May 27, Monday – Treasure Hunt at 10 am. Follow the map, find the clues and, with luck, your team will find the loot! Pre-registration is required; call 279-1155. The cost to enter is $2 per person or $5 per family.
May 27, Monday – Memorial Day Sand Sculpture Treasure Hunt. Registration is at 12:30 pm. Judging is at 2 pm and awards at 3 pm. There will be prizes for all.
May 31, Friday – Star Watch. Join members of the Albany Area Astronomers and explore the night sky. Enter via the winter entrance, and meet at the Deerfield pavilion. The rain date is Saturday, June 1. Call 658-9144 to confirm.
National Trails Day
Saturday, June 1, is National Trails Day. Come out for a morning of fun cleaning up the Park’s trails, and enjoy a complimentary barbecue and prize raffle at noon. Registration is at 9 am; work from 9:30 to 12 pm. Please pre-register by May 31 at 279-1155.
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Grafton Lakes and Cherry Plain State Parks Kick Off Summer Season
The two local State parks will kick off their summer season on Memorial Day weekend opening for boating, hiking and countless other recreational opportunities. Cherry Plain State Park will open for camping, swimming and day use, on weekends only, starting Saturday, May 25. Grafton Lakes State Park is currently open daily from 8 am to dusk, and the swimming season begins May 25.
The sandy beach at Grafton Lakes will be open for swimming Friday-Tuesday, May 25 through June 24 and then daily until Labor Day from 10 am to 6 pm. From July 1 through Labor Day, Cherry Plain State Park’s beach schedule will be daily 10 am to 6 pm. Both beach areas are equipped with comfort stations. GLSP’s swimming area and bathhouses are handicapped-accessible.
Boating opportunities at the parks include canoeing, rowing, kayaking, sailing and the use of electric powered motors. Rowboats and canoes are available for rental at both facilities. Kayaks are also available at GLSP. Boat rentals will be available at both sites on weekends only until July 1. The rental schedule will be expanded during July and August. The public may launch their own boats during park open hours from designated boat launches.
Cherry Plain State Park will offer camping on weekends only, May 29 through July 1, and then daily through Labor Day. For reservations, visit www.reserveamerica.com.
Both parks also offer numerous hiking trails and excellent fishing opportunities as well as summer programming. For summer fun enthusiasts, GLSP has playgrounds, a softball field, volleyball nets, horseshoe pits and a basketball court as well as a variety of day use tent and pavilion rentals. The park will also offer summer programs. The May and June calendar is currently available online at www.nysparks.com/parks.
Starting Memorial Day weekend, vehicle user fees are $8 per car when the beach is open and $6 per car when the beach is closed at both parks through Labor Day.
For more information about upcoming programs or for directions to the parks, please contact GLSP at 518-279-1155. For more information about New York State Parks, please visit our website at www.nysparks.com.
The Hoosick Healing Arts And Psychic Festival
A Healing Arts and Psychic Festival will be held from noon to 6 pm on Saturday, June 15, at the Hoosick Falls Armory, 80 Church Street. The festival will offer holistic health practitioners, readings from psychics, animal communicators, tarot, nutrition, therapeutic touch, gems, jewelry, massages, reiki and more. Free workshops on healing foods, mandalas, auras and sacred sounds will be offered with admission. Admission is $5 for HAYC3 members and $7 for non-members. For more information on participating, being a vendor and workshop schedule, visit the website at www.hayc3.org or call 518-686-9050.
Mable M. Tripp
Petersburgh – Mable M. Tripp, 94, a longtime Petersburgh, NY, resident, died on Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls.
Born July 31, 1918, in Petersburgh, she was the daughter of the late William and Minnie Scriven Reinicke, who both died in the flu epidemic of 1919. She was raised by George and Augusta Scriven since the age of six. Educated in Petersburgh and a graduate of the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY, Mable worked at Polygraphic in North Bennington, VT, and at the dentist office of Evans & Bacon in Troy, NY. She was a devoted member of the Petersburgh Baptist Church, the Petersburgh Senior Citizens and the Eastern Star. Besides her parents, she is pre-deceased by her husband, Raymond “Mark” Tripp, her brother, Lewis and his wife Edith Scriven, and her sisters, Dorothy and husband Robert Lent and Grace and husband William O’Dell.
Survivors include her niece and caregiver, Linda, widow of the late William Sharper, her sister-in-law, Elaine and husband Scotty Prentiss, her Goddaughter, Donna Hoyt, and her special nieces, Jean and husband Marvin Erbesfeld, Virginia Phillips, Tammy and husband Stephen Whitman and Kimberly Phillips, along with other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are on Friday afternoon at 1 pm in the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home, 66 Armsby Road, Petersburgh, with Rev. J. Mark Norland officiating. Burial will follow in Meadowlawn Cemetery.
Relatives and friends are invited for visitation at the funeral home from 11 am until the start of the service on Friday. To remember Mable in a special way, memorial contributions to the Second Chance Shelter, P.O. Box 620, Shaftsbury, VT, 05262, would be appreciated.
Judith A. Harrington
Hoosick Falls – Judith Ann “Judi” Harrington, 48, of Railroad Avenue, Hoosick Falls, NY, died on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls after a valiant and courageous 18 month battle against cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Born in Cambridge, NY, on August 7, 1964, Judi was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and MaryJane E. Trimble Harrington Sr. A lifelong resident of Hoosick Falls, Judi was a 1982 graduate of St. Mary’s Academy and a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church. She attended Putnam School of Nursing in Bennington, VT. She worked as a LNA at the Bennington Health and Rehab and, for the last 16 years, as a Certified Nursing Assistant at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls (formerly Hoosick Falls Health Center), where she made many lasting friendships. Judi was a past member of the Hoosick Falls American Legion Post 40 Ladies Auxiliary and Town of Hoosick Junior Rescue Squad. She enjoyed crafting, gardening and especially tending to her rosebushes, which brought her much joy. Judi was also an avid cook who loved to bake and prepare culinary delights for all those around her. She took much pride in her home and loved spending time at the poolside surrounded by her gardens. Judi had a great passion for shopping. Her true love was that of her family and the many friendships she had. She had a smile that “would brighten the room” and always made those around her comfortable. She will be sorely missed.
Judi is survived by her brother, Thomas E. Harrington, Jr., her sister, Mary Dianne “Celeste” Harrington, her nephew, Thomas John “TJ” Harrington, her niece, Lorianne Elizabeth Harrington, her dearest friends, Nancy and Kelly Haynes and their daughter Kelsey (who is Judi’s goddaughter whom she called the “Tuna”) all of Hoosick Falls, her furry friends, Kermit, Daisey, Leo, Saidie, Sache, Pacheo, and her bird, Harley, along with numerous friends and work family. She is pre-deceased by a baby sibling.
Funeral services began on Tuesday, May 21, at 10 am in the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home, 66 Armsby Road, Petersburgh, NY, and then at 11 am in the Immaculate Conception Church, Main Street, Hoosick Falls, where Father Tom Zelker celebrated a Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial. Judi will be laid to rest next to her parents in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Relatives and friends were invited for visitation in the funeral home on Monday, May 20, from 4 to 8 pm.
To remember Judi in a special way memorial contributions may be made to the Activity Fund at the Center for Nursing and Rehabiliation at Hoosick Falls, the Town of Bennington Rescue Squad or the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 361, Petersburgh, NY, 12138, in loving memory of Judith A. “Judi” Harrington.
Brewery On The Walloomsac About To Start Production
by Bea Peterson
It’s almost there. Garry and Kelly Brown’s dream of a brewery on the Walloomsac River in North Hoosick in the old Flomatic plant is very close to reality – very, very close. On Thursday, May 9, a tour of the plant showed all the equipment in place. Tour guide Gregg Stacy, Brown’s Vice President and Director of Marketing and Sales, said they were just waiting for some manufactured parts to arrive so they can begin brewing.
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Stephentown Motocross Hearing Draws Huge Crowd
by David Flint
Over 100 persons crowded into the Stephentown Town Hall Tuesday evening at a public hearing on Howard Commander’s proposed Motocross track. But those hoping to hear a decision after three years of talk will have to wait another week. [Read more…] about Stephentown Motocross Hearing Draws Huge Crowd
Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action – HAYC3 Seeks $60,500 Loan From Village
by Bea Peterson
All the chairs in the Hoosick Falls Village Board meeting room on Tuesday, May 14, were filled. Other people either stood against the walls or sat on the floor. Many of those attending the meeting were HFCS students completing their Government class assignment.
At the start of the third hour of the meeting Mayor David Borge began a discussion of the agenda item on Economic Development guidelines. He suggested the $10,000 cap limit be lifted and that each business approaching the Board for Economic Development funds be judged on its own merit. [Read more…] about Village Of Hoosick Falls Board Action – HAYC3 Seeks $60,500 Loan From Village
Another Public Hearing On The New Lebanon Sidewalks Project
by Thaddeus Flint
The first public hearing on the New Lebanon Sidewalks Project, held at the Town Hall back in March, was so popular not everyone could get in. Some had wondered if it should really be considered a Public Hearing if only a tiny portion of the public could get in.
While the design firm behind the project, Creighton Manning of Albany, insisted that the requirements for a hearing had been met, New Lebanon Town Supervisor Mike Benson decided to hold a second hearing Monday night, May 13. This one was held in the high school gymnasium, which accommodated everyone, and nobody had to stand out by the bathrooms or in the parking lot like last time.
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