The Flying Deer Nature Center will offer a wildlife tracking program at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, January 31, at 6:30 pm. Naturalist Josh Wood will present a slide show designed to help participants begin the process of familiarizing themselves with the tracks of the local animal world. Participants will also learn to recognize the signs of a variety of common animals in the woods. This program, which is appropriate for adults, teens and older school-aged children, is free and open to the public.
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Darrow School Open House
The Darrow School Admissions Office will host Open House sessions on Monday, January 21, and Monday, February 18. Open House events are free to the public, and interested participants may drop in during the day at their convenience, between 9 am and 3 pm, although advance registration is encouraged. Events may include classroom visits, lunch with students and teachers, Q&A with current students and tours of Darrow’s facilities and historic Shaker campus.
Tour highlights will include:
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Helen M. Miller
New Lebanon – Helen M. Ham Miller, 92, formerly of West Street, New Lebanon, NY, died on Thursday evening, January 10, 2013, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, MA, where she had resided for four years.
Born in Philmont, NY, on January 13, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Arthur D. and Bertha Proper Ham. She was the loving wife of the late George B. Miller, who died on September 11, 2000. They were married in the Mellenville Dutch Reformed Church in Mellenville, NY, on June 25, 1938. She has been a resident of New Lebanon since 1942.
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New Lebanon Town Board Action – Fuel Bid Confusion
by Thaddeus Flint
The January New Lebanon Town Board meeting was a quiet one. The most exciting discussion of the night was how to accept a bid for low sulfur heating fuel, low sulfur diesel fuel and kerosene. Resident attendance was low, and those who stayed home missed very little.
First the most important news – there will be a sleigh hill this year. The same lease agreement, signed last year with Councilman K.B. Chittenden to use a piece of his land for tobogganing and that sort of excitement, was once again accepted for this winter. [Read more…] about New Lebanon Town Board Action – Fuel Bid Confusion
Robin O’Herin To Perform At The New Lebanon Library
Berkshire musician Robin O’Herin will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Friday, January 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public, although donations for the performer are appreciated.
O’Herin specializes in historically rich, interactive concerts that include original and traditional American music. Her concerts are warm, affirming experiences which explore the music of the Delta and Piedmont regions of the South. Song selections may include Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and O’Herin’s own original blues and fingerstyle ballads.
Robin O’Herin was a finalist in the 2006 Memphis Blues Challenge. She played in the Tropea Blues Festival in Tropea, Italy, in September of 2006. She was the headlining act in the Resophonic Blues Festival in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia in 2005. She has opened for the Doobie Brothers, Vance Gilbert and Michael Powers. Her music was used in the soundtrack for the PBS “2005 Roadtrip Nations.” She was a Telluride Blues Finalist in 2009. She has shared the stage with Paul Geremia, Andy Cohen and Roy Bookbinder. She is currently working on a new CD.
For further information on this event, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. The public is welcome, and the event is free.
The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
January Events At The New Lebanon Library
The New Lebanon Library announces the following January events. All of these events are free and will take place at the Library which is located at 550 State Route 20.
• January 9, 16, 23 and 30 (event is on Wednesdays) – Tales for Tots Story Hour – 10:30 am. Story hour includes crafts, songs and movement activities.
• January 9, 16, 23 and 30 (event is on Wednesdays) – Hug-A-Bye Babies – noon. This includes age appropriate stories, songs and movement activities for our youngest patrons and their caregivers.
• January 10, 17, 24, 31 (event is on Thursdays) – Bright Beginnings Story Hour and Play Group – 11 am to 2 pm. Meet other parents and care providers while your child aged 0-5 hears a story and then socializes with other children in an unstructured, educational setting.
• January 4 – Coffeehouse Night – 6 pm. Singer/songwriter Linda Worster in concert. Light refreshments will be served.
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Local Author Albert Rothenberg Will Read At The New Lebanon Library
Local author Albert Rothenberg will read from his historical novel Madness & Glory at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, January 17, at 7 pm.
Set during the aftermath of the French Revolution, the novel weaves a complex tale of love, friendship, idealism and betrayal. The reading will be followed by Q & A and discussion, after which Dr. Rothenberg will sign copies of his books.
Dr. Rothenberg is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has written numerous articles and books on his investigations of creativity in art, literature, psychotherapy and science and also authored a previous novel, Living Color. He lives both in France and Chatham.
The public is welcome to this free event. For more information, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.
Berkshire Musician Rick Leab To Perform At The New Lebanon Library
Berkshire musician Rick Leab will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, January 10, 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.
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Peter Rawson
West Lebanon – Peter Rawson, 73, of Schoolhouse Road, West Lebanon, NY, died peacefully on Friday, December 28, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Born on July 30, 1939, in Great Barrington, MA, he was the son of the late Ivan and Meta Butler Rawson. He was the loving husband of the former Angela M. Eccles, whom he married on July 16, 1966. [Read more…] about Peter Rawson
David C. Squier
New Lebanon – David C. Squier, 82, a resident of New Lebanon, NY, since 1958, died unexpectedly on Saturday, December 22, 2012.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Lore Squier, his devoted sons, William of Stamford, CT, John of Falmouth Foreside, ME, and Michael Squier of Chatham, NY, and their wives, Beth, Laurette and Rita, and his three loving grandchildren, Craig, Levi and Lauren. He also leaves his sister, Nancy Squier of Upper Montclair, NJ, his in-laws, Georg Oefelein of Moers, Germany, and Annemarie and Richard Benson of Dalton, MA, and their families.
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