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Larry Eckhardt Caps Ten Years With Farm Viability Institute

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by David Flint

If farming in New York State is still thriving, despite loss of farms and rapidly changing opportunities and challenges, much of the credit goes to the New York Farm Viability Institute. One of the instigators and driving forces behind that organization has been Larry Eckhardt of Stephentown’s Kinderhook Creek Farm. Eckhardt retired this week from NYFVI’s all farmer, all volunteer Board of Directors after having served since its inception in 2005.  [Read more…] about Larry Eckhardt Caps Ten Years With Farm Viability Institute

Local Poets To Read At New Lebanon Library

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Local poets Trina Porte and Howard Kogan will perform selected readings of their work at on Saturday, April 4, at 1 pm at the New Lebanon Library. The readings will be followed by an Open Mic session during which audience members will be encouraged to share their own poetry. Light refreshments will follow. [Read more…] about Local Poets To Read At New Lebanon Library

The Courtney Carelli And Ryan Gardner Memorial Scholarship Spring 2015 Recipients

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Berlin Central High School students who are enrolled in Hudson Valley Community College “College in the High School” classes are able to apply for this scholarship in memory of Courtney Carelli and Ryan Gardner.  Courtney Carelli and Ryan Gardner attended both Berlin High School and Hudson Valley Community College.    [Read more…] about The Courtney Carelli And Ryan Gardner Memorial Scholarship Spring 2015 Recipients

Stephentown Town Board To Hold Public Hearing About NED Pipeline March 23

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This statement was submitted by Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline, a group organized to block the proposed NED pipeline.

On Monday, March 23 at 7 pm., the Stephentown Town Board will hold a public hearing at the Stephentown Volunteer Fire Hall, 35 Grange Hall Road, about the Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project, a large, high-pressure interstate transmission line proposed by Texas-based energy giant Kinder Morgan (through its subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline). [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board To Hold Public Hearing About NED Pipeline March 23

Hoosick Falls Celebrates St. Patricks Day With Parade And Events

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by Bea Peterson

The weather in Hoosick Falls on Saturday was not the worst it has ever been, nor the best is has ever been, for the Annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. The sky was overcast with just a drizzle coming down. The temperature was chilly, but not cold. The spirit was there, however, even if half the Town was headed to the HFCS girls and boys basketball games. The parade was made up of cheerful floats and great bands.

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New Lebanon Town Board – Missing Councilman Baldwin

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by Thaddeus Flint

For the second month in a row, the monthly Board meeting in New Lebanon opened on a sad note, with the remembrance of yet another of those rare-and-getting-rarer citizens that makes a town so much more than just a town. Last month it was Assistant Fire Chief, Mark Sheline. This month it was Councilman Bruce Baldwin who passed away while on vacation in Australia on March 9.

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