Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
The Stephentown Martial Arts Studio run by Sensei Bob Fish awarded various degrees of black belts to a number of people who have been studying in the school. Approximately 20 to 30 people have been attending classes at the Stephentown studio, on Monday nights in the Town Hall.
[Read more…] about Stephentown Martial Arts Students Awarded Black Belts
Friday, February 20 – Animal Tracking with the Family at 1pm – Fisher, fox, and other creatures live in the park! Learn how spot their tracks and sign, and then join us as we look for the stories they’ve left in the snow. Preregistration required as space is limited. $2 each or $5/family.
Wednesday, February 25 – Snowshoe Outing at 10:30 am. Join the park naturalists on a casual snowshoe hike through beautiful Grafton Lakes State Park. Practice your observation skills and bring your camera to capture the scenes! We will hike if there is no snow. $2/person includes rental.
Wednesday, March 4 – Almost Full Moon Outing at 6 pm. Savor winter under the glow of the moon. Meets at Shaver Pond Center. Space is limited so please pre-register and let us know if you need snowshoes for the outing: Call 279-1155. Sponsored by Friends of GLSP.
Saturday, March 14 – Backyard Maple Sugaring at 1pm. Do you long to set up a family-scale syruping operation in your backyard? Join us for a short film, demo and samples of sap and fresh syrup. $2/person and $5/family.
Saturday, March 21 – Backyard Maple Sugaring at 1pm. Savor a delicious sign of Spring and learn how to make syrup in your backyard. $2/person and $5/family.
Grafton Lakes State Park is open daily from 8am-dusk. For an ongoing schedule of Friends group outings that changes weekly, look us up on www.meetup.com/Friends-of-Grafton-Lakes-State-Park. For more info on the park or our programs, please call the park naturalist at 279-1155 or look us up on Facebook!
HF 73 Cambridge 30
The Panthers traveled up Route 22 to take on the (2 – 11, 3 – 13) Cambridge Indians last week. The game started and by the end of the first quarter, it was clear the Indians were undermanned and going to be overwhelmed. The Panthers outscored the Indians 27 – 4 and from there it was just cruise control. By the end of the third quarter, the score was 57 – 17.
[Read more…] about Panther Boys Basketball Is Undefeated – Record Up To 16 – 0
submitted by Coach Bob Lang
The Hoosick Falls bowling team finished second out of 29 teams on Friday, February 6, at Boulevard Bowl in Schenectady in the Sectionals. Fort Edward won the championship with a six game total for five bowlers of 5,778 followed by Hoosick Falls with 5,669, Canajoharie – 5,509, Middleburg – 5,314 and Hoosic Valley – 5,212. Other local schools were Mechanicville in seventh place with 5,094 pins and Stillwater in 12th place with 4,752.
[Read more…] about Panther Bowlers Finish Second In Sectionals
by Steve Bradley
Rachel Pine scored 13 points to lead the Lady Panthers past the (3 – 9, 8 – 9)) Stillwater Warriors last Friday evening. Even though the Warriors held the lead at the end of the first, 14 – 12, the Panthers clicked at both ends of the court in second and third quarters to put the game away. Holding the Warriors to five points in the second and 3 points in the third, while putting up a combined 31 of their own, the Panthers pulled away.
Along with Pine’s 13 points, Kelly Pine, Megan Flynn and Chelsea Stevens each added nine points. Flynn had 14 rebounds, while Kelly Pine had 10 of her own.
The Ladies will play Granville Friday, February 13, for their final regular season game.
CalvinMars Going To Sectionals
submitted by Cindi Mars
Berlin-New Lebanon Wrestling went to the Section II Class D Tournament at Salem Central School on Saturday February 7.
Calvin Mars took 4th place in the 126 weight class and will be representing Berlin at the Sectionals on February 14.
[Read more…] about Berlin-New Lebanon Wrestling Strong At Salem Tournament
The Petersburgh Rod and Gun Club held its 4th Annual Ice Fishing Derby at Dyken Pond on February 7, with 74 adults and seven children participating.
Winners are:
Adult Class
Perch
1st Anthony Ray – 9¾”
2nd Dave Yerke – 9¾”
3rd Luke Palmer – 9¼”
Pickerel
1st Bill Gundrum Jr. – 20½”
2nd Scott Pelletier – 20¼”
3rd Andre Jones – 20”
Adult payout was $225 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third.
Children (12 and under)
Winners:
Pickerel
1st Daune Harrison Jr – 17½”
2nd Lillian von Schilgen – 17¼”
3rd Phil Oakes II – 15½”
Cash prizes were $20, $10 and $5 for first, second and third.
Sponsored Prizes donated by local people and businesses were also given out to entrants. First place went to Pete Elie. He won a $150 Cabela’s gift card. Second place, a truckload of wood, went to Everton Headley, and third place, a Cabela’s $50 gift card, to Angel Matte.
Raffle tickets were also sold. The 50/50 raffle was won by Jess Babcock.
The Derby included free hot dogs and hamburgs at the end of the event. It was a fun day for all.
The basketball season for the Berlin boys has been going on in fits and bursts between snow storms. The last week of January was good for the team as they defeated Class D top ranked Germantown. [Read more…] about Greg Depaolis Scores his 1000th Point
by Steve Bradley
The Panther boys basketball team held the Hoosic Valley Indians to three points in the second quarter and went on to win 65 – 40 last Friday evening. [Read more…] about Panther Boys Basketball Gets Dominating Win Over Hoosic Valley
The Friends of Dyken Pond are seeking to purchase a parcel of land bordering the existing nature preserve, that will help protect wildlife habitat for river otter, great blue heron nesting sites, fox, beaver, coyote and bobcat. This parcel will connect two existing parcels and add an additional mile of trail.
The Friends of Dyken Pond completed purchase of a 40 acre parcel on Newcomb Pond in the spring of 2014. A new trail is in place connecting the Center’s existing trails to this first Newcomb Pond parcel, although permanent trail markers still need to go up in 2015.
With the purchase of this second parcel, the Friends of the Dyken Pond Center will protect high quality beech, maple and hemlock forestland, a 9 acre pond, emergent wetland and forested shrub wetland. And there’s more! With the additional fifty-six acres, the trail to Newcomb Pond will be extended to connect to the existing Spring Trail forming a complete looped trail.
With this additional purchase, the protected open space corridor around the Dyken Pond Center will include 489 acres of private and public conservation lands. Acquisition of the new parcel also ensures that it remains a component of the open space of the Rensselaer Plateau, home of one of the largest forest blocks in New York State. These large forest tracts provide habitat for wildlife found at the Center that require large areas of unbroken forest, such as fisher, bear, moose, and porcupine.
Visitors to Dyken Pond will have access to fifty-six more acres for hiking, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, birding, and Dyken Pond Center educational programs.
The Friends need help paying for it. They need to fundraise $100,000 to purchase this land, and are asking the public to help. Donations can be made by making checks to Friends of Dyken Pond and mailing to: 475 Dyken Pond Road, Cropseyville, New York 12052.
For more information about the Friends of Dyken Pond and the Dyken Pond Environemental Education Center, please visit our website at: http://www.dykenpond.org.
If you would like more information, please contact Friends President, Leonard Tremblay at bones0655@aol.com or 518.429-0393.
