The Veterans of Stephentown will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, April 13, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
A free buffet will be served at the first break.
No advance registration is required, and a donation of $35 per player will be accepted. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 1,000 extra chips. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places and a maximum of nine places.
For further information, please call Tom McVeigh at 518-658 2448.
Archives for March 2013
Opening Reception And Music At The HAYC3 Armory
submitted by Jason Jansen
On April 5 from 6 to 8 pm the 120 Gallery will be opening “2”XToo Tiny” by the Hoosick Artist Guild. This show will be a unique collection of 2 inch by 2 inch canvas paintings. Gallery 90 will be opening a show of installation and sculpture, “I will miss you,” by Gilbane Peck. [Read more…] about Opening Reception And Music At The HAYC3 Armory
Cambridge Balloon Festival Photo Contest
Calling all photographers! Do you have a great photograph taken at one of the previous Cambridge Valley Balloon Festivals? Does your photo highlight the beautiful Cambridge landscape or feature an interesting perspective of a balloon? Then we encourage you to submit it to the Cambridge Valley Chamber of Commerce Balloon Festival Photo Contest! CVCC is looking for eight photographs which will be printed as postcards that will be available as a set at the Balloon Festival this year and then sold in shops around Cambridge. We are looking for unique, beautiful images that show the natural beauty or unique architecture of Cambridge. Photos do not have to have hot air balloons in them, but the festival is certainly a theme we wish to highlight and will show preference for those images.
Professional and amateur photographers may enter. If chosen you will get photo credit whenever the image is used, however the rights of the photograph are given to CVCC. To enter please email your high resolution photograph (300 dpi or more) or mail a digital copy on a disc to CVCC Photo Contest, P.O. Box 405, Cambridge, NY, 12816. The deadline for submission is April 1, 2013. Please note that discs will not be returned.
Judith Bulson
Hoosick Falls – Judith “Judy” Bulson of 56 Wilder Avenue, Hoosick Falls, NY, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT, following a long illness. Born in Hoosick Falls on July 24, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Alma (Loverre) Bulson. As a young girl she loved hanging out at her father’s business, Bulson Brothers Chevrolet, and she worked there for a while as a young adult.
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Kenneth L. Smith
Berlin – Kenneth L. Smith, 44, formerly of Valley View Apartments, died on Saturday evening, March 23, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy, NY, under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
Born August 20, 1968, in Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of the late Russell Smith and Nancy Cassel Carr and the step-son of Charlie Carr of Petersburgh, NY. A life-long resident of the area, Ken was educated in Berlin schools. He served for 8 years in the United States Army Reserves. For most of his adult life, he was a self-employed carpenter. Ken was an avid NASCAR fan whose favorite driver was Matt Kenseth.
Survivors, besides his mother and step-father, include his wife, Lisa A. Corbin Smith, whom he married on August 29, 1999, in Petersburgh, a sister, Christine and husband Terry Sprague of Grafton, NY, and three nieces, C’Anna, Darien and Abigail.
Visitation and services are private with burial to take place at the Berlin Baptist Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Berlin Rescue Squad. Arrangements are under the guidance of the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home of Petersburgh.
Raymond C. Bornt
Hoosick Falls – Raymond C. Bornt, 77, of Woodbridge Apartments in Hoosick Falls, NY, died early Sunday morning, March 24, 2013, at his residence after being stricken. Born in Pittstown, NY, on November 25, 1935, he was the son of the late Milford C. and Ruth F. Bornt Sr.
Raised and educated in Raymertown, NY, Ray was a resident of Hoosick, NY, for over 40 years. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged in 1958. Ray worked for over 40 years for Matzen Construction until he retired. He was an active member of the Hoosick Volunteer Fire Department and was an active hunter and fisherman. Ray was also an avid bowler for years at the Barbecue Recreation lanes. When he could no longer bowl, he was the “little cheerleader” for his friends.
Survivors include his children, Lori and husband Ralph Wyman and Mark Driscoll, all of Hoosick Falls, Frederick and wife Luisa Driscoll of Vicenza, Italy, Renee and Corey Bornt, his former wife and friend, Ramona Bornt, his sisters, Shirley Borter, Carolyn and husband Leo Surdam, Ruth and Emily (Robert) Bornt, his brothers, Harry, Kenneth and wife Anna and Ray and wife Shirley Bornt, his brother-in-law and best friend, Harvey Burdick Jr. of North Pownal, VT, and many nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends. He is pre-deceased by his brothers, Milford, Carl, Robert and Paul Bornt.
Following Ray’s wishes, there will be no formal services or calling hours. Inurnment with full military honors will take place at a later date at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY. Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to the Hoosick Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box 100 South St., Hoosick, NY, 12089. Arrangements under the guidance of the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home of Petersburgh, NY.
HACA Officers Installed
The Life Of George Holcomb – More Talks With Wm On Dividing Property
by Alex Brooks
In the last episode, George and his brother William (always referred to as Wm) were trying to come up with an equitable arrangement for dividing their property, which had become common property by years of the two of them working together on everything. Together they had worked the home farm passed down to them by their father, worked and improved a new farm which they had bought a few years before (referred to as the Rodgers farm), and built a still and a blacksmith shop. Their first agreement gave the Rodgers farm and the still to George and the blacksmith shop to Wm, but did not deal with dividing the home farm. They drew up a written agreement and they both signed, but Wm then went to Hoosick to consult with his father in law Mr. Barnhart about the division of property. It starts to become evident that this is going to be a difficult and protracted negotiation.
Wednesday, March 28: On this day Wm took our sorrel mare and rode to Hoosic. He went to ask advice of his Father Barnhart concerning we dividing.
Thursday: Wm returned from Hoosic. He came home with the horse sick, and this evening he went to Lebanon and got Allen Spencer to come and doctor the horse. We tended to it until midnight.
Friday: We tended to doctoring said horse. Samuel Harrington called and contended for two dollars for the services of his horse last summer, the 20th of June – you can see the bargain. Now rather than to have a dispute I do agree to carry him two bushels of rye or corn which he agrees to take for his demands. Today Wm and I tryed to come to some agreement about dividing the remainder of our property, but we could not agree, but we agreed to leave it to Mr. Hazard Morey for the third man, and I choose Mr. John Russell, and he chose Mr. Solomon Carpenter. I called to see Mr. Morey and Mr. Russell and he called to see Mr. Carpenter. This afternoon I went over to my farm and salted our cattle.
Monday, April 2: This morning Wm and I met to agree on the terms of the dividing of our property by the men that we agreed on on Saturday, but he would not consent to Hazard Morey as was agreed on Saturday, and he chose Adam Brown in his place, and we agreed on Wednesday to divide our farm that father left. Today I called to Adam Brown’s and got two quarts of milk. Today Wm took the single wagon and carried Samuel Harrington two bushels of corn, which pays him for the use of his horse last June. Now we have fulfilled what we have agreed. I went to see Cousin Orsemas Holcomb. He is very sick and considered dangerous. They had a jury of doctors.
Tuesday, April 3. Today I took the single wagon and went to Lebanon to town meeting peddling Bull’s cake, and I carried about 12 gallons of cider. I sold the cake, nearly all of it for six cts per card. I cleared eight dol today.
St. Patrick’s Day In Hoosick Falls
by Bea Peterson
The temperature was only 30 degrees on Saturday, March 16, for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Hoosick Falls. That was at least 30 degrees cooler than it was a year ago. Since temperatures for March vary from year to year, folks just dressed warmer. Musicians, however, had a difficult time, with freezing cold, red fingers as they played fifes and bagpipes.
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Berlin Town Board Action – First Town Meeting In The New Municipal Center
by Kieron Kramer
The Berlin Town Board held its first regular Town Board meeting in the new Town Hall in the Municipal Center at 17563 NY Rt. 22 last Thursday, March 14. Aside from the Town officers, the heads of the various boards and the like the turnout was a little sparse, but everyone who did attend was pretty excited about the new digs.
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