Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Steve Bradley
After two weeks of Coach Mike Lilac rescheduling games because of weather and unusable field conditions at HFCS, the baseball team finally got to go outside and play a real game. The fact that it was raining was ignored; the boys were playing a baseball game.
by Steve Bradley
The HFCS boys lacrosse team earned its first ever win last Thursday when they dominated the Voorheesville Blackbirds 16 – 0. The Panthers controlled the game from beginning to end, scoring almost at will and keeping the Blackbirds on their heels.
submitted by Erin Clary, Communications Specialist, Berlin Central School District
Berlin High School Seniors Cullen O’Brien and James Mayer pull out a clipboard and scribble “42” in a column under dozens of similar numbers. They’re recording the temperature of the water in a large fish tank located in one of the science lab classrooms at their school.
[Read more…] about Berlin Seniors Introduce Trout To The Classroom
The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is celebrating Earth Day on April 27 from 1 to 4 pm. Help us give back to the earth by doing trail maintenance and other outdoor work. Snacks and drinks will be provided to all volunteers. Pre-registration is encouraged to help with planning and can be done by contacting the Center at dykenpond@fairpoint.net or 518-658-2055. A complete list of programs can be found at www.dykenpond.org.
Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center, located at 475 Dyken Pond Road, Cropseyville, is a Rensselaer County Park open daily during daylight hours for hiking, fishing and non-motor boating. Canoes and kayaks are available for rent each day from 9 am until 3 pm after May 15. Call for more information and a complete schedule of our events.
The Rensselaer County Soil & Water Conservation District wants to help you celebrate Spring by planting a tree. The weather is finally breaking and the snow is going. Now is the time to plan for your spring plantings.
The Conservation District’s Annual Spring Arbor Green Tree and Shrub Program offers inexpensive bare-root stock for conservation plantings, wildlife habitat improvement, erosion control, Christmas trees, nature education and landscaping your environment. Trees available this year include Colorado blue spruce, redbud, Frasier fir, Norway spruce, Austrian pine, arborvitae (white cedar), white birch and more. Shrubs include American cranberry, high bush blueberry, red raspberries, lilac, forsythia, rose of Sharon and more! New this year are peach trees.
To get an order blank, call the Conservation District at 518-271-1740 or visit the Conservation Field Office at 61 State Street in Troy. Our Ag & Life Sciences Building is located just north of the Department of Motor Vehicles. You may also download an order blank by going to the Rensselaer County website, which is www.rensco.com, and follow the link to the “How To!…” box on the left hand side of the page, scroll down to the 43rd Annual Arbor Green Tree & Shrub Sale link, click and print it out.
Return your order and payment by May 2. Distribution will be Saturday, May 10, from 9 am to 12 noon at the Questar (BOCES) Center on Industrial Park Road in South Troy.
This program supports Soil & Water Conservation Programs in the County. You need not be a resident of Rensselaer County to participate in this program.
• Thursday, April 17 – Trout Discovery Day at 1 pm. We’ve been raising brown trout since October, and they’re ready to head into the waters of Second Pond. [Read more…] about GLSP April Events
Join the Rensselaer Land Trust’s 7th Annual Clean-up of the shores of the Tomhannock Reservoir on Saturday, April 26, from 9 am to 12 pm. The reservoir provides drinking water to residents of many local communities.
[Read more…] about 7th Annual Tomhannock Reservoir Clean-Up Volunteer Day
by Bea Peterson
On Friday, March 28, 800 HFCS students, from elementary through high school age were bused to the Armory for the 6th Annual Outdoor Expo. Programs werxae presented and students were able to talk to folks about their outdoor interests and touch many of the pelts and other items on display.
