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Teen Night Events To Raise Funds For Youth To Youth Conference

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Youth to Youth Berlin has coordinated what it hopes to be several Teen Nights at the Bridgeway Ballroom in Cherry Plain. It is meant to not only be a night of safe, drug-free fun inspired by the Youth to Youth Conference but the first of monthly Teen Nights locally to provide kids with fun safe drug-free entertainment.
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Letter To The Editor – A Waste Of Taxpayers Dollars: Bus Routes

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To the editor:
This letter is to inform the taxpayers of the BCD of the waste of the taxpayers dollars.
My children ride a small [school] bus – this bus goes on Stillman Village [Road] then proceeds to Varville, then (here is where the waste happens) drives a half of an hour to pick up two other students on the trail and off of the trail when another bus drives this same route. This same bus is also overcrowded with always a child sitting on the floor. A big NO NO! [Read more…] about Letter To The Editor – A Waste Of Taxpayers Dollars: Bus Routes

At Special Meeting BCSD Board Votes To Accept Barter Proposals For Empty Buildings

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by David Flint
The Berlin School District has decided to seek specific proposals from the Grafton Fire District and the Stephentown Town Board for taking over ownership of the closed elementary school properties in those towns. School Board President Gina Goodermote, having failed to get approval two weeks ago to hold a referendum in March on this issue, came back to the Board at a special meeting on January 31 with a new resolution. It calls for the Board to request the Grafton Fire District and the Town of Stephentown to submit “barter” proposals by March 6. [Read more…] about At Special Meeting BCSD Board Votes To Accept Barter Proposals For Empty Buildings

Mountaineers Split Games With Heatly, Waterford

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by Ryan Mosher
This past week the Berlin boys basketball team split games with Heatly and Waterford in Central Hudson Valley League action. First, against Heatly, the Mountaineers came out charging, taking a 21-4 lead in the first quarter, one of their strongest individual quarters of the entire season.
The Mountaineers held off a charge by the Hornets in the second and third quarters, holding the lead the entire time. In the end, led by three players in double digits, Berlin won 58-42. Seth Hawk scored 15 points, Cullen O’Brien had 14 and Tyler Bacon had 13 points.
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Berlin CSD Annual Winter Clothing/Coat Drive

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The Berlin Central School District Forum on Winter is once more sponsoring the yearly Winter Clothing/Coat Drive on Friday, February 3, from 2 to 4 pm in the Berlin Middle/High School Cafeteria. Previously known as the “Clothing Swap,” this year’s Clothing/Coat Drive will continue the tradition of giving families access to new or gently worn clothing. [Read more…] about Berlin CSD Annual Winter Clothing/Coat Drive

BCS Plan To Give Away School Buildings Is Tabled

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by Thaddeus Flint
A vote by the Berlin School Board on whether to offer its vacant elementary schools to the Town of Stephentown and to the Grafton Fire District failed to pass Wednesday at the monthly School Board meeting in Cherry Plain.
Board President Gina Goodermote has been leading the charge to rid the District of Stephentown Elementary and Grafton Elementary as a means of saving the thousands of dollars every year which is currently spent to keep the buildings mothballed. [Read more…] about BCS Plan To Give Away School Buildings Is Tabled

TRACS Is Moving Forward With Enthusiasm

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by David Flint
The mission of the organization, Together Reducing Alcohol and Drugs in our Community, is to build partnerships in the community of Berlin, Petersburgh, Grafton and Stephentown “to reduce high-risk behaviors including alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, to help ensure that our youth may grow to their greatest potential.” [Read more…] about TRACS Is Moving Forward With Enthusiasm

Berlin Central School District 2012-2013 Kindergarten Registration

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The Berlin Central School District has begun the process of registering kindergarten students for the 2012-2013 school year. If you have a child who will be five years of age on or before December 1, 2012, please call 658-2127 from January 23 through February 17 between the hours of 8:45 am and 3 pm to make sure your child is listed on our kindergarten register.  This will ensure that you will receive the kindergarten registration packet by mail.  All registration paperwork including a copy of your child’s birth or baptismal certificate and proof of residency must be hand delivered to Berlin Elementary School by March 30, 2012.  Drop off times are between 8:30 am and 3:45 pm, Monday through Friday.