Stride Camping Weekend

                          
 STRIDE, Inc.

476 North Greenbush Rd. Ste. 9, Rensselaer NY 12144      
EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org WEB: www.stride.org
Contact:    Mary Ellen Whitney- (518) 598-1279

 
First Camping Weekend for kids with Disabilities at Chatham’s new SCORE Center
(STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation & Education)

(Chatham, NY)  STRIDE Adaptive Sports, an organization serving individuals with disabilities for 27 years, successfully hosted their first tent-camping trip this past weekend at our new facility – SCORE Center (STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education).

Music in the Park

2012 Music in the Park:

• Fast Company       June 12th Rain
• Sally Mac Band       June 19th
• Winchester & Young       June 26th
• Tri-County Banjo Band       July 3rd
• Bent Rail Blues       July 10th
• Triskele       July 17th (rescheduled from rainout, Jun 5)

For Immediate Release

I just made a donation the Susan G. Komen 3-Day™ www.the3day.org

To support Lisa Harrington click here to donate.. She's just $640 dollars away from her goal ~ click here to donate

I made a donation the Susan G. Komen 3-Day™, a 60-mile walk for women and men who want to make a personal difference in the fight to end breast cancer. How will you make a difference?

LISA HARRINGTON FIGHTS TO END BREAST CANCER WITH EVERY STEP 

Her commitment is to Walk 60 Miles in Three Days to Help End Breast Cancer

PLAN TO SPEND THE DAY AT THE PARK

Schodack Island State Park

EPA Superfund Dewey Loeffel Landfill

EPA hosted Public Informational Meeting in Nassau

Concerned citizens were on hand to listen to the EPA's presentation and ask questions about the process.

TAG funding allows qualified community groups to contract with independent technical advisers who can interpret and help the community understand technical information about their local Superfund site. 
More information about TAG’s is available at http://www.epa.gov/superfund/community/tag/.


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Fathers' Day is this Sunday June 17

Remember dad on Fathers' Day


Let him know how important he is to your life!

 

The Reel Scene ~ Reviews by Joe Cotugno

Rock of Ages

Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 2012
Cast: Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul Giamatti, Mary J. Blige, Julianne Hough, Bryan Cranston, Malin Akerman
Director: Adam Shankman
Running Time: 2 hrs 3 mins
Rating: PG-13 

Read the review...

One Free Bite?

WTEN 

An eight-year-old boy who was mauled by a pit bull in 2009 is holding a news conference on the steps of the State Capitol asking lawmakers to overturn the "one-free bite" rule Thursday.

SCENE Editorial

Summer fun - summer safety

•  http://toys.about.com/od/healthandsafety/a/poolsafetytips.ht 
• SUMMER WATER SAFETY GUIDE - American Red Cross 
• Red Cross water safety

Police: Toddler drowns in East Greenbush

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. -- A 20-month old girl drowned in an East Greenbush home's swimming pool Wednesday evening, town police said.

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Public assistance money withdrawn from questionable places

Posted at: 11/03/2011 6:38 PM | Updated at: 11/04/2011 1:30 PM
By: Jessica Layton

Attention taxpayers: How do you feel about thousands of your hard earned dollars being spent in bars and clubs by some welfare recipients? 

“That's outrageous to me, it really is,” said Steve Killinger of Troy. 

Killinger is unemployed and gets state help: $83 every two weeks.

June events @ the Castleton Library

Literacy Challenge Kickoff on June 21st

• Preschool Summer Literacy Challenge Kickoff!
• Kickoff the summer during Thursday Morning Story Hour @ 11:30
• Enjoy snacks, story hour and learn about the Literacy Challenge!

 

Summer Reading Kickoff on June 22nd

• Decorate your own “book bag”
• Signup for the Summer Reading Program
• Face painting at 5 PM
• Family Movie Night at 6 PM: The Secret World of Arrietty (Rated G)

 

Wednesday Activiy Night
Dream Big! With Mrs. Miller Wednesday, June 27th @ 6 PM

LEGO Club in July!
LEGO Club will meet EVERY MONDAY IN JULY from 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Weight Loss Group
Are you interested in losing weight? Learning skills that lead to a healthy lifestyle? Meeting people with similar goals?  Join us every Thursday in the library @ 6 PM.

Check out the library calendar!