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Stephentown Historical Society Presentation On The Mount

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The Rev. Dr. Robert Loesch will present a talk on The Mount: the home and estate of Edith Wharton to the Stephentown Historical Society on Monday, March 5, at 7:30 pm. The meeting will be at the Stephentown Heritage Center on Garfield Road (County Route 26), Stephentown. It is free and open to the public. The building is handicapped accessible. For directions or information, phone 518-733-5675.
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Berlin Fire Department Breakfast

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On Sunday, March 4, 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.
Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for kids 5-10 and free for kids under 5. Please join us before church, grocery run or what you are doing for the day and have a great start to the morning.

Stephentown VFD Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner

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The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department’s 14th Annual Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner will be served on Saturday, March 17, from  4 to 7 pm. This all you can eat dinner is at the Fire Hall on Grange Hall Road. Take-out dinners are also available. Adult and take-out dinners cost $10. Dinner for ages 6 to 10 years cost $6 and kids 5 and under dine for free.

Girl Scout Cookies Are On The Move

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Girl Scout Cookies arrive in Hoosick Falls on February 25 and individual scouts will begin contacting their customers during the last week of February and early March. Girls and their parents/guardians will need cash payment for cookies prior to handing cookies over.
Did you miss out on ordering cookies from an individual scout or do you wish you ordered more? Don’t fret – local Girl Scouts will be selling at Stewart’s in Hoosick at the corner of Routes 22 and 7 on Fridays from 4 to 9 pm and Sundays from 2 to 7 pm and at the Big Moose Deli and Country Store in Hoosick at the corner of South Street and Route 7 on Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm between March 10 and April 1.
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Student-Athlete Tyler Pomakoy Recognized For Outstanding Academic Achievement

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Tyler Pomakoy, a student-athlete at Binghamton University, was named to the fall 2011 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll after achieving semester grade point averages (GPA) of 3.30 or higher.
Tyler Pomakoy, who is on the Men’s Soccer team and pursuing a major in Undeclared, hails from Stephentown, and attended Berlin High School.
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Clogging Lessons

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Come, have fun and learn clogging with the Hill Country Cloggers of Hoosick N.Y. Inc. Clogging lessons begin on Tuesday, March 6, at 6:30 pm at the Hoosick Falls Central School, Route 22, Hoosick.
For more information, call Margaret Pine at 518-686-7767.

Joseph Rieger, Jr.

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Stephentown – Joseph Rieger, Jr., 84, of Garfield Road, Stephentown, NY, died on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at his residence. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on February 9, 1928, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna Liedecker Rieger. He was the loving husband of the former Ruth M. Sweener, whom he married on August 30, 1952 at the Immaculate Conception Church in New Lebanon, NY. They have lived in the Stephentown area since 1953.
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