Friday Walk and Talk on Friday, May 4, from 12 – 1:00 pm. Take a break from your day and join us for a one-hour long hike along the trails of the Madison Avenue Pinelands. We will meet at the Madison Avenue Pinelands trailhead (#7). Adults only. Location: Madison Avenue Pinelands trailhead (#7). Free! Registration required. Please sign up by calling 518-456-0655 or visit www.AlbanyPineBush.org/events.

At 7 pm, The Clarksville Historical Society spring program will feature MARK KING, Director of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy talk about protecting open space in the Capital Region. This will be held in the Clarksville Community Church, 1997 Delaware Turnpike. Clarksville. This is open to the public and refreshments will follow.

Citizen Science: Eastern Whip-poor-will Survey Training on Tuesday, May 1, from 7 – 8 pm. Although it once kept people up at night, now the song of the Whip-poor-will is a rare sound in the Pine Bush. A nocturnal bird that is classified in the family of Nightjars, the Eastern Whip-poor-will has been in decline in New York for the past two decades. We hope to see it return as we restore its habitat, but we need your help to monitor for this now-rare species.

Knox Historical Society begins a new membership year at its regular meeting at 7:00 pm at Town Hall.  Election of officers will be held and dues will be collected. Come join the excitement as we begin preparations for our summer season! Refreshments will be served and new members are always welcome. For more information, call 518-860-7861.

Preserving History in a Growing Suburban Town. Voorheesville native and Clifton Park Historian John Scherer discusses how the challenges of preserving history in a suburban town can be addressed even in Clifton Park and relates his experience to growing up in New Scotland. Sponsored by the New Scotland Historical Association, this program will be presented at 7:30 p.m. at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center, 7 Old New Salem Rd., Voorheesville (New Salem) 12186. Museum opens at 7:00. Program is free and open to the public.

Confidential Document Shredding Event from 8:00 - Noon at the Highway Department. Residents must obtain a free resident pass at the Transfer Station or the Parks & Recreation Office prior to the event (bring your vehicle registration). Please obtain pass ahead of time.  Please limit your confidential material to four standard paper boxes.

Town of Guilderland. Household Hazardous Waste Day (8:00 am - 2:00 pm. at the Highway Department. Residents must obtain a free resident pass at the Transfer Station or the Parks & Recreation Office prior to the event (bring your vehicle registration). Please obtain pass ahead of time.

Prospect Hill Cemetery Association is having a spring clean up at the cemetery from 8 a.m. to noon. In preparation for Memorial Day.

Empire QuiltFest  on April 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Shenendehowa High School East, Clifton Park, NY.

Hometown Heroes Banners Program at Tawasentha Park at 10 a.m.