All of these events are free and open to the public and will take place at the library which is located at 550 State Route 20.
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Go Green! And Folktales At The Grafton Library
Go Green! Recycled Art
Come to the Grafton Library on Friday, April 13, at 2 pm for a special event with Lisa Hoyt from the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center. Learn about the recycling process and things you can make using recycled materials. We will also be making a souvenir using recycled paper. Please join us! This event is for kids and teens.
Fools, Fairies And Folktales
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Columbia Land Conservancy Offers Children’s Program At New Lebanon Library
The Columbia Land Conservancy will present “Animal Tracks” on Tuesday, April 10, at 2 pm at the New Lebanon Library. The program is oriented to school-aged children.
Tracks and traces can provide a glimpse into the lives of animals whose actions are otherwise hidden. Participants will learn about track patterns, identify the animals that made them and make plaster casts of local animals to take home.
To register, please contact the New Lebanon Library at 518-794-8844 or email leb@taconic.net by April 9. The New Lebanon Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
A Benefit For Lisa Minkler Hendricks
A benefit turkey dinner is being planned to help Lisa Minkler Hendricks (BCS 2000) and her family on April 14 at the Petersburgh Memorial Hall. Lisa is currently undergoing cancer treatments at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC.
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Cathy Raymond Kopa Breast Cancer Fundraiser
There will be a breast cancer fundraiser for Cathy Raymond Kopa on April 27 from 4 to 7 pm at the Brunswick Elks Club on Brunswick Road.
A ziti and meatball dinner costs $8 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under and free for children 3 and under. There will be a Chinese auction and a silent auction. Items to be auctioned include a gas grill, a 42″ TV, a kindle, a Keurig coffee maker and lots more great gifts. For more information, call Loretta at 279-1014.
Douglas R. Ogilvie
Hoosick Falls – Douglas R. Ogilvie, 86, of Palm Coast, FL, died Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Florida Hospital Flagler. Born July 31, 1925, in Hoosick Falls, NY, Mr. Ogilvie was a son of William and Ina Reith Ogilvie.
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Lucien F. Boucot, Jr.
Petersburgh – Lucien F. “Lou” Boucot, Jr., formerly of Petersburgh, NY, died on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital North MS in Oxford, MS, after a brief illness. He and his wife Pat lived in Batesville, MS.
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Barbara J. Sprague
Hoosick – Barbara J. Sprague, 84, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center. Formerly she had resided on Rowley Road in Hoosick, NY, and was the wife of the late Malcolm Sprague, who died in 1991.
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Rensselaer Land Trust April Events
On Saturday, April 14, at 2 pm, James Bell, hydraulic energy consultant, will lead a free tour and talk about waterfalls and hydroelectric plants. The driving and walking tour will include the 1908 hydroelectric plant in Schaghticoke, another plant in Middle Falls and two plants in Greenwich. [Read more…] about Rensselaer Land Trust April Events
Introducing The Cougar
by David Flint
Periodically The Eastwick Press receives reports from readers about sightings of mountain lions in the area. Quite a few of these have come from the Berlin-Stephentown area, and it generates a lot of interest as to whether these big cats are making a comeback, just as the coyote, bear, moose and wild turkey have done. This interest brought out a group of 20 people to the Stephentown Library Tuesday evening to hear nature author Robert Tougias discuss the topic and his new book, The Quest For The Eastern Cougar.
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