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Area Artist Exhibits At The Berlin Free Town Library

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The Berlin Free Town Library is currently hosting an exhibit of paintings and ceramics by local artist Gregory Winterhalter.
Born in New York City, Winterhalter moved to southern Vermont in the 1970s and is currently a resident of White Creek. He has been a faculty member in the Humanities Division at Southern Vermont College in Bennington since 1980. He works in multiple media (oil, acrylic, tempera, wax encaustic, watercolor, drawing media, handmade paper, printmaking and multi-media). In recent years, he has worked as a ceramic artist in stoneware and porcelain.
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Special Benefit Dance To Benefit Fire Victims

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The North Hoosick Fire Department will hold a special benefit dance on Friday, March 18, from 7 to 10 pm at the firehouse on Rt. 22.
The dance is to benefit the James Bettis family who lost their home to a fire on March 2.
Students who are 9 to 15 years of age and attend the area schools are invited to attend this special dance.

Grafton Fire Department And Ladies Auxiliary Buffet Breakfast

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The Grafton Volunteer Fire Department along with the Grafton Ladies Auxiliary will be holding an All You Can Eat Buffet Breakfast on Saturday, March 26, from 8 to 11 am at the Grafton VFW – Fire Hall on South Road (County Route 85) .
Belgian waffles, pancakes, French toast, eggs (made to order), sausage gravy and biscuits, bacon, sausage, home fries, toast, orange juice, coffee and milk are on the menu.
The cost is $8 per adult, $4 for kids 12 and under and free for  kids 5 and under. We look forward to serving you!

Hubbard Hall Does Our Town

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a review by Alex Brooks
The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall has opened a new production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Allen McCullough and Randolyn Zinn. McCullough and Zinn have rounded up a fine mix of locals and New York actors in the usual Hubbard Hall tradition of mixing amateur, professional and everything in between. The result is a thoughtful and compelling production.
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Local Student Composer In Sage City Symphony’s Annual Youth Concert

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On Sunday, March 20, at 4 pm, the Sage City Symphony, under the direction of Michael Finckel, will present its Annual Youth Concert at Bennington College. The concert will be at Greenwall Auditorium in the VAPA Building on the Bennington College Campus.
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Paul Raymond Moseley

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West Hoosick – Paul R. Moseley of West Hoosick, NY, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, NY, after a short period following a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Cambridge, NY, on December 8, 1920, to Harold Moseley and Mabel (Easton) Moseley and raised in West Hoosick on the Old Maple Lane Farm. He was ninety years old.
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