by Pete
Submitted by Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane-
The City of Amsterdam’s website has been updated with the addition of six introductory web videos which will launch today. The video tour book spotlights our main attractions, opportunities and amenities: quality of life, real estate and relocation services, education, health care and senior services, and business/industry. The videos may be accessed on the lower right hand quadrant of the City’s home page: www.amsterdamny.gov
Since its beginnings in 2009, the website has served residents and visitors as an important online tool, fielding the interest of 3,000 new visitors a month. City Hall and departmental information is available, as are tax/utility payment schedules, permit & licensing forms, economic development resources, news updates, a photo gallery, the community events calendar and more.
To make comments or suggestions, please contact the Mayor’s office at 841-4311.
by Pete
Submitted by Leah LaFera, Librarian/ Head of Library Services of the Canajoharie Library. Have an event you would like to share? Email events@mohawkvalleyguide.com!
Help support the library by shopping at our huge Spring Used Book Sale. Sale will be held on Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, Sept 5, 2010 from 1:00pm – 5:00pm.
Buy used bestsellers, adult fiction, cookbooks, gardening guides, biographies, movies, CD’s, records, and tons of children’s books. Due to a recent donation of children’s chapter books we are running a special offer of buy any two kids chapter books, get one free! We also have a huge selection of puzzles for only $.50 each.
The library’s new Book Sale Coordinators Amy and Ron Dievendorf have been hard at work remodeling and organizing our book sale room. Come check out the new and improved Canajoharie Used Book Sale!!!
The Library is located at 2 Erie Blvd , Canajoharie NY . For more information or for directions call 518-673-2314 or go to canajoharielibrary.org.
by Pete
This phrase gets a mixed reaction from many people…(sorry kids!).
But there is fun involved for all!
In fact, at MVCC, with a Co-Sponsorship from HCCC, is having a
BACK2COLLEGE CONCERT this Thursday, featuring An Evening with Shontelle
by Pete
…and looking forward to the weekend already!
Lets go out and have some fun, the weekend starts early here in the Mohawk Valley~
TONIGHT!
Tom Townsley and the Backsliders @ MVCC
Tuesday~
MV CAFÉ LIVE: Open Mic Night @ MVCC
Saving Atlantis & Skylers Dream Team @ Pine Lake Beach
The No Name Band @ Schuyler Commons
Wednesday ~
Carleton Boone & Company Band @ Whitesboro Village Park
DJ/Karaoke/Guitar Hero Dance Party @ Mr McGills
Lyp Service Karaoke @ Silverado
Live Band Karaoke @ Celtic Harp
Check out what else is going on this week and beyond on the
Event Calendar
by Pete
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 -10am – 1pm
After a brief history of the floor cloth, Phyllis Lapi will demonstrate how to create a 14′x18′ floor cloth.
Each participant will paint on a primed piece of canvas. All materials are included in the $15 fee.
The workshop will be held at the Van Alstyne Homestead,42 Moyer Street, Canajoharie.
Prepaid reservations are required as space is limited. You can send your $15 check (made out to the Van Alstyne Homestead Society) to:
The Van Alstyne Homestead Society, PO Box 14, Canajoharie, NY 13317.
All levels of artistic ability are welcome. This event is a benefit for the Van Alstyne Homestead Society.
The Homestead will also be open for tours during the Workshop.
by Pete
This information was passed along to me, and I was asked to share with you.
Please take note that a Benefit Fund has been established
for Howard “Sonny” Sitterly to assist with his medical
expenses due to a spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis.
You may drop off your
donation at your local
NBT Bank Branch or mail
your check to NBT Bank,
24 Church Street,
Canajoharie, NY 13317
c/o the Howard Sitterly
Family Benefit.
Please make your check
payable to the: “Howard
Sitterly Family Benefit”
Your thoughts, prayers and
donations are much appreciated.
Thank you for supporting
Howard (Sonny) …
by Pete
One of the happiest things I heard this year was the fact that the Parks would be open this year.
The parks we once took for granted as always being there took a hit this year when the state planned on closing numerous parks and historical sites. They have never been closed, even during the great depression, and have always been an outlet for people to enjoy this great state.
And while the confidence that they will always be open is gone, and we can no longer be certain of their future, we now have the opportunity to enjoy them once again, and to let the workers and volunteers know how much we appreciate them in our lives.
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is running their 18th annual summertime storytelling series, ‘Not Just for Kids’, on Sundays.
The remaining schedule includes:
August 15- Onawumi Jean Moss – Precious Memories: Stories of love and life, then and now
August 22- Judith Black – That Fading Sent: A Seditious Comedy about
August 29- Nancy Payne – It Happened Right Here!: From Paul Bunyan passing through, to Tories getting out, to adventurers settling in: stories from New York State-fact, fiction and fancy.
by Pete
(AAAA) will have a regular meeting at the Landis Arboretum under the leadership of Alan French Saturday, August 14th at 10pm. The public is invited and attendance and parking are free.
Experience this event for yourself!
Alan French and his wife, Susan, have been sharing the night sky with people at star parties in the Capital District for close to 40 years. French is a telescope maker, but also enjoys naked-eye astronomy. He is Vice President of Dudley Observatory’s Board of Trustees and the Albany Area Amateur Astronomers.
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