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Upcoming Stephentown Memorial Library Events

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Family Movie Night – On Friday, February 27 at 6:30 pm we will show a recently released movie. Bring the kids for a free movie at the library. Popcorn and juice will be served. This month the movie is Big Hero 6, rated PG. Running time is 102 minutes. Popcorn and juice will be served.  Family Movie Night is free and all are welcome!

Red Cross Babysitter Training Class – On Saturday, February 28, from 10 am to 5 pm (Please note time change!) in the Stephentown Memorial Library Community Room.  Registration is limited – sign up soon.  For anyone age 11 to 15.  Bring a bag lunch.  $60 fee for class, but scholarships are available.  Become a certified sitter!

Monthly Lego Club – Friday, March 6 at 6 pm.  Do you have a Lego enthusiast who could spend hours and hours every day engrossed with creative building? Do you have so many Legos in your house that you never know when you’ll suck one up with your vacuum cleaner? Do you sometimes get down on the floor with your clever builders and create something of your own? Well, this club is for you and your family! The Lego Club meets on a Friday night each month for an hour of building fun. There is no sign-up or charge.  Donations of Lego blocks are most welcome at the library desk.

For more information on any of these programs or to register for programs, call the Stephentown Memorial Library at 733-5750 or stop by during our Library hours.  Also check our website, www.stephentownlibrary.org, for regular updates.

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17th Annual Corned Beef And Cabbage Dinner Saturday March 7, 2015

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The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department will hold an all you can eat Corned Beef, Cabbage and more dinner on Saturday March 7 in the Stephentown Fire Hall, at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown, NY. The doors will open at 4 pm and close at 7 pm.

Take out dinners will be available.

Prices are $12 for adults, children age 6-10 are priced at $7 and youth under the age of 6 eat FREE. Take out orders will be $10.

Advance tickets are NOT required.

The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department wants to announce that they will also be holding an all you can eat Roast Beef dinner on April 18 at the Fire Hall from 4 to 7 pm.

Stephentown Historical Society Sponsors Program By Historian/Musician Dave Ruch

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Dave Ruch, musician and historian extraordinaire, will present an evening of historical songs of New York on Monday, March 2, 7:30 pm, at the Stephentown Historical Society’s Heritage Center, Garfield Road (County Route 26), Stephentown, New York.  Ruch’s lively presentations of songs and ditties from all corners of the Empire State include the stories behind the songs. [Read more…] about Stephentown Historical Society Sponsors Program By Historian/Musician Dave Ruch

Letter To The Editor – The Fracked Gas Pipeline

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To The Editor:

On Thursday, February 5, a public informational forum was held at the SVFD Hall where about 180 attendees listened to each other’s concerns, viewed a presentation and directed questions to volunteer citizens knowledgeable about the issues surrounding the fracked  gas pipeline proposed for Schodack, Nassau,  Stephentown and beyond. It was affirming and energizing to witness the number of residents opposed to this project. A project that would put our safety at risk, pollute our air and water with volatile organic compounds,devalue all surrounding real estate and violate the property rights of abutters to the utility corridor. At a time when renewable energy has gained such momentum, expanding carbon-based energy infrastructure at the expense of the public’s well-being seems rather preposterous. It will take our concerted efforts to defeat the pipeline proposed by energy transport giant Kinder Morgan – an entity that cares for nothing more than profits – and adding to the concentration of wealth into the hands of a few. It is imperative to have our voices heard – there is no other course of action and it must be done in large numbers. So I urge all of us to commit to taking one or all of the following steps –

1. Voice your concerns in writing to FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, www.ferc.gov.

2. Voice your concerns in writing to your local, state and federal elected officials

3. For landowners with property abutting the pipeline route, deny Kinder Morgan survey access. If you already submitted permission, you can rescind it in writing

4. Refuse to sign an easement with Kinder Morgan

5. Display an anti-pipeline sign at your home

6. Share your concerns with your neighbors and community organizations

7. Help out and get involved with an action group in your area

8. Donate money to an anti-pipeline action group in your area.

For more information on how to do the above go to stopnypipeline.org or any other anti-pipeline action group.

Thom Pecoraro

Stephentown, NY

SVFD Host Texas Hold’Em Tournament

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The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, February 21, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown, NY. The doors will open at 5:30 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp. A free buffet will be served at the first break and refreshments will be available.

No advance registration is required. A donation of $35 will be accepted and give the player 7,500 in chip value. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 2,500 extra in chip. This tournament will pay one place for every 10 players with a minimum of four places and a maximum of 9 places.

The next Texas Hold’em dates in the Stephentown Fire Hall will be March 14 and 28.

For further information, call John Linton at 518-733-0469.

Joyce Shepard

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West Stephentown- Joyce I. Shepard, 72, of Firetower Rd. died on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Diamond Hill Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. Born in Hoosick Falls Joyce was the daughter of the late Alfred and Bessie Goodermote Geerholt Sr. and wife of Gordon G. Shepard Sr. Joyce was a lifelong resident of the Stephentown area and had resided at Diamond Hill since 2012. Joyce had worked for many years at Sykes Store in Stephentown and had also been a bus driver for the Averill Park School District for ten years. Joyce was a Life Member of the Hoags Corners Fire Dept. and was a member of the Hoags Corners Ambulance. For many years, Joyce was a member of the Stephentown Center Baptist Church and more recently the West Stephentown Baptist Church.

Joyce was the mother of the late Stanley A. Shepard and sister of the late Alfred J. Geerholt Jr.

Survivors in addition to her husband include her children Deborah and husband Ron Rousseau of Stephentown Center, Gordon and wife Darlene Shepard Jr. of No. Greenbush and Wayne and wife Olya Shepard of Flushing, NY, her grandchildren Jessie and wife Nicole, Kevin, Nicole, Alfred, Emily and Evan and her great-grandchildren Jessie Jr. and Hannah.

Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the West Stephentown Baptist Church 1672 NY 43 West Stephentown on Saturday February 21 from 1 to 3 pm, followed by a Funeral Service at 3 pm.

A Spring Interment is planned in the Hillside Cemetery, West Stephentown.

If desired, the family suggests donations in memory of Joyce Shepard may be made to the West Stephentown Baptist Church 1672 NY 43 Stephentown, NY 12168.

Visit perrykomdat.com for directions and guestbook.

Black River Pond Dam Poses Risk

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by Thaddeus Flint

Could the Dam at Cherry Plain State Park pose a risk to the proposed high pressure gas pipeline that might one day run through Stephentown? Some residents believe yes. And whether or not the pipeline ever gets built, residents living along the Black River would still like to know what might happen should a hundred year storm – one like Hurricanes Irene or Sandy—fill the pond there to the breaking point.

[Read more…] about Black River Pond Dam Poses Risk

Anti-Pipeline Meeting In Stephentown Is Well Attended

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submitted By Bill Trusiewicz

Said to have been the most well attended meeting ever held in Stephentown, the Fireman’s Hall was filled with 180 folks Thursday night (February 5), many of whom voiced their distress and anger at the proposed Kinder-Morgan/Tennessee-Gas high-pressure fracked gas pipeline slated to pass through their properties and their towns. [Read more…] about Anti-Pipeline Meeting In Stephentown Is Well Attended