submitted by Adam Charbonneau
The Board of Education invites the community to participate in a Roundtable Discussion about how technology can best be used to enhance Berlin Central School District’s educational program. Held Thursday, June 2 in the Berlin Middle School/ High School library, the meeting will be a discussion on how Berlin Central Schools should use the $947,237 in funding it received through NY State’s Smart Schools Bond Act. [Read more…] about Berlin CSD Asks Public To Weigh In On Technology Plan At June 2 Meeting
Walter Wood High School Reunion
The Walter A. Wood Alumni Reunion will be held on Saturday, June 11 at the Pittstown Volunteer Emergency Corp. Building. Dinner will be served at 12:30 pm. The cost is $17. [Read more…] about Walter Wood High School Reunion
Hoosick Grange News
Hoosick Grange met on May 11. David Cornell, Master, conducted the meeting. It was reported that the water will be checked on Tuesday to see that everything is all right and working well. [Read more…] about Hoosick Grange News
Pearl Crandall Babcock Koch
Petersburgh, New York – Pearl Crandall Babcock Koch, 90, went home to her rewards with Jesus on May 24, 2016. She was born March 27, 1926 to Benjamin and Carrie Hoffay Crandall and is predeceased by her siblings, Esther (Nichols) Thomas, Cornelius, Benjamin, Carrie (Roberts), her husband of fifty years Lewis Earl Babcock, and Albert Koch, her beloved husband of five years. [Read more…] about Pearl Crandall Babcock Koch
Kenneth J. Sbrega, Jr.
Hoosick Falls – Kenneth J. “KJ” Sbrega Jr., 43 passed away on Thursday May 19, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He resided on Pine Street in Hoosick Falls. Kenneth was the son of Kenneth J. and Elizabeth (Dooley) Sbrega Sr. of Hoosick Falls. [Read more…] about Kenneth J. Sbrega, Jr.
Marie R. Arm
Hoosick Falls – Marie R. Arm, 84, of Wood Park Lane went to be with her Lord on May 19 at home, surrounded by her family. Marie was born on November 4, 1931 in Mahanoy City, PA. She graduated from Southside High School in 1949. [Read more…] about Marie R. Arm
Volunteers Needed For National Trails Day At Grafton Lake State Park And Dyken Pond Center
National Trails Day is the perfect opportunity to help clean up local parks. On Saturday, June 4, the Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park and Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center will be hosting the Twenty-third Annual National Trails Day – the nation’s annual celebration of trails. Both parks invite volunteers of all ages to help clean up and improve trails on Saturday morning and indulge in the trail activities they enjoy most in the afternoon. [Read more…] about Volunteers Needed For National Trails Day At Grafton Lake State Park And Dyken Pond Center
Vegetable Gardening From The Ground Up At Peebles Island
Master gardener Phyllis Rosenblum will present Vegetable Gardening from the Ground Up at Peebles Island State Park on Saturday, June 4 at 12 pm at the Visitors’ Center. [Read more…] about Vegetable Gardening From The Ground Up At Peebles Island
Rensselaer Plateau Alliance Lecture On “Forest Regeneration” Woods Walk and Lecture on June 9
New York State Forest Extension Forester Peter Smallidge and RPA invite the community to a Woods Walk on Thursday, June 9. The walk, which will begin at 148 Walk Road in Sand Lake, will provide participants an opportunity to examine the “Deer Vegetation Index.” This index measures the impact of deer browsing on the vegetation of understory plants. [Read more…] about Rensselaer Plateau Alliance Lecture On “Forest Regeneration” Woods Walk and Lecture on June 9
Selling The Cheese
Tuesday, February 12, 1838: Today we returned from the widow Potter’s at Waterford to Lansingburgh. There we traded, and then we came down to Troy. There on the sidewalk we met with two boys that said they had found two rings in the street. I paid them 44 cts for the rings. The rings had diamonds. I paid 17 dollars for two barrels of super fine flour and then we came on to Sand Lake to Mr. Henry Withees and stayed. [Read more…] about Selling The Cheese