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BCS Alumni Association 75th Reunion

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Please help us celebrate the 75th Alumni Reunion on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Troy, NY.

All alumni, staff, faculty and retirees of Berlin Central School are cordially invited.  We will be honoring the classes of 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015.

Join us for an evening of good food, friends and entertainment.  There will be several retired teachers in attendance this year including Joanne Pederson, former choir teacher.

For more information visit www.berlincentral.org and click on  District and Alumni. To update your mailing address, please like us on Facebook or email BerlinCentralalumni@yahoo.com.

Celebrating The Birth Of Buddha

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The Grafton Peace Pagoda is holding a Flower Festival Celebrating the Birth of the Buddha and a Mother’s Day Celebration on Sunday May 10 at 11 am. Everyone is invited to join us in celebrating Buddha’s Birth in this world and in reawakening our belief in humanity’s noble, spiritual purpose on this earth. This will be a traditional Buddhist Ceremony with interfaith prayers. The speaker will be Mark Johnson sharing stories of the NPT Walk for a Nuclear Free Future.

There will be music and dance and a Pot Luck Lunch. Everyone is welcome to bring a dish to share, vegetarian options preferred.

Pearl Crandall Jones Burial

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A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 2 at 2 pm at the Meadowlawn Cemetery in Petersburgh for Pearl E. Crandall Jones, 74, of Hoosick Falls and formerly of Berlin who died on February 5, 2015. Arrangements are by the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home in Petersburgh.

Petersburgh Town Board Action – A Delicate Situation

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Supervisor Krahforst Agrees To Consent Order Regarding Unpermitted Construction Work

by Alex Brooks

There were a number of closed door meetings in Petersburgh on April 20, before and during the Petersburgh Town Board meeting. When the Town Board came out of Executive Session, the Town Attorney divulged what he called “a delicate situation” that has been going on behind the scenes for the past two months. [Read more…] about Petersburgh Town Board Action – A Delicate Situation