Submitted by the Village of Broadalbin. Do you have an announcement to share? Email it to events@mohawkvalleyguide.com

The Broadalbin-Perth Little League will be holding Player Registration Events for the 2010 season on the following dates and times:

Tuesday, January 26th 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Perth Town Hall, County Hwy. 107

Saturday, January 30th 9:30 am – 11:30 am
B-P Intermediate School (Entry Lobby)

Saturday, January 30th 1 pm – 3 pm B-P
Intermediate School (Entry Lobby)

Wednesday, February 3rd 6 pm – 8 pm
Broadalbin Village Office, Main St., Broadalbin

Saturday, February 6th 10 am – 11:30 am
Perth Town Hall, County Hwy. 107

Registration after these dates will not be accepted. Parents can download the necessary forms from the Broadalbin Youth Commission website, www.byckids.com/LittleLeague.html. The cost for the season is $40 per player.

For more information, visit the website above, or contact Sue Syzdek, 2010 B-P Little League President, at ssyzdek@nycap.rr.com or 843-6846.

Saturday, June 6th 2007, 11 a.m to 3 pm

The second annual Harry Hoag PBIS Carnival will be held at Wiles Park, on June 6 from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. The carnival will feature vendors, crafters, pony rides, a petting zoo, food and drinks, games, a Chinese auction, sand art, and balloon animals. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department will hold a children’s fingerprinting program. (more…)

Sunday afternoon, June 7 2009, 2:00 – 4:00pm

The Fort Plain Free Library will host a reading/discussion of Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story collection, Unaccustomed Earth. The discussion is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, June 7, from 2:00 – 4:00, at the library and will be facilitated by Maria Riccio Bryce. The stories featured in Unaccustomed Earth deal with the fates of two Bengali families in America and illustrate the puzzling forces that pull families apart and undermine marriages as well as the divide between immigrant parents and their American-raised children. A Publisher’s Weekly review claims that “Lahiri’s stories of exile, identity, disappointment and maturation evince a spare and subtle mastery that has few contemporary equals.” (more…)

Tom Catena, a graduate of the Greater Amsterdam School District, recently had an essay written about his medical career in the Sudan.  You can read the essay here.

Thanks to Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane for sending this in.

The Amsterdam Marching Rams came home with top honors from a marching band competition in Virginia.

The Rams earned first-place honors in both parades they marched in during the 82nd annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester.

The Marching Rams participated in two parades. The first on was on Friday, where they marched in the Firefighters’ Parade, the oldest in the county.  In that parade they took the Fire Chief’s Award, the top award, in a competition of 12 other bands. The group performed “Mambo Beat,” a tribute to Tito Puente.

On Saturday, they participated in the Grand Feature Parade, where they performed “Sousa’s Classics,” a medley of traditional marching music by John Philip Sousa. The Rams received the Lions’ Award, the top honor in that parade as well.