HFCS teachers Damien Bundrick, Bill Clairmont and Rob Viera. They and other teachers and students grew beards for No-Shave November to promote cancer awareness. From there it grew into the Beard Off when the three kept their beards through March. For two lunchtimes they sold $1 tickets for a drawing when a student could shave off their beards in any fashion. They raised $400 and they decided to donate it to the scholarship fund for their friend and mentor Isabel McGuire who passed away that month. Perhaps a hundred students watched the after school event. And the three courageous teachers sported their odd looking shaves the following day at school.
[Read more…] about Beard-Off Raises $1,000 For Isabel McGuire Scholarship
by Thaddeus Flint
A snowy spring morning did not keep the family, friends and colleagues of New Lebanon Councilman Bruce Baldwin from filling the High School cafeteria Saturday, March 28, as they gathered to remember and honor him in his passing. [Read more…] about The Community Gathers To Remember Bruce Baldwin
by Mary Lou Walters
While on vacation recently Petersburgh Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst encountered a display of memorabilia about the ship SS United States, which brought back a lot of memories for him.
Krahforst, traveling third class and with $5 in his pocket, immigrated to the United States on the SS United States in 1953. [Read more…] about Ziggie And The SS United States
