A meeting is scheduled for March 15 from 7 to 9 pm, at the Stephentown Fire Hall (35 Grange Hall Road, Stephentown) to discuss restoration of free-flowing tributaries to the Hudson River. Periodic grant assistance has been made to remove old dams and re-install culverts to allow fish passage.
Stephentown
Poestenkill Historical Society March Program
Troy’s Tiffany Glass
Tom Carroll, former director of the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway will be our guest speaker. Tom will present a narrated program on Tiffany glass in and around Troy which was very popular in the early days. Louis Comfort Tiffany started out as a painter but became interested in glass making around 1875. [Read more…] about Poestenkill Historical Society March Program
18th Annual Corned Beef And Cabbage Dinner Saturday March 12
The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department will hold an all you can eat Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner on Saturday March 12, 2016 from 4 to 7 pm in the Stephentown Fire Hall, 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown.
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Legislators Call for New Round Of FERC Hearings After The List Of Compressor Station Sites Expands to Nine
submitted by Rich Crist
Members of the Rensselaer County Legislature said a new round of hearings should be scheduled and review of the proposed Kinder Morgan, Northeast Energy Direct pipeline be halted after the list of possible compressor station host sites was expanded. [Read more…] about Legislators Call for New Round Of FERC Hearings After The List Of Compressor Station Sites Expands to Nine
Stephentown Memorial Library Upcoming Events
submitted by Laurenne Teachout
Monthly Lego Club – Friday, March 4 at 6 pm. Do you have a Lego enthusiast who could spend hours and hours every day engrossed with creative building? The Lego Club meets on a Friday night each month for an hour of building fun. There is no sign-up or charge. Donations of Lego blocks are most welcome at the library desk. [Read more…] about Stephentown Memorial Library Upcoming Events
The Tale Of A Buffalo Soldier At Stephentown Historical Society
Jerry Robinson, great-grandson of Reuben Waller, will give an illustrated talk: American History Through Reuben’s Eyes, on Sunday, March 6, at 2 pm, at the Stephentown Historical Society’s Heritage Center, 5 Staples Road (corner of Garfield Road), Stephentown, New York. The program is free and the building is handicapped accessible. For directions, telephone (518) 733-0010. [Read more…] about The Tale Of A Buffalo Soldier At Stephentown Historical Society
Eagle Eyes
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What’s for supper? A local Bald Eagle scans the landscape for prey earlier this week. Photo by Christopher Wright[/private]
Stephentown Town Board Action
Stephentown Works On Regulations For Utilities Crossing Town Roads
by David Flint
Stephentown has up to now had no law or rules in place that regulates utilities or anyone else from boring under or digging a trench right through a town road. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action
Wanted: Cancer-Fighting Super Heroes!
The 2016 Bennington County Relay for Life Kick-Off Expo is coming up on Wednesday, February 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Vermon Veteran’s Home, 325 North Street in Bennington. This year’s theme is “Super Heroes,” so come in your best cancer-fighting costime. Prizes will be awarded! [Read more…] about Wanted: Cancer-Fighting Super Heroes!
Lace Up And Run For A Cure
Put Saturday, April 16 on your calendars now for the Fourth Annual “Lace up for a Cure” 5K Run/Walk sponsored by Healers from Here. [Read more…] about Lace Up And Run For A Cure