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The “Show Guilderland Cares” event has been in the works since July, and organizer Emilio Genzano said he is hoping to raise $10,000 total, to split evenly between sports and the Rodino family, which is battling Huntington's disease.
 

“The Civil War Dead of Schoharie County” will be the topic at the next meeting of the Jefferson Historical Society, with local historian Peter Lindemann discussing his upcoming book A Crooked Gun.

The Canal Street Station Railroad Village will celebrate its eighth annual Fall Historic Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29.

NEW SCOTLAND — On Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Clarksville Historical Society presents “Civil War Camp Music” with Uncle Billy’s Balladeers.

The interactive theater performance, featuring songs and poems of the Civil War, starts at 7 p.m. at the Clarksville Community Church on Delaware Turnpike in Clarksville.

NEW SCOTLAND — Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University will again be offered at the First United Methodist Church at 68 Maple Ave. in Voorheesville, beginning on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and continuing on Sundays for nine weeks.

NEW SCOTLAND — The New Scotland Historical Association is pleased to have Barbara Baciewicz and Sharon Kielty, long-time volunteer interpreters at Historic Cherry Hill, come to our program on Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center in New Salem, to reenact the crime of the Cherry Hill Murder of 1827.

The worship schedule at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Ave., in Altamont on Sunday, Sept. 15, with a special guest, is as follows:

NEW SCOTLAND — The Voorheesville American Legion Auxiliary is holding its fourth annual tag sale, on Oct. 12, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Voorheesville Avenue in the village.

A Sustainable Green Infrastructure Exposition is being held in Albany County on Sept. 24. Visitors may tour a building with a green roof, see porous asphalt on public and private roads, or visit a rain garden or stream restoration project.

SCHOHARIE — The “Fall Antiques in Schoharie” show presented by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association on Sept. 14 and 15 in the historic village of Schoharie will have 100 dealers.

On Sunday, the Schoharie Valley Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America will hold an exhibit of antique cars.

Beginning its second century of song this fall in Schenectady, The Thursday Musical Club Women's Chorus is seeking female singers to prepare for its 101st Winter Concert on Saturday, Dec. 7.

NEW SCOTLAND — Beginning on Sept. 16, the Voorheesville Methodist Church, at 38 Maple Ave.) is once again providing take-out meals on Mondays.

On Sept. 16, the menu consists of baked lasagna with a green salad, crusty bread, and dessert.

NEW SCOTLAND — The First United Methodist Church of Voorheesville is starting its Free Community Lunch Program again this fall, the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.

The first lunch will be on Tuesday, Sept. 10, from noon to 1 p.m., eat-in only.