There will be Bingo and a 50/50 raffle on Friday, May 31, at 6 pm with the proceeds to benefit Hoosick Falls Little League Baseball/Softball. Bingo will take place in the Hoosick Falls High School Cafeteria. Winners will receive awesome prizes. The entrance fee is $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under.
For more information, contact Kim Funck at 518-686-5809 or funck1@hughes net.
Charlie Dogs In Petersburgh
The Petersburgh Fire Auxiliary will host one of its annual Charlie Hot Dog Fundraisers on Friday, May 31, at the Fire House. The sale will begin at 4 pm and run to 6 pm.
The dogs cost $9 a dozen, $4.50a ½ dozen or $.75 each. If you’d like to pre-order your dogs, please call Janet Snyder at 658-3053 or 339-7311 prior to the 31st.
We look forward to seeing you, and thank you for your continued support!
Walter A. Wood Alumni Reunion
The Walter A. Wood Alumni Reunion will be held on Saturday, June 8, at the Pittstown Volunteer Emergency Corps Building. Dinner will be served at 12:30 pm. Special classes to be recognized are the graduating classes of 1963, 1953, 1943 and prior years. Anyone who has graduated fifty years ago or more is eligible to attend. Any graduate who has not received a letter and is interested in attending, please contact Mrs. Janice Tate at 518-686-7036. Reservations close on June 1.
An Evening Of Classical Music At The New Lebanon Library
Classical musicians Katherine Liccardo and Joseph Gotoff will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Tuesday, May 28, at 7 pm. They will perform a program of works for violin and cello at this event, which is free and open to the public although donations for the performers are appreciated.
Violinist Katherine Liccardo is concertmaster of the Mannes College of Music Orchestra and an avid chamber musician. She has performed in venues throughout the New York area such as Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Isaac Stern Auditorium and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space.
Cellist Joseph Gotoff ‘s recent accomplishments include performances with world renowned composer and pianist Lowell Liebermann and well received concerts in venues ranging from the City Museum of New York to Christie’s auction house.
For more information on this event, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, 1/4 mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
Rick Leab To Perform At The New Lebanon Library
Berkshire musician Rick Leab will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, May 30, from 6:30 to 8 pm. He will be performing a number of works for mandocello, guitar and rhumba box. This event is free and open to the public, although donations for the performer are appreciated.
Leab has been active in the Berkshire County music scene since the 1960s. A renowned drummer, he has performed with Dooley Austin, Straight No Chance and BTUs, among others. Currently he plays with Dublin Porter, a Berkshire trio that performs traditional Irish music.
For further information on this event, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. All are welcome and the event is free. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, 1/4 mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
Troy’s Great Fire
Kathy Sheehan, Rensselaer County Historian, will present a program on Troy’s Great Fire of 1862 to the Poestenkill Historical Society. “The air was full of smoke and cinders!”…
A major portion of Troy was destroyed when a spark from a locomotive started the fire on the wooden covered Green Island Bridge with ashes cast as far as Poestenkill and Sand Lake. Troy was one of the first communities in this area to buy steam controlled fire trucks so the firefighters were able to contain the fire laterally. The fire was stopped at what is now 8th Street to the east, Federal Street to the north and Congress Street to the south.
Come and hear many more interesting facts regarding this event. The date is May 28 at 7 pm at the Poestenkill Town Hall. For more information, please call Pat at 283-5223.
Postal Service Letter Carriers Helps Stephentown Food Pantry
The Stephentown Food Pantry has added to the shelves about 800 lbs. of food collected in the recent Postal Service Letter Carriers’ Food Drive. Thanks go to the carriers and all the generous people of Stephentown and East Nassau who donated food. The collection from the East Nassau Post Office was split between the Stephentown Food Pantry and the pantry in Nassau. This broad community support allows the Stephentown pantry to provide food for 8 to 14 families per week.
The Stephentown Food Pantry offers short term assistance to residents of Stephentown and Hancock, MA. The pantry is open every Saturday morning, weather permitting, from 9 to 11 am at the Stephentown Federated Church, Garfield Road. Appointments are not needed, but new clients should bring identification showing their street address, such as a current utility bill. As always, requests for help are confidential. For more information, call 518-487-8606.
This volunteer group has been serving the community since 1983. If you missed the food drive and wish to donate money to help stock the pantry, you may send checks to the Stephentown Food Pantry Treasurer at P. O. Box 387, Stephentown, NY, 12168. The pantry is also a member of the Food Bank of NENY in Latham, NY. You may request any contribution you make to them be applied to the Stephentown Food Pantry account as part of their Adopt-A-Pantry program..
May Events At GLSP
May 27, Monday – Treasure Hunt at 10 am. Follow the map, find the clues and, with luck, your team will find the loot! Pre-registration is required; call 279-1155. The cost to enter is $2 per person or $5 per family.
May 27, Monday – Memorial Day Sand Sculpture Treasure Hunt. Registration is at 12:30 pm. Judging is at 2 pm and awards at 3 pm. There will be prizes for all.
May 31, Friday – Star Watch. Join members of the Albany Area Astronomers and explore the night sky. Enter via the winter entrance, and meet at the Deerfield pavilion. The rain date is Saturday, June 1. Call 658-9144 to confirm.
National Trails Day
Saturday, June 1, is National Trails Day. Come out for a morning of fun cleaning up the Park’s trails, and enjoy a complimentary barbecue and prize raffle at noon. Registration is at 9 am; work from 9:30 to 12 pm. Please pre-register by May 31 at 279-1155.
Grafton Lakes and Cherry Plain State Parks Kick Off Summer Season
The two local State parks will kick off their summer season on Memorial Day weekend opening for boating, hiking and countless other recreational opportunities. Cherry Plain State Park will open for camping, swimming and day use, on weekends only, starting Saturday, May 25. Grafton Lakes State Park is currently open daily from 8 am to dusk, and the swimming season begins May 25.
The sandy beach at Grafton Lakes will be open for swimming Friday-Tuesday, May 25 through June 24 and then daily until Labor Day from 10 am to 6 pm. From July 1 through Labor Day, Cherry Plain State Park’s beach schedule will be daily 10 am to 6 pm. Both beach areas are equipped with comfort stations. GLSP’s swimming area and bathhouses are handicapped-accessible.
Boating opportunities at the parks include canoeing, rowing, kayaking, sailing and the use of electric powered motors. Rowboats and canoes are available for rental at both facilities. Kayaks are also available at GLSP. Boat rentals will be available at both sites on weekends only until July 1. The rental schedule will be expanded during July and August. The public may launch their own boats during park open hours from designated boat launches.
Cherry Plain State Park will offer camping on weekends only, May 29 through July 1, and then daily through Labor Day. For reservations, visit www.reserveamerica.com.
Both parks also offer numerous hiking trails and excellent fishing opportunities as well as summer programming. For summer fun enthusiasts, GLSP has playgrounds, a softball field, volleyball nets, horseshoe pits and a basketball court as well as a variety of day use tent and pavilion rentals. The park will also offer summer programs. The May and June calendar is currently available online at www.nysparks.com/parks.
Starting Memorial Day weekend, vehicle user fees are $8 per car when the beach is open and $6 per car when the beach is closed at both parks through Labor Day.
For more information about upcoming programs or for directions to the parks, please contact GLSP at 518-279-1155. For more information about New York State Parks, please visit our website at www.nysparks.com.
The Hoosick Healing Arts And Psychic Festival
A Healing Arts and Psychic Festival will be held from noon to 6 pm on Saturday, June 15, at the Hoosick Falls Armory, 80 Church Street. The festival will offer holistic health practitioners, readings from psychics, animal communicators, tarot, nutrition, therapeutic touch, gems, jewelry, massages, reiki and more. Free workshops on healing foods, mandalas, auras and sacred sounds will be offered with admission. Admission is $5 for HAYC3 members and $7 for non-members. For more information on participating, being a vendor and workshop schedule, visit the website at www.hayc3.org or call 518-686-9050.