Scott Jansson’s family from Averill Park was able to watch the Air Force officer’s promotion to Brigadier General on May 17 live via a video hookup between Baghdad and the state Division of Military and Naval Affairs Headquarters in Latham, NY. Jansson’s parents, Wes and Eileen Jansson, sister and brother-in-law Susan and Neil Gardner, brother, Randy Jansson, sisters, Deanna Harrington and Aimee Dodge and Aunt Edie Beach watched the ceremony on a television monitor.
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Stephentown Memorial Library News
“Words from the Hills,” a monthly event at the Stephentown Library for those who share a love of finely crafted words, will be Sunday, June 13, at 3 pm. It is a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories and narratives. Both writers and readers are invited to participate, sharing your writings or perhaps reading from another author’s book, poem, short story or even something you may have found on the internet. [Read more…] about Stephentown Memorial Library News
Mittnight Junior Not Senior
Clarification
In our story about the Town of New Lebanon being threatened with lawsuits that appeared in the May 21 issue of the Eastwick Press, and in our other stories about New Lebanon, we have referred to Robert Mittnight who lives in New Lebanon. His name is actually Robert Mittnight, Jr. This was brought to our attention by Robert Mittnight, Sr., a resident of Stephentown.
Republican Party At The Bridgeway
The public is welcome to attend a party sponsored by the Stephentown Republicans at the Bridgeway in Cherry Plain on Friday, June 18. Appetizers will be served at 6 pm and dinner begins at 6:45 pm. This social event will be a chance to see your friends and neighbors and enjoy good music. Tickets are available for $10 per person and can be purchased from Janet Atwater, 733-9042, Tammy Madden, 733-5700, Susan Gardner, 733-5351, or Lorri Parisi, 733-6455.
Please join us for an evening to see old friends and meet new ones. This event welcomes local people or visitors from out of town. Call to purchase your tickets early before they are sold out.
Summer Solstice Celebration In Stephentown
On Sat, June 19, at 1 pm the Wyomanock Center for Sustainable Living of Stephentown will have a Summer Solstice celebration and potluck dinner to mark its ground-breaking, rain or shine. We will start building our cob-wood home at 1 pm – attendees are all invited to help mix the natural building medium of clay/sand/water/straw then join us for afternoon activities, a pot luck dinner at 5 pm (please bring a dish for a few), followed by live music and bonfire. Overnight camping in our field is welcome. A $5 donation is requested. For more information, please visit www.WyoCenter.org.
Theresa L. Purdy
Stephentown – Theresa L. Gardner Purdy, 72, of West Road, Stephentown, NY, died peacefully on Wednesday morning, June 2, 2010, at Albany Memorial Hospital.
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Hate Crime In Stephentown
by David Flint
Alan Schmelkin has many happy memories of spending summers and vacations in Stephentown while growing up with his brothers Neil, Martin and Steven. In fact Stephentown has been “a sacred place” to his family ever since his grandfather Joseph Schmelkin purchased the Cranston mansion on Cranston Hill Road back in 1919. Alan’s father and brothers grew up in that house and attended the one-room schoolhouse that is now the Stephentown Memorial Library. Alan recalled that his father, Benjamin, in 1989 organized a reunion there of the Class of 1919-20.
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Beacon Power And NYSERDA Sign $2 Million Contract
(Business Wire)
Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON) announced that it has signed a $2 million contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
NYSERDA will provide partial funding for critical grid infrastructure elements at Beacon’s 20 MW frequency regulation plant in Stephentown including interconnection components to allow the plant to interface with the New York power grid. NYSERDA will also fund certain other project aspects, including a visitor information center to be built at the Stephentown site.
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Historic Wedding Dresses At The Stephentown Historical Society
Anne Kiely will present a program on historic wedding dresses on Monday, June 7, to the Stephentown Historical Society. Because of a current renovation project at the Heritage Center, the meeting will be held at the Stephentown Fire Hall, Grange Hall Road, Stephentown. It begins at 7:30 pm and is free and open to the public. The building is handicapped accessible. For directions, telephone 518-33-5675.
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Sand Lake Historical Society Meeting
On Tuesday, June 8, the Sand Lake Historical Society will meet at 7:30 pm at Sand Lake Baptist Church, 2960 NY Route 43 in Averill Park. Gloria Waldron Hukle who resides in Averill Park will present a program about historical research and some of the characters from each of her books revealing the one that was drawn from old Albany life and who was the sole catalyst for all three works now known as the Waldron Series Books. [Read more…] about Sand Lake Historical Society Meeting