Local acoustic folk duo Divinitress will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Friday, March 22, from 7 to 9 pm. Their blend of harmonies and acoustic instruments give the duo a unique and uplifting sound. This event is free and open to the public, although donations for the performers are welcome.
Divinitress consists of singer-guitarist Tistrya Grace, who has spent ten years performing at coffee houses and festivals, and versatile Berkshire singer-songwriter Erin Laundry. They play a combination of original songs along with popular covers that encourage the audience to sing along.
For further information on this event, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
NHFD Texas Hold’em Tournament
The North Hoosick Fire Department will hold a Texas Hold’em tournament on Saturday, March 23, at 1 pm at the Fire Station on Rt. 22. Doors will open at 12:30. The cost of the tournament is $35. There will be unlimited re-buys until first break. This event is part of a fundraising effort for the family of Michael Cottrell to help pay for funeral expenses. For information on the tournament, contact Rick Ferrannini at 686-4728.
Bling For Books
Do you have a surplus of baubles, bangles, bright shiny beads? Is your jewelry box cluttered with items you haven’t worn in years? The New Lebanon Library is accepting donations for Bling for Books, the Library’s first ever Mother’s Day Jewelry sale. The sale will be Saturday, May 4 ,from 12 to 2 pm. The preview is from 11 am to noon for $10, just in time to find that special treasure for mom.
Drop off your donated items at the Library before April 26 during normal Library hours. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Library’s Children’s Room Fund.
Hoosick Falls Outdoor Expo
by Bea Peterson
The Annual Hoosick Falls Outdoor Expo will be held on Friday, March 22, from 6 to 9 pm and Saturday March 23, from 9 am until 2 pm in the Hoosick Falls Armory. The event is usually held at the Hoosick Falls Central School. “We moved the event to the Armory this year,” said HFCS Superintendent Ken Facin, “to make it more of a community event and to support the armory as a community focal point.”
Exhibits and Displays
The Wildlife Displays include mounts of whitetail deer, bobcats, fishers, pike, trout and other mammals and fish harvested by Washington and Rensselaer County residents
Local Sporting Exhibits
The Pioneer Fish and Game Club, the Mid Hudson Valley Fur Harvesters Association, the Rensselaer County Conservation Alliance, New York Houndsmen and Hoosick Trail Masters will all have exhibits at the Expo. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Police will have an exhibit of wildlife game laws, regulations and enforcement.
There will be topographic map displays of hiking, camping, canoeing, kayaking, geocaching, snowmobiling and hunting and fishing opportunities throughout New York and Vermont.
Antique and modern decoys will be part of the Waterfowl Hunting Exhibit.
Orvis will have a display that includes fly-tying and fly-fishing demonstrations. There will be a 4-H Shooting Sports exhibit that includes a portion on gun safety.
Educators from both Dyken Pond Environmental Center and Grafton Lakes State Park will attend to promote environmental appreciation and awareness.
Local outfitters from Battenkill Valley Outdoors will display clothing, gear, optics, GPS devices, kayaks, bicycles and other outdoor products.
Local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts will have scouting information and displays as part of the Expo. Hoosick Falls Central School students will also exhibit and share their stories and experiences in the outdoors.
Dyken Pond Summer Camp 2013; Registration Is Now Open
This year kids can attend one or two week sessions. Please take note of new age groups and dates for 2013.
Touch the Earth – Ages 6 -9, July 22 to July 26 and July 29 to August 2
Adventurers – Ages 10 -13, August 5 to August 9 and August 12 to August 16
The natural world is filled with mystery and beauty. One can spend a lifetime exploring any one of its many secrets. The Summer Outdoor Learning Adventure will kindle interest and spark curiosity about the natural world in which we live. Each one week session will offer age appropriate activities in outdoor living skills, ecology, plants and wildlife and pond study. Each day will be an exciting blend of fun and learning taught through games, crafts, hikes and hands-on discoveries.
Program Fees are: One week session $175 or $155 for members, Two week session $325 or $300 for members.
Space is limited to 25 kids per week, so register early! Registration is on a first come – first served basis.
To register your child, please visit our website at www.dykenpond.org. Click on Environmental Education, scroll down, then click on Summer Camp. Your registration is confirmed upon receipt of the registration form and payment.
Laura I. Masterson
Berlin – Laura I. Greene Masterson, 85, of Plank Road, Berlin, NY, died on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA, surrounded by her loving family.
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Steve Zakrzewski
Hoosick Falls – Steve M. Zakrzewski, 53, passed away at his residence on Seward Street in Hoosick Falls, NY. He was the son of the late Joseph and Joan (Skarrup) Zakrzewski.
He was born in Troy, NY, on November 5, 1959, and he attended schools in Cambridge, NY. He was employed at Bennington Paper Board as a laborer. Steve enjoyed the outdoors, shooting pool and being with family. He was an avid Yankee and Giant fan.
Survivors include his daughter, Stephanie Niles of Chesapeake, VA, his sons, Shawn Morrison of Charleston, SC, and Steve M. Zakrzewski Jr. of Hoosick Falls, his four sisters, Donna Candal, Doreen Crandall, Linda Myers and Patty Weld, his four brothers, Joseph, Nelson and Jake Zakrzewski and Harry Criss, and his grandson, Blake Niles.
Funeral services are Friday, March 22, at 2 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial will follow the service at Island Hill Cemetery in Buskirk, NY. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 12 to 2 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to Steve’s family through the funeral home.
Barton M. Breithaupt
Hoosick – Barton M. Breithaupt, 82, died March 13, 2013, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, with his wife Ruth by his side. They had resided in Hoosick, NY, and were married for sixty years. He was a loving, caring and protective husband.
Barton was born August 11, 1930, in Port Washington, NY, and taught elementary school in Stephentown, NY.
Survivors, other than his wife, include four children, Michael, Stephen, Gregory and Leslie, nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service was held on Saturday, March 16, at 2 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. There were no calling hours. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad through the funeral home.
The Life Of George Holcomb – Division Of Property With Brother Wm
Thursday, March 15, 1827: This forenoon I hoed in the garden and prepared butternut bark and tub for coloring wool and helped plow out potatoes.
Saturday: Today brother Wm takes the single wagon and my sorrel mare and carries his wife to Hoosic on a visit.
Tuesday: I rode about the neighborhood to hunt up Dr. Graves and Elisha Dark’s young horses that was a missing out of my pasture. Said Dark took them without notice to me. On this day I took my bay mare the second time to Simon Cranston’s horse. This afternoon I was cutting timber on the hill. I cut my foot, but not very bad. Today Wm returned from Hoosic. On this day I heard of the death of Uncle Josiah Holcomb. He was buried on Friday last, I heard.
Wednesday: This forenoon I took the cart and Wm’s oxen and carried timber to E. Goodriches to be sawed for cart axeltree and body.
Monday, March 26: Today Wm and I spent all day trying to make a division in our property, but could not come to any agreement.
Tuesday, March 27: On this day Wm and I came to an agreement on a part of our division in dividing our property. Wm agreed to give up of holding any demands for what he had paid or done on my Rodgers farm, likewise given up his claim of the stills and still house, and give me the privilege to have it remain on his land for twelve years and for me to take it away within that time. Likewise the house, that part of it that stands on his land, he agrees that it is to be considered undivided property and attached to the home farm with the rest of the undivided property, the little barn near the house to be divided in the same way, and I do agree to give up my demands of my earning until he was of age and which was three hundred dollars and the expense that I was at for his getting the black smith trade, which was one hundred and fifty dol and my half of the shop and tools, one hundred dollars, and the house and acre that we paid three hundred dollars my half 75 dol and I gave him my note to be paid in cash in ninety days of 100 dollars, which the whole amount I gave is 725 dol, that all for the six hundred and twelve dol that we both paid for my Rodgers farm. On this evening, Wm and I walked down to W. Bailey, drew a writing similar to what I have stated, and Wm and I both signed it.
New Lebanon Town Board Action – Eminent Domain Issue Packs The Town Hall
by Thaddeus Flint
If you want to fill a Town Hall, probably the easiest way to do it is to whisper the words “eminent domain” in a small town in America. There is nothing like the threat of the government coming for private property to get people off their sofas like the house itself is on fire. New Lebanon was no exception to this peculiarity Tuesday night, and the Town Hall was standing-room-in-the-hallways only at a public hearing for the New Lebanon Sidewalks Project.
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