The Bank of Bennington has announced the promotions of two long time employees. Lisa M. Prosper has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Human Resources at The Bank of Bennington and Walter W. Callahan has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Network Administration and Security.
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Archives for January 2013
Brittany Dickhaus Named To The President’s List At Western New England University
Brittany N. Dickhaus of Petersburgh has been named to the President’s List at Western New England University for the fall semester of 2012. Dickhaus is a freshman majoring in Pre-Pharmacy. Students are named to the President’s List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.80 or higher.
Western New England University is a private, independent, co-educational institution founded in 1919. Located on an attractive 215 acre suburban campus in Springfield, MA, Western New England University serves 3,700 students, including 2,550 full time undergraduate students.
Local Students On SUNY Geneseo’s Dean’s List For Fall 2012
The State University of New York at Geneseo has announced its Dean’s List for the fall semester 2012. To be on the list, a student must have achieved a 3.5 grade point average while taking at least 12 credit hours.
Students on the list from this area are:
• Clara Riccardi from Berlin, and
• Matthew Morse from Stephentown.
SUNY Geneseo is a public liberal arts college recognized nationally for excellence in undergraduate education and for its professional and master’s level programs. The College combines a rigorous curriculum and a rich co-curricular life to create a learning-centered environment.
Local Students Named To The Fall 2012 President’s List At Hudson Valley Community College
A number of Eastwick area students were recently named to the President’s List at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. Each fall and spring term, the College’s President’s List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0.
The President’s List
Judith Galusha of Berlin – Galusha is in the Early Childhood academic program at the College.
Emily Olson of Berlin – Olson is in the Liberal Arts Honors academic program at the College.
Samantha Schmidt of Berlin – Schmidt is in the Chemical Dependency Counseling academic program at the College.
Lauren Giumarra of Hoosick – Giumarra is in the Liberal Arts and Science: Humanities and Social Science academic program at the College.
Chantel Bink of Petersburgh – Bink is in the Individual Studies academic program at the College.
Joseph Harrington of Petersburgh – Harrington is in the Criminal Justice academic program at the College.
Michael Schwabe of Petersburgh – Schwabe is in the Computer Information Systems academic program at the College.
Katie Tobin of Petersburgh – Tobin is in the Individual Studies academic program at the College.
Benjamin Roller of Petersburgh – Roller is in the Individual Studies academic program at the College.
Ryan Carpenter of Stephentown – Carpenter is in the Biological Sciences academic program at the College.
Matthew Coleman of Stephentown – Coleman is in the Non-matriculated academic program at the College.
Kazie Furcinite of Stephentown – Furcinite is in the Early Childhood academic program at the College.
Catherine Hing of Stephentown – Hing is in the Accounting academic program at the College.
Brandi Hoffman of Stephentown – Hoffman is in the Fine Arts academic program at the College.
Scott Iwanicki of Stephentown – Iwanicki is in the Non-matriculated academic program at the College.
Jennifer Kells of Stephentown – Kells is in the Human Services academic program at the College.
Kali Rieman of Stephentown – Rieman is in the Non-matriculated academic program at the College.
Daniel Shyer of Stephentown – Shyer is in the Electrical Technology academic program at the College.
Matthew Sowycz of Stephentown – Sowycz is in the Physical Sciences academic program at the College.
Samantha Spaniol of Stephentown – Spaniol is in the Liberal Arts and Science: Humanities and Social Science academic program at the College.
Local Students Named To The Fall 2012 Deans’ List At Hudson Valley Community College
A number of Eastwick students were recently named to the Deans’ List at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. Each fall and spring term, the College’s Deans’ List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.0 and 3.5.
The Dean’s List
Zachary Hanson of Berlin – Hanson is in the Automotive: Chrysler academic program.
Shaylah Morris of Berlin – Morris is in the Paramedic academic program.
Jordan Baldwin of Grafton – Baldwin is in the Paramedic academic program.
Jade Morse of Hoosick – Morse is in the Early Childhood academic program.
Corbin Tracy of Hoosick – Tracy is in the Liberal Arts and Science: Humanities and Social Science academic program.
Kelly Brogue of Petersburgh – Brogue is in the Respiratory Care academic program.
Connor Brown of Petersburgh – Brown is in the Liberal Arts and Science: Humanities and Social Science academic program.
Emma Brown of Petersburgh – Brown is in the Biological Sciences academic program.
Jacob Church of Petersburgh – Church is in the Marketing academic program.
Jillian Daby of Petersburgh – Daby is in the Criminal Investigation academic program.
Matthew Gundrum of Petersburgh – Gundrum is in the Electrical Construction and Maintenance academic program.
Sharon Merrills of Petersburgh – Merrills is in the Health Information Technology academic program.
Isaac Share of Petersburgh – Share is in the Liberal Arts and Science: Humanities and Social Science academic program.
Kimberly Vanorman of Petersburgh – Vanorman is in the Individual Studies academic program.
Scott Bamba of Stephentown – Bamba is in the Physical Education Studies academic program.
Kelsey Demick of Stephentown – Demick is in the Criminal Justice academic program.
John Francis of Stephentown – Francis is in the Electrical Construction and Maintenance academic program.
Katherine Goodermote of Stephentown – Goodermote is in the Individual Studies academic program.
Matthew Tanner of Stephentown – Tanner is in the Manufacturing Technical Systems academic program.
Cynthia Wendell of Stephentown – Wendell is in the Nursing academic program.
Founded in 1953, Hudson Valley Community College offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs in four schools: Business; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Sciences; and Liberal Arts and Sciences; and workforce and academic preparation programs offered through the Educational Opportunity Center. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York system, it has an enrollment of more than 13,500 students, and it is known as a leader in distance learning initiatives and worker retraining. Hudson Valley has more than 70,000 alumni.
Harold S. Ford Jr.
Petersburgh – Harold S. “Fordy” Ford Jr., 82, of Lower Newtown Road, Waterford, NY, died on Sunday, January 6, 2013, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Troy, he was the son of the late Harold S. Ford Sr. and Rosa M. Wright Ford. Harold was educated in Berlin Schools and was a 1947 graduate of Berlin High School.
Harold had been employed as a truck driver for 21 years by the former Grand Union Co. in Waterford and retired due to disability in 1975. He was a member of the I.T.E.A. at the Grand Union. Harold was also a member of the Waterford United Methodist Church.
Harold struggled with MS for over 40 years, but his perpetual smile and positive attitude were noted by everyone who met him.
He was the husband of the late Carolyn Church Ford, who died in 1992. He is father of Camilla Goering and husband Robert of Fort Edward, NY, Jennifer Jessica Grozis and husband Chris of Waterford and the late Edward and Allison Ford. He is the brother of Jessie Deyoe of Tucson, AZ, Jeanette Ford of Roanoke, IN, Kathleen Lee Pinches and husband Warren of Stoughton, MA, and the late Roberta Cummings. Other survivors include his grandchildren, Carolyn and James Goering and Cory, Cloé and Tanner Grozis, and his great-grandson, Xhanderr, as well as several nieces and nephews. Harold was a patient for 14 years at the Rubin Dialysis Centers in Clifton Park, NY, and Troy and appreciated the loving care given to him by the staff.
Funeral services were held at Waterford United Methodist Church, Waterford, on Thursday, January 10. Relatives and friends visited at the Philip J. Brendese Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4 to 7 pm. Interment followed in the Meadowlawn Cemetery in Petersburgh, NY.
Those who wish may make contributions to the Memorial Fund at the Waterford United Methodist Church or to the Rubin Dialysis Center in Clifton Park in care of the Philip J. Brendese Funeral Home, 133 Broad Street, Waterford, NY, 12188. To express your sympathy or share a treasured memory visit Brendesefuneralhome.com.
Elizabeth L. Wells
Petersburgh – Elizabeth L. Wells, 91, of South Lake Avenue, Troy, NY, died Monday, January 21, 2013, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after a brief illness.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, Mrs. Wells was the daughter of the late Ralph Babcock and the late Bessie Weaver Babcock and the wife of the late William Wayne Wells. A 1939 graduate of Hoosick Falls High School, she resided in Schenectady, NY, and Watervliet, NY, before moving to Troy in 1950.
Mrs. Wells was a homemaker and a member of Hope United Methodist Church in Eagle Mills, NY.
Survivors include a son, Glenn Wells of Waterford and his wife Susan Milstrey Wells, and two grandchildren, Victoria Lass of New Orleans, LA, and Raymond Milstrey of Scotia, NY. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Wells’s daughter, Lorraine Wells Lass, preceded her in death in 2001.
The funeral service is at the Bryce Funeral Home, Inc., 276 Pawling Avenue, Troy, on Friday, January 25, at 10 am with Rev. David Martin, pastor of Hope United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Petersburgh. Relatives and friends called at the funeral home on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm. For the guest book and service directions, visit www.brycefh.com.
Sheralyn C. Riggs
Stephentown – Sherri Riggs, 61, passed away in the company of friends in Edgewood, NM, on Friday, January 11, 2013, after a valiant, three year struggle against cancer.
Sherri was born in Burlington, VT. She grew up in Williston, VT, and graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Marine Biology. She participated in research in oyster farming in Maine while a UVM student.
After graduation, she returned to Maine to teach in the far north coastal area. Eventually she moved to Portland, OR, and worked there for a company that made medical testing equipment doing promotions and advertising before deciding she needed a little more sunshine in her life. She found the sun in New Mexico, where she designed and built her home and business in Edgewood.
Sherri loved photography, nature and creating something from nothing. She described herself as an artist rather than a scientist and indeed she was. Many landscapes and businesses bear witness to her artistry in metal with the myriad of gates, signs and landscape installations, each with her Chickadee signature hidden in the design. Sherri was featured in a book, Passion and Power: Metal Artists in the Western U.S., celebrating metal artists in 2010.
Sherri is survived by her mother, Christine Moffatt Riggs of South Burlington, VT, and two brothers, Terry and his wife Mary Lynn Conant Riggs of Fletcher, VT, and Gary and his wife Susan Bundy Riggs of Bakersfield VT. She is also survived by her sister, Dale Ila Riggs and her husband Don Miles of Stephentown, NY, as well as by numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins around the country.
It was her wish to have her friends remember her with a joyous, life- celebrating gathering at her home and to consign her ashes to the winds. Her effervescent and free spirit should not be contained in just one place. We are confident that everywhere her essence comes back to earth will always be a place of peace, harmony and beauty.
A family gathering took place at the home of her brother Terry and his wife Mary Lynn on Sunday, January 13.
If one wishes to, remembrances may be made to an animal shelter of one’s choice. Her three dogs and two donkeys would surely appreciate it
The Life Of George Holcomb – Moving The School House
Thursday, April 20, 1826: This afternoon I went to school house to a school meeting to try to agree to move the said school house, but it was not agreed on. I called to Asa Goodriches on the way home and got a pair of shoes that was to have been made by Amos Chapman for my wife. Goodrich was employed by said Chapman to make the shoes. Today a disturbance took place with our families.
Friday: I returned the shoes that I got to Goodriches last night, for they were too large. He would not take them for he said that the upper leather was so poor that he could not sell them, but said Goodrich agreed to make another pair for nothing if I could find leather. I told him I would, and went and got my calf skin and borrowed some leather of John Wylie and paid in cash to John Russell’s wife six cents for a quarter of a yard of lace cloth to line said shoes. Today I tended to no work, but tried to get Wm to talk over our concern and make a division of our property but he would not. Mother’s age is 76.
Saturday: I walked over across to Claudius Moffitt’s store and exchanged the shoe that Goodrich made for a pair of Denmark Sattin shoes and paid fifty cents to boot in cash.
Sunday: This evening I walked over to my Rodgers farm to brother Sylvester’s to see to my young cattle.
Monday: Today we tended to putting runners under the school house and this afternoon we went with our oxen to the drawing of said school house. It was drawn from the corner near Simeon Wylie’s to the spot near where the Widow Buten once lived.
Tuesday: This morning I sowed some spring wheat for John Wylie and this forenoon I went and consulted with Mr. Hazard Morey about dividing with brother Wm, our property. He advised us to do it ourselves. This afternoon I plowed stalk ground.
Sunday, April 30: I took the single wagon and carried my wife to the funeral of old Miss Rebecca Douglass, who died on Friday with old age. The old lady was one of the first settlers of this town. She came with her father, Asa Douglass, and she never married. Elder Jones preached at his meetinghouse. After the sermon and burial, one Mr. Taggard preached a short sermon.
Friday, May 5: Today I and my wife and child went to Troy. On the way we called to Mr. Henry Withee’s and took dinner. We peddled out nearly all of our load before we got to Troy.
Berlin Town Board Action – Gone South, Death On Bly Hollow Road And A Dog Law With Bite
by Kieron Kramer
At the Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, January 10, Town Supervisor Rob Jaeger said that in “the next week or so” a sign will be posted on the door of the Town Hall on Main Street saying “Gone South.” All the Town officials seemed pretty excited on Thursday because the Town government is in the process of moving south into the former Berlin Lumber property on Route 22 in Cherry Plain which “in a week or so” will serve as the Berlin Municipal Center. “It’s exciting – the keys have been distributed to the department chairs,” Jaeger said. He announced that the Town Board workshop on January 24 will be held in the new complex at 7 pm; tables and chairs will be set up.
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