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Cheney Library Picks Of The Month

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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Philip Caputo’s 10,000 Days of Thunder, written for young readers (grades 5 and up), explains the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam to the intervention of the United States of America. Follow him to the battle of Hamburger Hill, to the Tet Offensive and to the fall of Saigon. Included are personal anecdotes from soldiers and civilians and photographs.
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BFD Breakfast

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On Sunday, December 3, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its fresh, hot off the griddle, monthly breakfast.  For your eating pleasure we include all-you-can-eat pancakes, French toast and biscuits for our homemade sausage gravy, sausage and bacon, toast, home fries and eggs (scrambled, sunny side, over easy or over hard).  Beverage choices include coffee, tea, (both decaf available), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice.
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Service Of Thanksgiving And Praise

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by Bea Peterson
Dottie Cross, Organist and Choir Director of the Christ United Methodist Church in Johnsonville and the West Hoosick Baptist Church combined those choirs with guest singers from ten additional churches to present an outstanding musical program with almost 50 voices on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, November 17 and 18. On Saturday the Welcome Blend was a part of the program, and on Sunday Harmony of Faith performed.
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Yule Log Tradition At The Dyken Pond Center

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Celebrate the outdoors this season by enjoying the annual Yule Log Event at the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center on Sunday, December 9. Beginning at 1 pm the story of the Yule Log will be shared, followed by a search for the hidden Yule Log. Guests can then enjoy this informal day at the outdoor campfire or make holiday crafts for the season. There will also be a children’s scavenger hunt as well. People of all ages are encouraged to come out, and don’t forget to bring your sleds! Hot chocolate and light snacks will be provided; feel free to bring your own snacks to share.
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Village of Hoosick Falls Gives Funds To Country Club And HAYC3

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by Bea Peterson
The Board of the Village of Hoosick Falls met on Tuesday, November 13. All members were present, including John Hickey who has been recovering from illness. At the meeting Mayor Matt Monahan said he had approached the Hoosick Falls Country Club about applying for a grant through the Village’s Economic Development Fund. [Read more…] about Village of Hoosick Falls Gives Funds To Country Club And HAYC3

Stephentown Honors WW II Vets

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by David and Pat Flint
Veterans Day in Stephentown this year was focused on World War II veterans. At ceremonies held in Veterans Park on Saturday, November 10, following the raising of the flag and laying of wreaths at the Veterans Monument, Tom MacVeigh, President of the Stephentown Veterans introduced the World War II veterans living in Stephentown.
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Grafton Town Board Action – Grafton Rejects School Building Again

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Petition Asks Town Board To Reconsider
by Alex Brooks
At the Town Board meeting on Monday, November 12, Town Supervisor Ray Darling said he went to the Berlin Central School and met with Schools Superintendent Dr. Young and some of the School Board members, but he came away with the same misgivings about the building that he had before.
A few minutes later Councilman Rick Ungaro offered a resolution declining the School Board’s offer to sell the building to the Town for $1, and it passed unanimously.
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