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An Extraordinary Event In Stephentown

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During the Stephentown Powwow Grand Entry on Saturday afternoon veterans were honored and flags of the various military services were placed on display in the center of the large ring. (Bea Peterson photo)
During the Stephentown Powwow Grand Entry on Saturday afternoon veterans were honored and flags of the various military services were placed on display in the center of the large ring. (Bea Peterson photo)

6,000 Attend Powwow
by David Flint
It was an extraordinary event – the Powwow and music festival held last weekend in Stephentown. “For me this experience was Biblical in nature,” said Susan Jameson, who along with Fidel Moreno prepared and organized the 4th Annual Rock, Rattle & Drum Powwow and Spirit on the Mountain Music Festival. “With the storms, the flooding and the bridges out in one week and bright sunshine, dry cut green grass fields, bridges open and thousands of people the next, it was a magical event.”
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Friends Of Dyken Pond Buy Otter Cove Parcel

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by Alex Brooks
The Friends of the Dyken Pond Environmental Center have purchased a 23 acre parcel of land near the center of the Dyken Pond Center’s developed area. The parcel has frontage on “Otter Cove” beginning at a point right next to the Center’s boat launch. The back of the property extends to a point very near the “Amphitheater” which the Center uses for some of its programs.
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