On Saturday, May 14, at 10:30 am, Laine Crandall and AnnMarie Keenan, local dairy goat enthusiasts, will be on hand with a few of their newly born kids – baby goats recently born to their herds in Grafton. They will talk about the health benefits of goat milk, how to get started raising goats, and they will have information on hand for attendees. Crandall breeds the American LaMancha dairy goat, and Keenan raises the miniature Nigerian Dwarf. For anyone interested, books and goats will be available for sale.
Both women are members of the Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association, which recently donated children’s books on goat farming to the Grafton Community Library. Other resources on dairy goat farming can be obtained for Library patrons through Upper Hudson Library System and nationwide interlibrary loan.
The Grafton Community Library is located at 2455 NY 2 near the Town center.
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The Mennonites In Lebanon Valley
On Monday, May 16, the Lebanon Valley Historical Society will present a program on the Mennonites in the Lebanon Valley at 7 pm at the Church of Our Saviour, Friendship Hall in Lebanon Springs.
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American Legion Auxiliary Post 937 Needs Members
Become a member of the largest patriotic women’s organization in the world. Members are needed for the American Legion Auxiliary Post 937. The meetings are the first Wednesday of each month at the Watipi building in Berlin. The only qualification is that a member must have had a veteran in her family who served during an active campaign. Contact Sue O’Neil at 658-9397 for further details.
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Tsatsawassa Fire Company Breakfast
The Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company, serving the East Nassau/Brainard area, will hold its final monthly breakfast of the season on Sunday, May 15, from 8 to 11 am at their fire house located on Firehouse Lane behind the post office near the intersection of Routes 20 and 66N.
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Benefit For Brunswick Boy With Cancer
The Rensselaer County Deputy Sheriff’s Police Benevolent Association will hold two fund-raisers in support of 10 year old Alexander Holcomb, a fifth-grader at Poestenkill Elementary School, son of County employee Cynthia Holcomb and Sgt. Shane Holcomb of the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office, who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma.
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Berlin Library Raffle
The Berlin Free Town Library is holding a raffle to raise funds for the library: think spring with our Basket of Garden Goodies Raffle!
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Stephentown Youth Commission Easter Egg Hunt Update
The Stephentown Youth Commission Easter Egg Hunt was cancelled due to weather. The celebration will now be held over the summer at the Stephentown Youth Commission Day Camp for children in grades 1 through 6. For pre-k and kindergarten children, please look to the Stephentown Memorial Library calendar of events to see when they will be hunting for eggs!
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Meetings On The Uses Of The Rensselaer Plateau
The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, New York Forest Owners Association (Capital District Chapter), Trout Unlimited (Home Waters) and the Black River Raiders are hosting two meetings about the places that matter most to the people of the Rensselaer Plateau. Participants will be asked to identify activities, values and areas that are important using maps and small group conversations. [Read more…] about Meetings On The Uses Of The Rensselaer Plateau
Immaculate Conception Confirmation Class
On May 1, fourteen young parishioners from Immaculate Conception Parish in Hoosick Falls were confirmed by Bishop Howard Hubbard at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany. [Read more…] about Immaculate Conception Confirmation Class