Category: Columbia County Living

New Lebanon Library Crafts Event: Build A Mummy Figure

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at the New Lebanon Library, the library will host it’s Fun Family Crafts event. This month’s craft session will teach kids how to make their own mummy action figure for Halloween.

All materials for creating the mummy figures will be provided.
For ages 5 and up.

The craft session starts at 4:30 at the New Lebanon Library,  550 State Route 20 in New Lebanon, NY.

For more info, contact the library:
Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net

 

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Nassau Free Library Partners w/ Field-Goods for Weekly Local Produce Delivery

The Nassau Free Library has partnered with the local produce delivery service, Field Goods, to establish the library as a pick-up location for locally-grown fruit and vegetables. Every Thursday, Field Goods customers can pick up their bags of local produce at the Nassau Free Library.

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Field Goods is a year-round, local produce delivery subscription service. Customers select their preferred bag size, which range from the Single person subscription for $16 (about 5 items), and go up to the Family size subscription for $32 (designed for 3 to 5 people). Subscriptions can be put on hold at any time. Field Goods, is located in Athens, NY, and purchases directly from over 80 small farms in the region. All of the produce is non-GMO, and most is organically grown.

TO SIGN UP FOR NASSAU DELIVERY

Visit Field-Goods.com
Click “Order Now”
Choose “Nassau” from the drop-down menu
Click the “Find Location” button
Choose “Nassau Free Library” and follow the prompts

The Nassau Free Library is located at 18 Church St., Nassau, NY 12123 
Phone:518-766-2715

 

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Chatham From Above

Check out this aerial footage of the beautiful town, Chatham.

The video was posted on trbojet’s YouTube page. The only info on the video’s creator, is the brief credit at the end that states “Chaos Studios Chatham NY”.

 

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Super Mario Bros. Corn Maze at New York Farm

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Every year since 2005, Stoughton Farm, in Newark Valley, NY, has created a uniquely themed corn maze. This year, the theme is Super Mario Bros., the popular Nintendo video game.

The maze covers nearly eight acres, and took several weeks, plus a lot of math to build. The Stoughton family and their maze were recently featured in an ABC News article, where Tim Stoughton said, “We lay it out into grids and then go in and take the corn out where the pathways should be,” said Stoughton. “We do it when you can still see over the corn, before it gets too tall.”6a50ff_27d1f714ff1c419faeb2c713423b9543

Stoughton Farm is a greenhouse, roadside farm market, and “MAiZE” site located in Newark Valley, New York, which is near Ithaca. The Super Mario Bros., Maze opens on Saturday, September 17. Additional attractions include a 9ft tube slide, a spider web for the youngsters, pumpkin checkers, duck races, and dozens of photo ops. On the weekends, the farm also has a corn cannon, pumpkin blaster, cow train rides, and hayrides.

 

There’s also a food truck with Homemade French Fries!

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For more info, visit StoughtonFarm.com, here. 

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Columbia County Residential Broadband Survey Available

Connect Columbia wants to hear from county residents (and businesses) about our current internet connectivity experiences. The information that they gather will be used to help identify areas of the county that need better and faster access to the internet.

Connect Columbia, a Community Action Citizens Group, has created a short and simple online survey that all residents can take. The data collected from the survey will help the group and the county’s broadband subcommittee to learn more about area internet service providers and their actual coverage areas. The ultimate goal of the group and subcommittee is to improve internet service across Columbia County.

The residential survey gives respondents the option of entering their street address. While your address is not required to fill out the survey, entering a street address will help the group’s overall mapping results. I filled out the survey, and it took about 2 minutes to complete.

SURVEY LINKS
Residential Survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ColumbiaCountyResidentialBroadbandSurvey

Business Survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ConnectColumbiaBusinessBroadbandSurvey

Connect Columbia is a Community Action Network committed to bringing affordable broadband to all residents and corners of Columbia County.

 

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Jeff McKinney is a Realtor in Columbia County, NY. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.