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Rally protests Norlite plant Demonstrators want state to reject permit renewal By SHANIECE HOLMES-BROWN
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MECHANICVILLE - There will be a Hanging Flower Basket Sale, Saturday, May 7th, 10 am to 1 pm in the parking lot of St. Luke’s on the Hill, 40 McBride Road, (GPS) Mechanicville, 12118, off Pruyn Hill Road, Town of Halfmoon. This is an outdoor drive-in, drive-out event and is just in time for Mother’s Day on May 8th. GreenScapes of Melrose will provide the flowers. A 10-inch basket is $30.00 and a 12-inch basket is $40.00. Gift certificates are available in advance. Call 518-664-5346. The proceeds are a benefit for the lumber necessary to construct beds under the supervision of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a local organization that builds beds for children in need. The “Bed Build” will take place Saturday, August 6th, 9 am to 1 pm at St. Luke’s on the Hill parking lot. You do not have to be a member of St. Luke’s to volunteer for the “Bed Build.” All help is welcome and appreciated! Like Us on Facebook, https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:// www.stlukesonthehill. org__;!!Ivohdkk!1PNdz8B7yEFL7dEyrXCFsiuavTdEhRuD061UFF7PtBGVZwvrQ845c-2 Uc3RbxPOwyIpR6duI$ , 518-664-4834, officeadmin@stlukesonthehill.org
ALBANY - While an Albany police vehicle blocked off a downtown city street, more than 100 Capital Region residents Saturday passionately chanted “Shut it down!” and “Close Norlite now!” while sharing their stories about how they’ve been negatively affected by the facility. Lights Out Norlite and more than two dozen groups, speakers and performers rallied in front of the governor’s mansion on Eagle Street, protesting the Cohoes facility. “We are calling for the closure of Norlite because they have been spreading toxins into our community for decades,” said Lights Out Norlite member Dave Publow of Troy. “This rally today was meant to call on Governor Hochul to take responsibility for this issue that she has inherited.” Norlite, LLC, a waste/ hazardous material incinerator that processes shale into aggregate, is in the midst of a stringent permit renewal process overseen by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC has ordered the plant to stop its dust pollution or pay daily fines. The protesters also called for the DEC to reject the permit renewal. Residents of the nearby public housing complex Saratoga Sites are being evacuated from their homes as a result of dust from the rock and slag piles at Norlite, although the company said last month that’s not the reason. Norlite proposes to buy the complex once vacated and turn it into a research facility to investigate “new ways to reduce the creation of waste and to safely dispose of it.”
Last spring, the DEC conducted a comprehensive study of off-site dust after residents raised concerns about it affecting their community. The study concluded that Norlite’s aggregate processing was the source of the dust. “About 70 families, including myself recently, are being forced to move because of the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator,” said Joe Ritchie, a member of Lights Out Norlite and a past resident of Saratoga Sites. “This only happens in America because we focus on the profits of corporations such as Norlite and we don’t take into consideration the people who have lived there their entire lives.” The event was co-sponsored by 33 Capital Region organizations to show support for environmental justice to residents of Troy, Cohoes and Rensselaer. “We’re not the only organization that has been trying to shut Nor-lite down,” said Alexis Goldsmith, member of Lights Out Norlite. “People have been trying to do this for decades.” Norlite said recently its proposals include erecting dust screens and planting more trees on the boundary between Norlite and Saratoga Sites. In a statement Saturday, Norlite said it complies with strict federal and state regulations to protect public health and the environment and “because we operate under these strict controls, we have no reason to believe our operation poses a risk to the community. We recognize that some concerns have been raised about dust, and we are making operational and engineering changes to address those concerns.” It’s unclear if Hochul was at the mansion for any part of the protest. Her schedule for Saturday had her in New York City. Shaniece.Brown@- timesunion.com
Gillibrand encourages Starbucks workers Baristas say staff shortages contribute to stressful environment By LEIGH HORNBECK
COLONIE - Baristas at a local Starbucks said last Friday in a meeting with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, that limited staffing at the store in Stuyvesant Plaza creates a stressful work environment and they are often left unprotected from abusive customers. Gillibrand met with four of the workers and Emily Vick from the Workers United Labor Union at the Crown Plaza Albany - The Desmond Hotel. Workers at the Stuyvesant Plaza store are the second group in the area to file their intentions with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize. Staff at the Latham Plaza store was the first. Baristas at more than 30 Starbucks locations across the country have voted to unionize, and approximately 230 stores in more than 30 states have filed for union elections. Gillibrand encouraged the baristas’ efforts
and asked why unionization efforts were storeby-store rather than regional, statewide or nationwide. Kayla Lupi, 29, a shift supervisor, said the campaign within the Stuyvesant Plaza store is pro-Starbucks and they did not want to repeat the mistakes of other campaigns. Starbucks is a good brand, Lupi said, but there are persistent problems that could be addressed if workers are in a union rather than being handled by them as individuals. Lupi told the senator their hope is both to speak up on behalf of co-workers who are afraid to, and to see all Starbucks’ stores unionized. There are 19 eligible workers at the Stuyvesant Plaza store. They all earn around $16 an hour and receive 2 percent raises each year, said shift supervisor Rayghan Dowey, 28, who has been with Starbucks for four years. Gillibrand, whose order is a tall Americano — black — also traveled to Buffalo earlier this year to support labor efforts there, and said the momentum brought about by successful efforts at Starbucks and recently at an Amazon
warehouse in Staten Island is exciting. Jacob Evans, 22, described a vicious cycle on the job. Counterproductive scheduling and understaffing means he can’t always serve customers the way he wants to, which makes customers grumpy, which then makes Evans feel more stressed. “We work so hard and we can’t connect with customers the way we want to,” Evans said. Vick said the Starbucks partners (the company’s term for its employees) are driving the effort to unionize, a change from the way unionizing used to be done. Throughout the movement, the leaders are mostly young. “Instead of just keeping their heads down, they’re standing up and saying, ‘things could be better.’” Starbucks’ press office did not respond to a request for comment, but a statement on the company website from CEO Howard Schultz earlier this month addresses unionization issues. It includes this statement: “Put simply, the Please see UNIONS 8
Biden taps Colonie attorney Columbia High, Cornell grad Nardacci nominated for Northern District seat By BRENDAN J. LYONS
ALBANY - Anne M. Nardacci, a Capital Region attorney and graduate of Cornell Law School, has been nominated to become a federal judge in New York’s Northern District by President Joe Biden. Nardacci, who had been recommended for the vacancy created when U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe moved into senior status, grew up in East Greenbush and graduated from Columbia High School and Georgetown University. She is a commercial litigator who specializes in antitrust matters and previously worked for U.S. Rep. Michael Any Price, Area or Condition McNulty. FAST, FAIR OFFERS The vacancy created by Sharpe’s shift to senior status occurred more than six years ago in January 2016, but the P.O. Box 1831, Albany NY 12201 position had not been recommended to be 518-441-6376 • rdrehabllc@aol.com filled during three presidential administrations until Wednesday’s announcement by the White House. The vacancy has resulted in other judges in the district taking on more casework than normal,
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THE CENTER at Colonie Senior Service Centers Announces May classes and events. COLONIE - THE CENTER is a place for individuals 55 years of age or older to learn, grow, exercise and be creative. Best of all, it’s a place to have fun! Prices are listed as member and not-yet-member. Price listed are member/ non-member. Please note, proof of vaccination is required for all events. May Art Events include: Rubber Stamping Art, 5/10, $20/$25 Watercolor Workshops with Kevin Kuhne 5/11 & 5/18, 10:00 a.m., $30/$40 Birdhouse Ornament,
Monday, May 9th at 1:00pm: Please join Clifton Park Halfmoon EMS for a blood pressure clinic! They will be on hand to check and record your blood pressure, answer any questions you may have about them and the services they perform, and provide educational materials to the senior center community. EEE: 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s: Wednesday, May 11th at 12:30pm Join us to learn about: The difference between normal aging and Alzheimer’s; Common warning signs; The importance of early detection and benefits of diagnosis; Next steps and expectations for the diagnostic process; and other Alzheimer’s Association resources. Jewelry Making Class: Friday, May 13th at 1:00pm: $2 cash supply fee paid at registration. Sample on display at the front desk. Register in advance as space is limited. Chorus Concert: Thursday, May 19th at
1:00pm: Be entertained by our Center singers who rehearse here each Thursday. Orchestra Concert: Friday, May 20th at 1:00pm: Come and hear the wonderful music of these talented musicians who rehearse here at the Center every week preparing to entertain you. Light refreshments will be served. Health and Wellness Fair: Saturday, May 21st at 10:00am: Make your Health & Wellness the priority! Visit Capital Region Vendors, learn about resources that address and accommodate changes we experience in aging. Healthy isn’t a goal. It’s a way of life! Brought to us by Shen Neighborhoods Connecting. MONDAYS: Game Room Activities (darts, air hockey, billiards, & ping pong), Tap Dance, Jazz Dance, Chair Yoga, Beginner Clogging, Intermediate Clogging, Discussion Group, Rummikub, Ukulele, Quilting Group, Soul Line Dancing,
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5/11, $12/$15 Spiral Bead Bracelet Workshop, 5/24 & 5/31, $29/$39 Drumming and Rhythm, 5/6, 5/20, 5/27, 10:00 a.m., $36/$45 May Travel Events include: Tulip and Dutch Heritage Tour, 5/2, $10/$10 Walking Tour of the Mansion Neighborhood, 5/4, $8/$13 Tour of Proctor’s 5/10, $5/$10 West Point Tour, 5/12, $65/$85 Bozen Kill Spring Nature Walk, 5/17, $8/$15 Taste of Troy Walking Tour, 5/18, $80/$85 Tour of Opus 40, 5/20, $32/$42 Longfield Farm Tour, 5/23, $5/$10
May Fitness Events include (classes are prorated for latecomers): Tap Dancing, starts 4/7, $65/$80 Jazz Dance, starts 4/7, $65, $80 Yoga for Crafty Hands, 4/8, $7/$12 Tai Chi for Ease of Movement, starts 4/11, $50/$60 Line Dancing I & II, starts 4/13, $40/$50 Yoga for Mobility, starts 4/14, $50/$60 Tai Chi for Memory, starts 4/18, $30/$40 Bowling Lessons and Games, starts 4/22, $45/55 Meet ups include book club, writer’s group, open studio, and a kitting group. Games include bridge, pool, bingo, poker, cribbage and Mah Jong. Call 518-459-2857 x 327
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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Volunteer to Be Part of a Pictorial/Oral History Exhibit COLONIE - Colonie Senior Service Centers, Inc. was recently awarded a grant to implement a wonderfully timely project entitled “A Moment in Time – What are you looking forward to?” This basis for the proposed pictorial exhibit is simple. Realizing how detrimental and isolating the COVID-19 pandemic has been to everyone throughout the Capital Region, this project, with a committed team of photographers, oral historians and makeup artists, along with CSSC staff, is intended to capture and highlight the insight and hope from our seniors for the future. We believe that those who participate in this project as well as those who view the exhibit will be inspired. We are looking for volunteer seniors from the community who will allow to be photographed and briefly interviewed so that we may capture that moment in time. The question that will be poised in the interview is “What are you looking forward to” From these interviews, an exhibit will be created and displayed both hardcopy as well as electronically. CSSC plans on scheduling approximately ten sessions over the next several months at different locations throughout the Capital Region at such locations as churches, senior centers, historic sites and libraries to photograph and interview participants. If you or your group is interested in learning more about this project, please call Diane at 518459-2857 ext. 305.
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COLONIE - Sugar and Spice and everything nice…look no further for the perfect gift to give that special someone this spring. Colonie Senior Service Centers, Inc. is once again offering their popular Local Bounty Baskets themed for this time of year. These baskets will be available from now until Friday, May 6. Every basket will contain an array of local products that represent the quality and variety of items locally produced such as jams/ jellies, honey, roasted nuts, cheese, kitchen and garden ware. The baskets are beautifully wrapped and can be delivered free of charge within a five mile radius of The Beltrone Living Center in Colonie. Prices start at $35 plus tax. To order, please call Sharon at 518-459-2857 ext. 302 or email sherald@ colonieseniors.org. Proceeds from the sale of our Local Bounty Baskets go towards supporting CSSC’s senior transportation services.
Amity Reformed Church Annual Spring Sale VISCHER FERRY - Amity Reformed Church, 335 Riverview Road, Vischer Ferry will be hosting its annual Spring sale on Friday, May 6 from 9am to 2pm and on Saturday, May 7 from 9am to 1pm. Need a last minute gift for Mother’s Day? Come and check out our selection of house plants, baked goods, and home made crafts. There will also be gently used books, clothing and
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Loundonville Presbyterian Church Artisan Fair LOUDONVILLE - May 7th; Original Works and Handmade Goods 9:302:00PM We are hosting an event for local artists and crafters at Loudonville Presbyterian Church - 22 Old Niskayuna Rd, Loudonville. Check us out on Facebook, or call the church 518-4657277. We have so many wonderful artists in our community and we would love to have you come and see and shop their wonderful handicrafts. There will be knitters, handmade paper cards and crafts, quilting, maple products, ceramics, paintings and jewelry - and so much more. It’s going to be fabulous! A perfect place to get a one of kind Mother’s Day gift too! We hope to see you then!!!
The Latham Colonie Columbiettes Hosting the Annual Mother’s Day Breakfast LATHAM - Sunday, May 8th, 2022 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Latham-Colonie Knights of Columbus Council, 328 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, N.Y. 12110. Menu includes; Scrambled Eggs, an Omelet Station, Home Fries, Corned Beef Hash, Bacon and Sausage, Pan-
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Waterford Lions Club Garage Sale WATERFORD - The Waterford Lions Club is holding a Garage Sale fundraiser on Saturday, May 14th from 9-4, rain or shine at 9 Sixth Street, Waterford (across from St. Mary’s Church). Please consider cleaning out your cellars, attics, etc. and donating items to this good cause. Items may be dropped off at 9 6th Street on Thursday and Friday, May 12th and 13th between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm. If you have items to donate, but unable to deliver them, contact lizcal13@gmail.com to arrange for pick-up. We will be unable to accept tvs, old computers and monitors, refrigerators or other large appliances, encyclopedias, text books or magazines, clothing. The Lions Club assists people with hearing and vision needs and seeks to improve health and well-being through humanitarian services and donations.
Fort Orange Garden Club Plant Sale NEWTONVILLE - The members of the Fort Orange Garden Club are excited to announce that our annual plant sale will be held on Friday, May 6th 3 – 5 pm, with a pre-sale fundraiser of $5 with purchase. Continuing on Saturday, May 7th 9am - 1 pm at the Buhrmaster Barn at the
St. Matthew & St. Paul’s Lutheran Church ALBANY - 1500 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203 (across from Stuyvesant Plaza). (518) 464-2648. Join us every Sunday for worship at 10:00am followed by adult Bible study at 11:20am. Children are welcome in worship and Sunday School at 11:20am. Coffee and snacks provided each week. All are welcome!
WATERFORD - Tuesday, May 10th at 6:00 pm here at the Center at 125 Second St in Waterford. This is a great opportunity to get involved and volunteer some time while working with others in our Community Garden. Much of which is grown will go to our local food pantries. Let us grow together as a community as we nurture one another through good health, stewardship and caring for one another. Call Eileen Haldeman, Director at 518-235-8500 for any further information.
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immigration-related appeals to working class voters and the Democratic failure to pass new economic legislation are arguably part of that larger problem. So I asked Poersch of the Senate Majority PAC how seriously the party's top strategists take structural threats like ongoing educational and geographic polarization. "It is something we talk about internally quite a bit," Poersch told me. He also allowed that the "long view" poses problems distinct from "cycle to cycle" challenges. However, Poersch argues that Democrats have faced these deficits for a long time. Ultimately, he said, various factors particular to a race or cycle tend to determine whether those deficits can be overcome. "While I don't doubt that every cycle Senate Democrats have to scramble," Poersch said, Democrats aren't set to "lose the ability to have the majority" in a Rubicon-crossing sense. When I asked whether these deficits are becoming worse, for instance in the declining ability of senate candidates to over perform presidential ones, Poersch said individual races have a way of defying such trends. "It was just one year ago that a lot of Democrats were surprised when we won two seats in the state of Georgia," Poersch said. "With every cycle you have successes." Poersch did acknowledge some of these problems, but said Democrats "can cut off some of those trend lines" by "holding firm" in "unexpected" places. His view is basically that these trends aren't necessarily a prison sentence: "Historically Senate Democrats have proven that." A key threshold question is whether you believe the Democratic Party's image has broken down in non-cosmopolitan America in some fundamental sense. Pressed on this, Poersch didn't seem to accept the diagnosis. If Democrats continue centralizing working people, the economy and "fairness and opportunity," Poersch said, they'll "succeed in all sorts of states." But he allowed the party thinks "a lot" about how to boost margins with rural and non-college voters. This debate is ultimately very frustrating. Democrats are told to achieve distance from "wokeness," but these prescriptions are often too vague and don't entertain whether Democrats can counter cultural attacks by articulating their values with conviction and indicting Republican extremism. Talk about the party's image with workers also needs clarifying. Gabriel Winant, a historian of the U.S. working class, points out that declining organization is driving the problem: It makes it harder to appeal to a working class that's not otherwise monolithic, racially or in terms of values, rendering it "fragmented." "It's a challenge for the Democratic Party to be seen as the party of the working class without more organization and power within the working class outside of politics," Winant told me. Even if you dismiss the doomsaying, the party could send stronger signals that it is thinking hard about how to mitigate the long-term risks posed by these structural deficits.
Tearing Down the Silicon Valley Wall Victor Davis Hanson, Tribune Content Agency
Elon Musk has finally managed to buy Twitter. And the moment he did, the enraged Left flipped out. Abruptly leftists began trashing their favorite electronic communications platform as the domain of the nation's elite, professional classes. Had they just discovered that they had been racists and privileged users all this time? And what happened to the Left's former worship of Musk as the man who revolutionized the clean, green automobile industry with his Tesla electric car company? Or Musk the space revolutionary and hip star trekker, who with his own money helped ensure the United States remains preeminent in space exploration? Or Musk, the patriot who is providing free next-generation internet service to the underdog Ukrainians fighting Russians for their lives? No matter. The Left reviles Musk because he has announced that Twitter will be the one social-media platform whose business is not to censor or massage free speech in an otherwise monopolist, intolerant, and hard-Left Silicon Valley. Who knows, Musk might even allow former president Donald Trump to communicate on Twitter - in the fashion that the terrorist Taliban, Iranian theocrats, and violent Antifa protesters all take for granted in their daily access to Twitter. But how did the once free-speech, anti-trust, let-it-all-hang out Left become a Victorian busybody, a censorious Soviet, and an old-fashioned robber-baron monopoly? When it discovered that few Americans wanted left-wing, socialist politics it turned elsewhere. It found power instead through control of American institutions, from academia and Wall Street to traditional and social media. When Musk merely talked about buying Twitter, the Left shrieked that an outlier multibillionaire owning a media - and especially a social media venue was unfair. The buyout was supposedly "dangerous" and "a threat to democracy." But the more the Left screamed, the less people listened. After all, left-wing Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook has roughly 15 times more market capitalization than Twitter. It has an audience of 2 billion users - over seven times larger than Twitter's 271 million. Zuckerberg's monopoly on global social media and his enormous wealth were stealthily put in service to the Democratic Party in the 2020 election. He reportedly infused nearly $420 million of his media money into warping the vote in key precincts, by augmenting and absorbing the work of state registrars to empower likely left-wing voters. Amazon's Jeff Bezos, the second wealthiest man in the world, owns the influential Washington Post. It has moved markedly to the activist Left under his patronage. Multibillionaire Lisa Jobs, widow of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, owns The Atlantic. It has become an increasingly hard-Left political magazine. So in Orwellian fashion, apparently most media-owning, left-wing billionaires are good? But one social media-owning, non-left-wing billionaire is bad? How exactly might a Musk-owned Twitter alter an election? By emulating the former directors of Twitter and the rest of Silicon Valley social media who canceled not just conservatives, but any new communication they felt harmful to the 2020 Biden campaign? From the outset, it was clear that Hunter Biden's lost laptop incriminated his dad, Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Biden was referenced by his own quid pro quo, grifting son variously as "the Big Guy" and "Mr. Ten Percent" - a full partner in peddling Beltway influence to rich foreign actors. Yet in lockstep, social media banned most coverage of the pre-election laptop story. It instead spread its standby false narrative of "Russian disinformation." We now know the laptop was always authentic. The crude efforts to suppress mention of it were classic politicized news suppression. Still, the Left may well have some reason to be terrified of Elon Musk. Should he liberate Twitter from left-wing scolds and groupthinkers, would other renegade new companies and old standbys follow his lead? Is Musk's $46-billion acquisition the internet equivalent of Germans in November 1989 with sledgehammers smashing down the Berlin Wall? Does Musk sense that the looming November midterm elections may result in one of the rare landslide verdicts in American history? Does he assume the public prefers a muckraker who demands free speech rather than corporate insider cronies censoring expression they don't find useful? Polls show that the American people have had their fill of 14 months of self-inflicted, ideology-driven disasters. And why not, given the nonexistent border, spiking crime, inflation, unaffordable gasoline, and neo-Confederate racial fixations? Are the recent Netflix implosion, the CNN+ disaster, the Disney debacle, the Virginia statewide and San Francisco school board elections, the polls showing massive defections of Latinos from the Left, and the grass-roots pushback against government-imposed mask wearing, and explicit transgender education in the k-3 grades--also symptoms of a reckoning on the horizon? The country is ready for a revolution. And Musk believes he can lead it with his Silicon-Valley sledgehammer. So, as the Left says, "Bring it on."
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BETHLEHEM - Please help Bethlehem Grange 137 continue our tradition of our Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with our Craft Fair on 5/21/22. We’ve been in continuous operation for over 148 years, serving the surrounding communities with their constantly changing needs, as a not for profit organization, open to ages of 5 to 105. Bethlehem Grange 137 is looking for donations of household plants, outdoor plants, rooted plants, cuttings, potted or unpotted plants for our Plant Sale. We would really appreciate receiving the plant items as soon as possible, so that we have time to repot any that may need to be split apart and rooted. We’re also accepting donations of vegetable seedlings, herb seedlings, flower seedlings, catnip plants or seedlings, small bushes such as lilac bushes, Rose of Sharon’s, raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes, etc. We’re also looking for flower pots, plastic, pottery, or ceramic, hanging planters, plant hangers, potting soil, cactus soil, broken pots for drainage for the bottoms of pots, and clean coffee filters. If you’d like to donate unopened seed packets, we’d also accept those. We’ll also accept gardening tools. Please call Carol Carpenter at 518-421-1384 to arrange delivery. Please do not drop items off without a confirmation. We do not have a protected area from the elements. If you’re in Albany, items can also be dropped off at 21 Ramsey Pl Albany, NY 12208, on my front porch.
DELMAR - Under the direction of Vincent Bonafede, will present a Spring Concert performed by the Orchestra’s string section on Monday, May 9, 2022 at 7:30 pm at the Delmar Reformed Church (386 Delaware Ave., Delmar). The concert, which will include classical selections and pops, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact DCO President Janet Behning at delmarcommunityorchestra@gmail. com or (914) 271-2055, or visit the DCO website at www.delmarcommunityorchestra.org.
The Friendship Singers of Delmar DELMAR - A free program of old favorites at the Delmar Reformed Church on Friday, June 3, 2022, 386 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054, at 7:30 p.m. Our accompanist is Peg Dorgan. This public concert marks our 40th anniversary as a women’s choral group! Depending on Covid restrictions, there will be refreshments at intermission. Donation boxes will be available for Family Promise of the Capital Region, an organization which supports homeless families. We are looking for new members for the fall/winter concert season; please contact our director, Marie Liddle, at reeliddle@ yahoo.com or 518-424-2799.
Goulash Dinner at Bethlehem Grange BETHLEHEM - Saturday 5/14/22, at Bethlehem Grange 137, being served from 3-6PM. Dinner will Goulash with Tossed Salad, Roll and Butter and Dessert for $14.00. Pick-up of your Goulash Dinner is at Bethlehem Grange 137, located at 24 Bridge St., Selkirk, NY 12158. We are handicap accessible with plenty of parking. Please reserve your meals by calling Carol Carpenter at 518-421-1384. Please make sure your phone number is displayed, so that you can receive a confirmation phone call. Please reserve your dinners by Friday 5/13/22.
Estherville Animal Shelter Funraiser CLIFTON PARK - Sunday May 15th, 2022 12pm-4pm, Chefs Buffett served at 1pm; Van Patten Golf Club, 924 Main St.; Clifton Park, NY 12065 What: Our spring luncheon consists of a delicious chefs buffet with many options! There will also be raffle baskets, silent auction items, and a 50/50 raffle. As always all proceeds go directly to the animals in our care! Price: The price of admission is $40 per person. Checks or cash can be mailed to the following address by May 1st. Please be sure to note your money is for the luncheon when you send it! Estherville Animal Shelter 100 Russell Road, Greenfield Center, NY 12833
Al-Anon Meeting In Person WATERFORD - Effective May 11th the Wednesday 6PM Al-anon Meeting will once again be meeting in person but at a new location. We will meet at St. Mary’s Crescent, 86 Church Hill Road, Waterford, 12188 in the Parish Center. In the parking lot use the door closest to the dumpster. If you are affected by a person’s drinking, Al-anon can help restore your sanity. We as a group, come together to share our experience, strength and hope and discover ways to live a happier life. Please email any questions to: cmc.afg.123@gmail.com
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ALBANY - The Woman’s Club of Albany, 725 Madison Avenue, Albany, will hold its annual “Tulip Tea” on Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Tea sandwiches and desserts, provided by McCarroll’s Village Butcher and Zachary’s Pastry Shoppe, will be served. Members of the club will serve teas by Divinitea to guests. A cash raffle and silent auction will also be held. Cost to attend is $45 and registration by May 6 is required. To register, go to womansclubofalbany.com. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Woman’s Club of Albany, a non-profit organization founded in 1910 to improve conditions for women and children in Albany. The club continues that mission today, providing philanthropic and hands-on support to other non-profit groups throughout the Capital Region that offer direct services to women and children. The Woman’s Club is the owner/steward of the Madison Avenue house built in 1895 for Albany clothier Joseph Steefel and his wife Hattie. Repairs to the house are ongoing, with work presently being done to build an accessibility ramp. The house is used for club gatherings and for community programs open to the public, and is also available as a rental venue. Please note that the house is not currently ADA accessible.
DELMAR - Local artists will set up shop outdoors, in Delmar, on Saturday, May 14 10-3:00. Albany County is home to an abundance of artists artists manipulating every kind of medium, from oil and watercolor paints, to pottery, to fibers, found objects, and photo images. Artists transforming wood, metals, stones and shells into barn quilts, furniture, jewelry and wall art is quite common in this region.. Many of these local artisans will gather at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386Delaware Ave Delmar, on May 14 as Merriman and Pfister’s Marketplace sponsors its annual Artists Outdoor Market. The show and sale will highlight locally made pottery, paintings, photography, wooden furniture, toys and barn quilts. Also, found will be an array of unique stationery, jewelry, mosaics and fiber arts. Merriman and Pfister is dedicated to increasing appreciation for, and creating access to, signature artisan made gifts. Their mission states their intention to foster a relationship and dialogue between artists, their works and the community. For information, call Kathy Agneta at 518-588-7268 www.merrimanpfister.com
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Dinners/Events at South Bethlehem United Methodist Church SOUTH BETHLEHEM – Come join us for our Vendor Craft Fair on May 14, 2022 from 9-2. Breakfast and lunch will be available plus a bake sale to support our church United Methodist Women. Our Thrift Shop ‘Boutique’ will be open as well. Please come out to support small business, shop, and eat. Contact Emily Shutter at 518: 813-0661 for further information.
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Colonie Chabad Invites the Community to a Drum Circle & Lag Bomer Picnic COLONIE - “Join us for a community BBQ celebrating Lag B’Omer! Lag B’Omer is a day celebrating Jewish unity and pride. Enjoy a kosher Dinner Picnic, arts and crafts, games & more....For adults and children!” said Rabbi Mordechai. May 18th, Wednesday @ 5pm. COOK PARK, Shambrook Pkwy, Colonie, NY 12205
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