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GCSD seeks volunteers for task force on school use

GUILDERLAND — The school board here is recruiting volunteers to serve on a new task force, "Investigating Alternative Uses of Space: Repurposing Task Force."

First Baptist Church of Westerlo to celebrate Pioneer Clubs Sunday

WESTERLO — Pioneer Clubs members and leaders at First Baptist Church at 618 Route 143 in Westerlo will celebrate Pioneer Clubs Sunday on Jan.

Whole Foods Market supports Pine Bush on Community Giving Day

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve, through the not-for-profit Friends of the Pine Bush Community, will receive support from the “Community Giving Day” at Whole Foods Market Albany on Jan. 15.

Singers sought “Tributes” to be the theme of Depot Lane spring concerts

The Depot Lane Singers, a community chorus based in Schoharie, is looking for singers to join it for its 2015 spring concerts.  The theme for this year's program will be “Tributes.”  The singers will pay homage, in song, to such diverse entities as cities, composers, musical genres, the American armed forces, cultures, the emotion of l

Red Cross holds local blood drives

The American Red Cross encourages eligible blood donors to start a lifesaving habit by becoming a regular blood donor this year, starting with National Blood Donor Month in January.

Code blue homeless alert called

The Homeless and Travelers Aid Society has called a Code Blue homeless alert through Monday, Jan. 12. Temperatures are predicted to rise above 10 degrees on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with a projected return to Code Blue status on Thursday, Jan. 15. 

St. John’s

St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Ave. in Altamont will hold Sunday worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m.

Pastor Gregory Zaja will give a sermon at the 11 a.m. service titled Chaos into Creation based on Genesis 1:1-5.

 

 

Test for radon in January

January 2015 has been declared “National Radon Action Month,” according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Health agencies throughout the United States are promoting awareness of the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers.

Bottle drive to support Honor Flight

ALTAMONT — The American Legion Riders is collecting returnable bottles and cans to raise funds to send United States Veterans on all-expenses-paid trips to Washington, D.C. to see the monuments that honor them and their service.

Altamont celebrates Week of Prayer

ALTAMONT — A joint Lutheran-Reformed worship service on Sunday, Jan. 18, will kickoff Altamont’s observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Altamont Reformed Church, at 129 Lincoln Avenue, will be the host congregation. St. John’s Lutheran Church is the other sponsoring congregation.

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