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Celebrate Spring Vacation Week At SML

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Webkinz Party – Kick off the week with a Webkinz gathering at the Library. Bring your favorite Webkinz pets on Monday, April 5, from 11 am to 2 pm and meet other Webkinz owners for socializing and snacks. There will be extra computers available for all attendees to use to log in to their Webkinz account. A special tea party will be held for the pets, and there will be door prize drawings for Webkinz items. Come and bring your friends!
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Texas Hold’em

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The Stephentown Fire Department will sponsor a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, April 10, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located on Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
No advance registration is required, and a donation of $25 per player is accepted. Players can pay at the door and can buy 1,000 extra chips for $10. This tournament will pay eight places; the first player out receives $25 back.
Hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, bottled water, soda and coffee will be available for purchase.
For further information, please call John at 518-733-0469.

AARP Defensive Driving Course

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The Everett Wagar Senior Center, 2 Roxborough Road, Grafton, will be holding an AARP Safe Driving Course, Wednesday, April 28, and Thursday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm with a break at noon for lunch. Save up to 10% on your car insurance. The cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. Please call Penny at 279-3413 for reservations – spaces are limited!

Stephentown Annual Easter Egg Hunt

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The Stephentown Youth Commission Annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place on  Saturday, April 3, at 12:30 pm at the  Stephentown Firemen’s Pavilion on Grange Hall Road. The hunt is for children pre-k through fifth grade. This event will be held entirely outdoors – please dress appropriately.  Don’t forget your Easter basket to collect your treats. The Easter Bunny will be hopping around! Adult supervision is required.
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Restoring Cemeteries

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Joseph Ferrannini will give an illustrated talk on restoring cemeteries on Monday, April 5, to the Stephentown Historical Society. The meeting is at 7:30 pm at the Heritage Center on Garfield Road (County Route 26) in Stephentown. It is free and open to the public. The building is handicapped accessible. For directions, telephone 518-733-5675.
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This Weekend At Stephentown Memorial Library

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Tween Night featuring Guitar Hero –  Join us on Friday, March 26, at 6:30 pm for fun for Tweens.  This popular monthly program for tweens age 10-14 is a great way to spend an evening.  This month features Guitar Hero on our big screen in the Community Room.  We will have pizza, snacks and more.  Come on out and bring your friends!
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Stephentown Book Group To Meet

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The Stephentown Library Book Discussion Group will read Kaaterskill Falls: a Novel by Allegra Goodman for its meeting on Thursday, April 1.  A rich exploration of the summer of 1976 in a tiny Catskill town where Jewish Orthodox summer people and Yankee year-rounders coexist.  The communities are changing – the lives of Orthodox women as they seek their own identities, the religious community as their beloved rabbi nears the end of his life and chooses a successor and the town as over-development threatens the wooded hills.
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