The Grafton Community Library is having a book sale on Saturday, December 8, from 8 am to 1 pm. Hardcover books will sell for $1, paperback books for 50¢, DVDs for $1 and VHS tapes are free. Stop by to support your local Library by buying books. Please use the rear entrance to the basement.
The Grafton Community Library is located at 2455 NY Route 2. Handicap access is available to the building. For more information on our events, please call 518-279-0580, email the Director, Stephanie Preston, at director@graftoncommunitylibrary.org or visit www.graftoncommunitylibrary.org.
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 3 to 7 pm, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm.
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December Events At The Stephentown Memorial Library
• Mitten Tree – Bring your gently used or new winter accessories (mittens, gloves, hats, scarves) and hang them on the Mitten Tree at the Stephentown Memorial Library. Collection will run from through December 14. We will donate them to a local agency for distribution to families in need. Children’s items are especially useful.
• Mozart and You Program – Saturday, December 1 at 11:30 am. Join us for an exploration of Mozart’s music with a new and unique twist. Using several of her favorite works by Mozart, cellist Annabelle Hoffman will lead participants on a journey into music. This is an interactive presentation that strives to give participants the tools to listen to and experience for themselves the power and beauty of the music. [Read more…] about December Events At The Stephentown Memorial Library
Berlin Fire Department Auxiliary Flea Market
Come join us for a flea market, breakfast and food sale. The Berlin Fire Department Auxiliary Flea Market will be held on December 2 from 7 am until 12 pm. This is a great opportunity to bring your craft items to sell for the holidays. Interested vendors should contact Tena Harrington at 658-2294. The cost for tables is $15. Please call ahead for a reservation.
Darrow School To Host Free Revels Performances
Are you ready for some revelry? Darrow School invites the community to its the annual solstice celebration, Winter Revels, on Friday, December 7, at 4:30 pm and Saturday, December 8, at 4:30 pm. Both performances are free and open to the public.
Darrow’s Winter Revels is a lively seasonal celebration, a favorite Darrow tradition, featuring spectacular Renaissance costumes and traditional madrigals and folk tunes. The performances also include other music, drama and comedy, as selected by the current students and faculty.
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Cheney Library Presentation – Books For Holiday Giving
Trying to choose just the right gift for a family member or friend? On Tuesday, December 4, at 7 pm the Friends of the Cheney Library in Hoosick Falls will be hosting the first of its “Love Your Library” events. Connie Brooks of Battenkill Books in Cambridge will be giving a series of talks about books suitable for holiday gift giving. She will have the books on display to order. Selections will be for book lovers of all ages.
Throughout 2013 The Cheney Library will be having monthly events in celebration of the Library’s 90 birthday.
Linda Worster Performs At The New Lebanon Library
Berkshire musician Linda Worster will perform at the New Lebanon Library on Friday, December 7, from 6 to 8 pm. The public is welcome, and the event is free, although donations for the performer are welcome.
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HAYC3 Basketball Program-Still Time to Join!
Registration is still open for the HAYC3 Basketball Program. This fun, recreational program, geared towards improving skills and teamwork through weekly practices and league games, is open to youth from kindergarten through eighth grade.
The program starts on Saturday, December 1, with co-ed kindergartners through second-graders from 8 to 9 am.
Third through fourth-graders are scheduled from 9 to 10:30 am. Fifth and sixth-graders will start at 10:30 am and end at noon.
Registration forms are available at HAYC3 located at 115 Church Street or on line at www.hayc3.org.
For more information call 686-9050.
New Lebanon Book Group To Discuss Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child
The New Lebanon Book Group will discuss the novel The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey on Sunday, December 2, at 11 am at the New Lebanon Library. Newcomers are welcome.
For further information on this free event, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
Marilyn Lamb Receives Rosekrans Award
Marilyn Lamb of Buskirk was chosen to receive the 2012 4-H Rosekrans Award. Marilyn is a 12 year member of 4-H and daughter of Chris and Terry Lamb. She is currently a freshman at SUNY Cobleskill majoring in Agricultural Business with a minor in Dairy Management.
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Nancy A. McCabe
Hoosick Falls – Nancy A. McCabe, 77, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Elm Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, and was the wife of the late Loren E. McCabe, who died in 1993.
Born on March 7, 1935, in Hoosick Falls, Nancy was the daughter of the late Edwin and Florence (Callahan) Webster. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in 1952. Nancy was formerly employed at Isola Industries in Hoosick Falls, Hemmings Motor News in Bennington and, currently, at HAYC3 in Hoosick Falls. She enjoyed annual vacations to York Beach with her family.
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