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New venues for female athletes and steak lovers

GUILDERLAND — Crossgates Mall has two new businesses — a clothing store and a restaurant.

Bibles to be dedicated at St. Boniface

GUILDERLAND — This Sunday, Aug. 10, St. Boniface Episcopal Church’s services will be at  at 8 and 10 a.m. with a special dedication of Pew Bibles for the Chapel of the Resurrection generously donated by William and Barbara Emerson.

Auditions held for When in Rome...

by Penny Shaw

The Hilltowns Players are pleased to announce auditions for our fall 2014 musical comedy, When in Rome...  Auditions will be held Tuesday, Aug. 19, and Monday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Helderberg Lutheran Church on Route 443 in the village of Berne, next to the high school.

The garden at the Mynderse-Frederick House is in full bloom

by Linda Miller

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Garden Club invites the public to visit the perennial garden at the Mynderse-Frederick House located at 451 Main Street, Route 146, in Guilderland Center.  Garden club members began the development of this lovely garden in 2009 with the help of the Guilderland Parks Department and Master Gardener Keith Lee

Macklin receives President’s Award

NEW SCOTLAND — James Macklin of Voorheesville, the director of planning and research at Hudson Valley Community College, was recently honored with the President’s Award for Excellence in College Service.

American Red Cross holds blood drives

The American Red Cross continues to have an urgent need for blood donors of all blood types to give before the Labor Day holiday, even after many more donors stepped up following an urgent call issued in late July. Donors with types O negative, B negative, and A negative blood are especially needed.

Chambers offer Tuscany tour

The Colonie and Guilderland chambers of commerce are offering a fully escorted tour in March of Tuscany in Italy, including the cities of Florence, Pisa, and Siena.

For more information, call the Colonie Chamber at 785-6995 or the Guilderland Chamber at 456-6611.

Zajac preaches on the five loaves that fed 5,000

ALTAMONT — Pastor Gregory Zajac, of St. John’s Lutheran Church, will give a sermon on Aug. 3 titled "Yes, With the Help of God," based on Matthew 14:13-21, the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand.

Worship begins at 9:30 a.m. and the church is located at 140 Maple Ave. in Altamont.

‘Draw Near Unto God’ explores Common Prayer

GUILDERLAND — St. Boniface Episcopal Church has Sunday services at 8 and 10 p.m. with children’s chapel and friendship coffee hour following. 

Quilts are as diverse as the women who make them

by Sandra Stempel Kisselback

"I'll never understand why you spend all that money on fabric just to bring it home and cut it up into little pieces": Berne resident Karen Bunzey, with over 30 years of quilting experience, offered this little gem of a quote from her husband, Ken.

Six seats left on Canyon Country tour

ALTAMONT — The “Canyon Country” tour offered by St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Church in Altamont is almost sold out. The trip to western national parks will leave from Albany on Oct. 15 and return on Oct. 23, led by Jean Gagnon, manager of the Travel Plaza Center in Latham. 

Call for artists

The Albany Institute of History & Art is seeking artist submissions for the 2014 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region.