HAYC3 is offering a babysitting course for anyone 12 and older. The class will be held on Saturday, October 13, from 10 am to 12 pm at the Youth Center, 115 Church Street, Hoosick Falls.
Participants will discuss basic safety, ideas for fun activities to keep children occupied, what to do in an emergency and other useful tips to make their experience as a babysitter successful and enjoyable.
There is a fee which includes training materials. It is $15 for HAYC3 members and $25 for non-members. Please register in advance by calling HAYC3 at 518-686-9050.
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Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon Announces Book Talk And Signing
The Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon will host a book talk and signing with author Eleanor Kuhns at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, September 20, at 7 pm.
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Defensive Driving Course In Berlin
Save on your car insurance by taking the Defensive Driving Course in Berlin on Sunday, September 23, from 9 am to 3:30 pm at the Seventh Day Baptist Church Hall. The cost is $25. Call Anne Maxon to reserve a seat at 518-658-2633 after 6 pm.
An Evening Of Jazz And Swing At The New Lebanon Library
Berkshire band The Limb Shakers will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Friday, September 21, at 6:30 pm. They will perform a program of old time jazz and swing music at this event, which is free and open to the public although donations for the performers are appreciated.
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Daniel Hammond Of Petersburgh, New York Army National Guard Soldier, Promoted
Major General Patrick A. Murphy, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership.
Daniel Hammond from Petersburgh, serving with Company E (Forward Support Company Infantry), 427th Brigade Support Battalion, is promoted to the rank of Specialist.
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Stanley Brostoski Paintings On Exhibit At Southern Vermont College
Paintings by Stanley Brostoski, a long time Shaftsbury resident who passed away in June 2012, will be on exhibit at Southern Vermont College’s Burgdorff Gallery in the Everett Mansion in Bennington now through September 25. Fifteen works on both canvas and paper show the artist’s interest in the natural scene as painted landscape and in the human figure as well. Brostoski last exhibited his photography at Southern Vermont College in 2005.
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HooRWA State Of The River Conference
“Irene +1” is the theme of the Hoosic River Watershed Association’s 2012 State of the River Conference to be held on Saturday, September 22, from 10 am to 2 pm at the First Congregational Church in Williamstown, MA. Admission is free.
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New Learn-to-Geocache Workshops Scheduled At State Parks
Three new learn-to-geocache workshops have been scheduled at Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, on September 27 at 5 pm and at Grafton Lakes State Park on September 29 at 1 pm. The cost to participate in the workshops at Saratoga Spa and Grafton Lakes is $3 per person. Please call the parks for more information and to reserve a spot in the class.
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William Joseph Andrick
Hoosick Falls – William Joseph Andrick, well known photographer in the Hoosick Falls-Bennington area for over half a century, died on Friday, September 7, 2012, at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls after a brief illness.
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Jerome Griffin Hunt
Averill Park/West Sand Lake – Jerome Griffin Hunt, 88, of Springer Road, West Sand Lake, NY, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at Rosewood Gardens in East Greenbush, NY, after a brief illness.
Born in Averill Park, NY, he was the son of the late Arbie J. Hunt and Marian Griffin Hunt and the husband of Edith May Face Hunt. He had resided in Averill Park all his life and attended Averill Park High School.
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