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A new course at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation will help readers of Hebrew understand better the makeup and nuances of the Hebrew in Jewish prayers.

VOORHEESVILLE — On Saturday, April 18, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the village of Voorheesville will be hosting a recycling collection event in the firehouse parking lot at 12 Altamont Road.

NEW SCOTLAND —  “Victory Turned Into Mourning” — a farewell to Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant at the New York State Capitol — will be the program presented by Stuart Lehman at the New Scotland Historical Association to Tuesday, April 7.

GUILDERLAND — The town of Guilderland will begin accepting registrations for its 2015 spring and summer youth programs as of April 1.

VOORHEESVILLE — Homemade take-out meals, including a desert, are served each Monday by the Voorheesville Methodist Church at 68 Maple Ave.

“You are relieved from planning, cooking, and cleanup,” says organizer Nancy Farley.

These are the menus:

— March 30:  Spaghetti pie, a new offering;

Online registration is now open for the fourth annual I Love My Park Day, to be held on May 2 at state parks and historic sites across New York. Since its launch in 2012, the number of parks involved in I Love My Park Day has more than doubled, with the number of volunteers taking part tripling.

HILLTOWNS — Several hundred cars will pass through the Hilltowns in the next two weekends, searching for a taste of locally made maple syrup and a look at its life before the bottle.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland YMCA provides after-school programs that emphasize the organization’s four core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
All Y-Time programs are accredited by New York State.

VOORHEESVILLE — During our annual Martin Luther King sew day, four teams of two quilters each from the Voorheesville Village Quilters gathered in the Community Room at the Voorheesville Public Library to participate in an Iron Quilt Challenge.  Organized by Education Coordinator Julie Stump, each team was allowed to bring sewing machin

GUILDERLAND —The Guilderland Central School District has a month full of events for March, which is Music In Our Schools Month:

VOORHEESVILLE — Homemade take-out meals are available at the First United Methodist Church, 68 Maple Ave., and include dessert.

Here’s the menu for six weeks:

— March 23: Beef pot roast;

— March 30: Spaghetti pie, a new item;

— April 6: Swedish meatballs;

— April 13: Turkey, which is very popular;

The annual Antiques in Schoharie spring show will be held this year on March 21 and 22 — on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Schoharie Central School.

BETHLEHEM — To raise funds to preserve the town’s historical records and artifacts, the Bethlehem Historical Association is holding its second Antiques Appraisal Day at Bethlehem Town Hall on Saturday, April 18, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Students from Guilderland, Voorheesville, Bethlehem, and Berne-Knox-Westerlo are among those whose artwork is on display through March 20 at the South Concourse of Albany’s Empire State Plaza.

A performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s "St.