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Events: RCS Community Library

In Events, Events - Ravena, The Ravena News Herald
August 28, 2024
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  • Family Storytime

Thursday, Aug. 29, from 10-11 a.m.

Family Storytime is a fun, participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities. Early literacy activities are emphasized. No registration is required.

  • Romp and Read

Friday, Aug. 30, from 10-11 a.m.

Romp and Read will help get the wiggles out on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. with interactive themes, stories and action songs with props. No need to register.

  • Library Closed for Labor Day Weekend

Saturday, Aug. 31 to Monday, Sept. 2

The library will be closed in honor of Labor Day weekend.

  • Chair Yoga for Seniors

Friday, Sept. 6, from 10:30-11:15 a.m.

This gentle yoga class, taught by local instructor Kelley Curran of Well & Kell, is for folks ages 50 and up. No experience or equipment is required. Join in at Senior Projects of Ravena for this series of yoga classes throughout September and October. There is no fee for this class. Registration is required at rcscommunitylibrary.org. Please provide an email address or phone number so the library can notify you in the event of any change to the schedule.

  • Saturday Fun for Families

Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

The library will celebrate National Play-Doh Day with a Play-Doh Party at the library this month. The group will read stories about imagination and construction, then mold and build structures from the library’s collection of Play-Doh. Registration is required at rcscommunitylibrary.org. For ages 0-8 with caregivers.

  • Fiber Arts Meetup

Saturday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Unwind at an informal gathering with fellow yarn crafters to work on your projects, ask questions, get inspired, and just enjoy crafting in a group. Bring your own supplies. All skill levels are welcome. Join in on the first Saturday of the month. Sign up at rcscommunitylibrary.org to reserve your spot. For adults.

  • Board of Trustee Meeting

Monday, Sept. 9, from 6:30-7:45 p.m.

The monthly meeting of the RCS Community Library Board of Trustees. All are welcome. For teens and adults.

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News from the Past in Memory of Harry A. Sturges

In Columns, Columns - Ravena, The Ravena News Herald
September 19, 2024
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In memory of Harry A. Sturges

News Herald – September 12, 1924 – F.E. Bleezarde, Publisher

Coeymans:

  • The concrete road through this village has been completed and is now open to the public.
  • Miss Eleanor Wendell of Mechanicville and Ralph B. Wolfe of this village were united in marriage in the home of the bride’s brother in Schenectady on Wednesday evening by the Rev. H.T. Jones, pastor of the Reformed church of this village. After their honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe will reside in this village in rooms in the Wolfe house on Colvin Avenue.
  • The Ladies Aid Society of the M.E. church will serve a roast beef supper in the chapel of the church Wednesday evening, Sept. 17. An invitation is extended to all.
  • W. Graham, principal of the high school, and his wife have moved into the Andrew Ziegler house on the corner of Church and Second streets.
  • Robert Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Briggs, has been confined to his home the past week by sickness.
  • W. Winne Wolfe is having a concrete garage constructed near his residence.

Ravena:

  • Following the musical program by Miss Winifred Baldwin, Miss Libby Slater and Mrs. Edward Slater, members of the faculty of the Ravena school were formally introduced to local people at the reception given by the board of trustees at the school Wednesday evening.
  • Miss Irene Gedney, 12 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Gedney of this village, representing Albany County at the annual spelling bee at the New York State Fair at Syracuse Tuesday, won fifth place for herself and the county.
  • The “Loyal Daughters” will resume their regular business meeting at the home of Mrs. Jerome Bailey on Wednesday evening next at eight o’clock.
  • Bernice Carkner of this village has been spending a few days with Miss Eleanor VanAlstyne at South Bethlehem.
  • Mr. and Mrs. George VanEtten have returned from Schroon Lake where they spent the summer.

Coeymans Herald – September 11, 1889 – S.H. & E.J. Sherman, Proprietors

  • The W.C.T.U. will hold a session at the house of Mrs. J.G. Ward at 3 o’clock this afternoon.
  • The Rev. Father Harrigan, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, will occupy rooms in the Armstrong house.
  • Speaking of large yields, from 863 sheaves of rye threshed last week Mr. Levi Blaisdell obtained 63 bushels of grain.
  • A meeting of the Coeymans Union and Horse Thief Association will be held at the house of R.S. Hotaling on Friday evening, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m.
  • George Robb, employed at the Miller & Whitbeck icehouse, while in the loft on Monday stepped through an open hatchway and fell a distance flat on his back on the ice below. He was stunned by his fall and quite badly bruised.
  • Partridge, likewise duck, may now be shot without danger of bringing the game constable down upon you.      

Sewer rates set for 2023

In News, News - Ravena, The Ravena News Herald
January 3, 2023
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In other news, town offices moved temporarily due to mold problem

By Melanie Lekocevic

Capital Region Independent Media

Several offices formerly housed in town hall, pictured, have temporarily moved to another location in the town due to an airborne mold problem. File photo

COEYMANS — The new sewer rates for 2023 have been set and most town and village residents will pay a lower rate this year compared to 2022.

The Coeymans Town Council established the new rates following a public hearing Dec. 22 that drew no comment from the public.

Under a resolution passed unanimously by the board, the rate for town residents will be $452.47 for the year, with the January to June payment in the amount of $226.24 and the July to December payment will be $226.23. The town rate represents a decline of about $20 for the year.

Owners of vacant parcels will pay a flat rate of $100 for the year.

The village will pay $439,042 for the year for all village users. That equates to a monthly rate of $36,586.81 for the entire village, a decrease of about $484 per month, and will then bill its residents accordingly.

“That is not the rate for the village users,” Town Supervisor George McHugh said. “Whatever the village residents pay, that is set by the village board. We merely set the budget and the total amount.”

Property owners on Stone House Hill, which saw an extension of the sewer line to reach their properties, will pay $480.85 for the year, with a $240.43 payment for January through June and a $240.42 payment for the period of July through December. That is an increase of $6.33 for the year.

“Our sewer plant, which is owned and operated by the town of Coeymans, services the hamlet of Coeymans sewer district, the Route 9W corridor, and the entire village of Ravena,” McHugh said. “The budget, which is put together by this town board every year, is paid 75% by residents, basically by the village, and the other 25% by the other users, which are from the hamlet and the Route 9W corridor.”

In other town news, several town offices formerly housed at the town hall, 18 Russell Ave., Ravena, have moved to another location temporarily, at 54 Mountain Road Extension.

The police department will move from the town hall’s basement space to the first floor due to a mold issue in the building.

“We will be moving the supervisor’s office, the business office and the assessor’s office all over to this building. It is temporary office space,” McHugh said at the December meeting. “That will give the police an opportunity to move up to the supervisor’s office and the business office so there is no occupancy in the basement, where we have an airborne mold problem. That will give us time and opportunity to remediate the mold problem and do some much-needed renovations to make it safe so we don’t have employees down there breathing in airborne mold spores.”

It is not known how long the offices will be in the temporary location. The building, at 54 Mountain Road Extension, is owned by RMN Properties LLC and is the former headquarters of Nolan Energy.

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