Winter White and Blue
Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) tree bark turns white after about ten years and builds in paper-like layers.
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Winter White and Blue
Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) tree bark turns white after about ten years and builds in paper-like layers.
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Attraction
Toucans are found living in the rainforests in Southern Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
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Area Births
This dove or pigeon (Columbidae) gave birth to chicks at the Berkshire Bird Paradise in Petersburgh.
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Local Gold
This injured Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) lives at the Berkshire Bird Paradise in Petersburgh.
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Jack’s Red Berries
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) is fruiting in our wet woods.
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Fall Gold
This Yellow Jacket (Vespidae) is enjoying our area’s abundant wild Goldenrod (Solidago).
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Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) has tiny purple blooms in the spring that were pictured here, and then these lovely blue berries now.
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Jack’s Berries
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) is fruiting now in our wet woods.
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Orange Wanderer
Young Eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), or efts, can be seen on the wet forest floor after a rain. This wandering juvenile stage typically lasts two to three years.
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Mushroom Season
The rain and humidity are helping to produce plenty of mushrooms this early August.
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Submitted by the US Department of Labor Anthony Valente, a mine manager at the R. J. Valente Quarry in Grafton, has pled guilty to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Valente admitted to causing Darren Miller’s death in October 2022 by disregarding and overriding safety features of a crane Valente was operating, […]
On Friday through Sunday, May 17th though 19th, The Friends of the New Lebanon Library will host their annual book sale to benefit the New Lebanon Library at the Church of Our Saviour, located at 14660 NY 22. Prices range from 50 cents for a children’s book to $2 for a hardcover. Specialty books will […]
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Submitted by BCS Communications Congratulations to the Berlin Elementary School (BES) Odyssey of the Mind team: Willamina Woodcock, Shayana Peterson, Devlin Maciong-Crimmel, Elizah Harrison, Daniel Hart, and Jacqueline Morstad, along with coaches Mrs. Bersaw, Mrs. Scanlon, and Mrs. Winner. The team won 2nd place in their division for the competition problem posed to them, as […]
Submitted by BCS Communications The following is a letter from Board of Education President Frank Zwack regarding last week’s Board of Education meeting and the budget development process going forward. Dear Members of the Berlin CSD School Community, The Board of Education of the Berlin Central School District has heard, and is responding to the […]