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Teen Night Events To Raise Funds For Youth To Youth Conference

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Youth to Youth Berlin has coordinated what it hopes to be several Teen Nights at the Bridgeway Ballroom in Cherry Plain. It is meant to not only be a night of safe, drug-free fun inspired by the Youth to Youth Conference but the first of monthly Teen Nights locally to provide kids with fun safe drug-free entertainment.
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Upcoming Events At The Stephentown Memorial Library

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• Make Your Own Terrarium – Tuesday, February 21, at 1:30 pm. Perk up any windowsill with a beautiful, low maintenance, coffee pot terrarium. Learn how terrariums recycle air and water, while creating your own miniature landscape using small plants, moss, vines and stones. This is a great way to go green. All materials will be provided, including a variety of second hand coffee pots. This free program, led by Casey Southard, is for anyone age six and up. Class size is limited so please call and reserve a spot for this fun project.
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Make Your Own Living Foods

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Vince Teachout, foodie and green living enthusiast, will conduct a workshop on living foods at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, February 23, at 7 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Living foods are uncooked, unprocessed, organic and, sometimes, fermented foods which contain natural living enzymes. Participants will learn about the benefits of these foods and also how to produce their own living foods such as sprouts, yogurt, kombucha, sauerkraut, beer and more.
For further information on this free event, please call the New Lebanon Library 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.

LEGOs® At The Grafton Library

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Feeling restless during Winter Break? The Grafton Community Library will have LEGOs® to build with and board games to play. Come to Winter Break Fun on Thursday, February 23, at 4 pm at the Grafton Community Library.
Winter Break Fun is for kids and teens.

Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department Texas Hold’em

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The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department  will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, February 25, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
A free buffet will be served at the first break, and refreshments will be available.
No advance registration is required, and a donation of $35 per player will be accepted. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 1,000 extra chips. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places.
For more information, please call John Linton at 518-733-0469.

GLSP Winter Recess Programs: Animal Tracks & Bird Count

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Grafton Lakes State Park is hosting a Winter Recess Program, Animal Tracks and Traces, on Saturday, February 18, at 1 pm. This program will include an introduction to reading the stories left in the snow by fox, deer, rabbits and other forest dwellers along with a short hike. Come dressed for the weather and learn how to track and trace animals found at the Park.
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Winterlude Event At Cherry Plain State Park

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On Saturday, February 25, the Friends of Cherry Plain State Park (FCP) are hosting an outdoor day of winter activities.  The event will be based at the Cherry Plain State Park entrance on Miller Road in Berlin from  9:30 am to 2 pm.
Depending on weather and interest, FCP will host snowshoe hikes, cross-country ski treks, ice skating on the pond or simply a good long walk. An animal tracking and nature observation event will be featured. If snow conditions permit, a free snowshoe demo is available for both adults and children on a first-come, first-served basis. [Read more…] about Winterlude Event At Cherry Plain State Park

Free Bird Nesting Boxes

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The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance has bluebird and wood duck nesting boxes available to the public for free. In 2011, the RPA collaborated with Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center and the Averill Park School District to build the boxes. Fourth grade students from Miller Hill Elementary School and Robert C. Parker school worked with older students to build the boxes as part of a service learning project. [Read more…] about Free Bird Nesting Boxes