Ann B. Davis

TV legend Ann B. Davis who played Alice on "The Brady Bunch" has died 

According to the couple she lived with in Texas ... Ann fell in her bathroom early this morning and hit her head causing grave damage.  We're told she never regained consciousness.

Her roommate says Davis had been pretty healthy for an 88-year old woman -- and her death was a total shock.  In fact, she even walked downstairs to say goodnight before going to bed.
Davis played the housekeeper Alice Nelson for the entire original run of "The Brady Bunch" from 1969 to 1974. She also filled the role for countless other TV movies and reunions. She last played Alice for 5 episodes of "The Bradys" in 1990.

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63 new campsites to open at Schodack Island State Park in Spring 2015

SCHODACK LANDING For the first time in about 35 years, the state is creating new campgrounds at a state park. 

State and county officials came together at Schodack Island State Park Thursday to make the announcement. According to Andrew Beers, the executive deputy commissioner of the Office of State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the 63 tent/trailer campsites with bathroom and shower buildings will be ready for nature lovers by next spring.

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Schodack police keep busy with power outage, fire, accident

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SCHODACK - Police in Schodack have their hands full right now. There's a lot happening where Route 9 and Route 20 split. There is a traffic accident, wires are down and the power is out in that area.

Police say the downed wires sparked a brush fire as well. Students at Green Meadow Elementary School are going home early because of the power outage.

The Brookview neighborhood is also without power and so is the Schodack Police Department.

There is paving and construction work going on in the area. No word if the work had anything to do with the outage.

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Volunteer at STRIDE

Volunteer TODAY For Fun Weekends This Summer

STRIDE Adaptive Sports seeks fun-loving camping volunteers for SCORE tent-camping programs!“STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation & Education” facility located in Chatham, NY offers unique themed summer weekends to youth with special needs/disabilities.
For more information: Email: info@stride.org Website: www.stride.org

Author Maya Angelou dies at 86 in North Carolina

Angelou, a renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, died Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was 86.

Tall and regal, with a deep, majestic voice, she was unforgettable whether encountered in person, through sound or the printed word.

She called herself a poet, in love with the "sound of language," ''the music in language," as she explained to the AP in 2013. But she lived so many lives.

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Memorial Day Parade

This year's Memorial Day Parade in Castleton will step off on Monday, May 26, at 10:00 a.m. The parade will begin at the corner of Boltwood and Seaman Avenues, and will conclude with ceremonies at the Mountain View Cemetery. The parade will include five divisions with participants from our churches, schools, community volunteer organizations, politicians, and a lot more. The VFW color guard will lead the parade. 

For more information, see 2014 Memorial Day Parade.

TIME FOR SPRING CLEANING!

Anxious to to start your Spring cleaning? 

Have some items to get rid of but not enough for your own Garage Sale? St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, 751 County Route 7 (directly off Route 150), East Schodack, NY is accepting donations for its Spring Tag Sale, Saturday, May 31st. The sale will run from 9 am - 4 pm. Homemade baked goods will also be available for purchase.

Sale Proceeds will go to steeple repairs at the church. For information or to make a donation, call: 477-6950 or 438-1109. Clean, unbroken, gently used items only please. No large appliances or clothing.

Join us on May 31st for the sale in our Fellowship Hall in the basement of the church.

New state rule complicates path for East Greenbush casino developers

The East Greenbush Town Board will have to vote a second time on whether to support a proposed $300 million casino, creating a new wrinkle in the intensely competitive process to win a gaming license in upstate New York.