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Mass Gatherings Law Reconsidered
by David Flint
Stephentown is still wrestling with the problem of how to welcome large events such as Disc Jam (scheduled this year for June 9-12) and Fractalfest (coming up on July 8-10) and yet keep the noise down so residents can get some sleep at night. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action
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submitted by Wyatt Erchak
The Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon has received a gift of the Shaker pieces collected and used by Ellsworth Kelly and his husband Jack Shear. The collection was promised to the Museum in 2011, following the Museum’s honoring of Ellsworth and Jack at its annual benefit event. Ellsworth Kelly passed away on December 27, 2015. [Read more…] about Shaker Museum Receives Ellsworth Kelly / Jack Shear Shaker Collection
CiviCure presents the Sap Happy Hop, a swing band dance and concert on Saturday, March 26. Spring will be in the air and in your step as the Swing Docs big band presents classic swing, Latin and rock selections featuring the vocals of Ric DiDonato and Tracy Teschka. Funds raised will support CiviCure’s efforts to restore the historic Wood Block building at 5 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, where traveling and local artists once graced the stages in this 1878 village landmark. [Read more…] about Sap Happy Hop: Swing Docs Big Band Concert And Dance
By Doug La Rocque
A small crowd gathered around John (Red) Parkinson in the basement reading room of the Petersburgh Public Library this past Wednesday night as he signed copies of the new book Devotion, and spent about an hour detailing his experiences from the Korean War. The struggle by Parkinson and 95 fellow marines to survive the frozen battle at Chosin Reservoir is a major part of the new book by New York Times bestselling author Adam Makos. [Read more…] about Universal Pictures Considering A Movie About The Heroics Of Petersburgh’s Red Parkinson
submitted by Bill Gaillard
By the Governor’s proclamation the month of March each year is designated to celebrate the school music programs in the State of New York.
This is the 43rd year of this celebration that began as Music in Our Schools Day on March 14, 1973. [Read more…] about Music In Our Schools Month
The Good Deed Club at St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls was busy this past winter tying fleece lap blankets. [Read more…] about Good Deed Club Makes Blankets
Mary Lou Walters is writing a book “Remembrances of the Old Families of Petersburgh” and is looking for families who she has not yet included. This book will be in honor of the 225th anniversary of Petersburgh’s founding and will be sold at cost. [Read more…] about Recollections Of Old Families Of Petersburgh
By Doug La Rocque
Children from Grafton and surrounding towns filled the VFW Post this past Saturday for an Easter Egg Party hosted by the Grafton Youth Commission. Commission Director Noelle Goyer estimates about 70 youngsters and their parents dropped by to visit with the Easter Bunny, make Easter bonnets, color eggs, pet smaller bunnies, get their faces painted and more. In years past the event has been put on by the Grafton Lakes State Park at the Deerfield Pavilion, but this year it was moved indoors, with GLSP joining with many other area organizations to entertain and educate. [Read more…] about Easter Bunny Appearance In Grafton
submitted by Brian Bushner
A student with ambitions for a career in the medical field was featured as a “Kids Who Care’ on WNYT-TV 13. Junior Anna Brewer was visited by WNYT Meteorologist Bob Kovachick last week and interviewed by him for the segment. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls High School Student Chosen For WNYT-TV’s “Kids Who Care”
