Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Alex Brooks
The Petersburgh Town Board did not have a lot of pressing business before it this week, but it had two audiovisual presentations.
The first was by the local Youth to Youth group (Y2Y), which tries to reduce alcohol and drug abuse through teens talking to their peers. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action – Youth Group Visits
by David Flint
Lynn Kane, 25 year Rensselaer County EMS and Fire Instructor, returned as guest speaker for the Stephentown Fire Department’s 2015 Installation Dinner held Saturday evening, January 10. [Read more…] about Stephentown Fire Department Installs Officers For 2015
HAYC3 is particularly proud to co-sponsor, with Hoosick Falls High School and St. Mary’s Academy, the Empty Bowls event on Friday, January 30, from 6 to 8 pm, in The Keep at The HAYC3 Armory in Hoosick Falls. All of the proceeds from Empty Bowls will be donated directly to local organizations that “feed Hoosick. [Read more…] about Empty Bowls
The New Lebanon Central School District has begun the process of registering students for the 2015-16 kindergarten and pre-k classes. Students need to be legal residents of the School District and reside with parents or guardians within the School District at the time of the opening day of school.
2015-16 Kindergarten Registration
Students must be five years of age or more on December 1, 2015, in order to register for kindergarten. Please call the elementary school office by March 31, 2015, at 794-8554 to ensure your child is on the registration list.
2015-16 Pre-K Registration
Students must be four years of age or more on December 1, 2015, in order to register. Transportation is provided for students who are four years old. Parents of students who are not four years of age when school begins in September will need to provide transportation to and from school until their child turns four years of age. Please call the elementary school office by March 31, 2015, at 794-8554 to register your child.
The Petersburgh Sunshine Seniors is having a fundraiser by selling tickets to the Harold Ford “Spirit of Johnny Cash” show at the Bennington Elks Club on January 31 at 7 pm. This show will be even better than the one Ford did at PVMCC in May because along with Laura Lucy as June Carter Cash it will also include the entire Cash band.
Pre-show tickets cost $22 and are available through Terri Taylor 518-658-2468, the Petersburgh Library, Papa’s Pizzeria and Hewitt’s Market in Berlin. A portion of the proceeds of this sale will be donated to the Petersburgh Sunshine Seniors. Sales at the door will be limited, and the cost will be $25.
Who said you can’t have a tag sale in winter? Why not rummage through your closet and unload what you don’t need – declutter your house of everything from minks to sinks.
This indoor tag sale will happen on Saturday, February 28, from 9 am to 1 pm, at the HAYC3 Armory. Vendor spaces are available; vendor forms can be found online at hayc3.org.
If you have any questions about this Minks to Sinks event, or for more information, contact HAYC3 at 518-686-9050, email contacthayc3@gmail.com or visit hayc3.org.
Make a great New Year’s Resolution, or help keep your resolution, by donating to a great cause! Please bring your redeemable cans/bottles to Nickelback Redemption Center on lower Carey Avenue in Hoosick Falls and donate them to the Hoosier Hopefuls Relay For Life team, donating to the American Cancer Society.
Unfortunately, cancer touches all of our lives, and we need to help fund research for a cure! Call Terri Burdick at 686-7851 for pick-up too! Why not even just donate a few as you bring your load down? Any help is appreciated! This is an easy way to help a great cause!
Darrow School invites all prospective students and families to attend one of two upcoming Open House sessions on Monday, January 19, and Monday, February 16.
Hosted by the Admissions Office, Open House events feature an opportunity to experience Darrow School. The visit will include an opportunity to learn in-class with students, an interview or information session, lunch with students and teachers, and tours of Darrow’s facilities and historic Shaker campus. Tour highlights include:
• student exhibits in Darrow’s state of the art, 12,000 square foot Joline Arts Center;
• the Samson Environmental Center and The Living Machine – a wastewater treatment facility, and
• the historic service-learning program, Hands-to-Work.
Darrow’s challenging and individually focused college preparatory curriculum features a unique combination of classroom instruction, hands-on learning and environmental consciousness. Our beautiful mountainside campus is a National Historic Landmark and provides an ideal educational setting.
Any interested families with students who will be entering grades 9 through 12 are welcome to attend the Open Houses. Darrow has a rolling admissions policy and offers mid-year enrollment on a limited basis.
To register, to request more information about Darrow or to apply online, please call 518-794-6006, email admission@darrowschool.org or visit www.darrowschool.org.
Howard J. Kogan, psychotherapist, poet and long time Stephentown resident, is pleased to announce the publication of a chapbook of poetry centered on rural life and people. The chapbook was published by the Benevolent Bird Press of Delmar, NY. The book is available at Sykes Store in Stephentown.
