The New Lebanon Sports Booster Club Has A Successful Poker Run
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The New Lebanon Sports Booster Club would like to thank all of the participants at our August 16 Poker Run! The 40 riders enjoyed the 115 mile ride through New York, Vermont and Massachusetts ending with a pig roast at the Bridgeway CafÄ in Cherry Plain. Thank you to Rich and Kelly O’Dell and Lisa [...]
Read more of this articleStephentown Book Discussion Group Meeting
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The Book Discussion Group of the Stephentown Memorial Library will read Outlander, a first novel by Diana Gabaldon, for its meeting on Thursday, September 11. Please note the change of date from the usual first Thursday. This historical romance begins with a bit of time travel back to 17th century Scotland. Former Royal Army [...]
Read more of this articleNathan Hoffman Graduates Magna Cum Laude
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Nathan Hoffman of Stephentown graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University in Boston, MA, with a bachelor’s degree of Science in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Finance and Marketing. While in Boston, Nathan worked in Corporate Finance for MFS Investment Management and also as an Allocation Analyst for TJX Companies Inc. In early [...]
Read more of this articleInternational Children’s Author Hosts Tea Party For Stephentown Children
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by Susan Brissette Mary Pope Osborne, author of the Magic Tree House series, hosted a tea party for several lucky Stephentown children last week. The special tea party was one of hundreds of items offered at the Stephentown Memorial Library’s very successful auction last month. Winning bidder, Mary Jo Daly, and several other [...]
Read more of this articleStephentown Planning Board Action – August 2008
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by David Flint The only item on the agenda for the Stephentown Planning Board at their meeting on August 21 was an application from Thomas Pecoraro for a 5-lot subdivision in Stephentown Center. Pecoraro received a variance from the Zoning Board in January to subdivide a one-acre parcel on the south side of Newton [...]
Read more of this articleBrunswick Library Barbecue
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On Friday, September 5, from 4 to 7 pm, the Board of Trustees of the Brunswick Community Library are sponsoring a chicken/rib barbecue from “The Old Daley Inn” at the Wal-Mart Plaza on Route 7 in Brunswick. The dinner includes chicken or ribs, a baked potato, coleslaw and a dessert. This is take-out/drive through service [...]
Read more of this articleThe Founder Of Free Libraries
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The Lebanon Valley Historical Society and the New Lebanon Library will be presenting a talk, “Searching for Jesse Torrey,” on Monday, September 15, at 7 pm. Dr. Jesse Torrey was the founder of the free public library movement in the United States. In 1804, at the age of 16, he established the Library of the [...]
Read more of this articleGrafton Library Gets Grant To Conserve Its Anti-Rent War Banner
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The Grafton Community Library has received a grant award of $7,500 from the Lower Hudson Conference for the preservation and conservation of its Anti-Rent War banner, “Down with the Rent.” This banner, which is the only known banner of its kind, represents the unique period in New York State history known as the Anti-Rent Wars [...]
Read more of this articleSecond Electronics Recycling Day Set For October 4
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The Rensselaer County Legislature is again joining with eLot Recycling to sponsor an electronics recycling day for County residents in October, Chairman of the Legislature Neil J. Kelleher announced. The second electronics recycling day will be held Saturday, October 4, from 9 am to 2 pm at the upper parking lot of the County Office [...]
Read more of this articleLetter to the Editor: Playground Needs Attention
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To the Editor: It seems like the playground at the Berlin Central Elementary School needs some attention. There are broken glass beer bottles on the ground and missing slats in the jungle gym tower, among other safety concerns. Aside from obvious safety issues, what is the school’s state of disrepair telling the kids about the [...]
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