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tions, including the all-new Dr. Morbid’s Haunted House. More information is available online at fieldofhorrors.com, where tickets are available for purchase.

HOLLOWED HARVEST:

‘The Hollowed Harvest’ will feature 7,000incredible Jack-O’-Lanterns creating stunning landscapes and larger-than-life displays, some towering as tall as 3 stories, and spanning more than 60feet in length! The Hollowed Harvest is scheduled to open September 25th at 6p.m. at the Altamont Fairgrounds and will continue Thursday through Sunday of each week through the beginning of November with additional dates added the week of Halloween. Show dates and ticket information are available on the web at HollowedHarvest.com. From dinosaurs to zombies, sea creatures to medieval castles, all made out of Jack-O’-Lanterns, you won’t believe what you’re going to see at the Hollowed Harvest! To create a safe event, the Hollowed Harvest has limited time slots to reduce the number of guests admiring the show at one time and has coordinated with town police to enact a COVID safety plan in which guests must also wear face masks and adhere to social distancing guidelines. In a year of cancellations, you can count on the Hollowed Harvest to save Halloween. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are exclusively available online at HollowedHarvest.com with limited time slots. Times slots are a first come first serve and will likely closeout. Tickets are available exclusively at HollowedHarvest.com.

PUMPKIN GLOW & LIGHT SHOW: Ellms Family Farm is launching a new fall themed attraction. The Pumpkin Glow & Light Show Drive-Thru is an enchanting Halloween experience that features a pumpkin wonderland with thousands of

hand carved illuminated jack o’lanterns. Guests are invited to be immersed in the magic from the safety and comfort of their own vehicle. The Drive-Thru experience boasts single pumpkin carvings to larger than life dazzling light displays. Ellms Family Farm has partnered with master carvers that are bringing all of the Halloween spirit to life. In addition to marveling at the masterpieces created by talented artists, guests will have the opportunity to be able to enjoy all the Ellms Farms fall snacks they know and love, by preselecting and prepaying for tasty fall themed treats, food & beverages, again to be enjoyed from your vehicle. This attraction is open from 7to 10p.m. Sunday through Thursday from Oct. 1to Nov. 8at Ellms Family Farm, located at 448 Charlton Rd., Ballston Spa. Tickets are currently on sale and more information can be found on the Ellms Farms website, www.ellmsfarms. com. The Pumpkin Glow & Light Show Drive-Thru is a great event for families, couples and young adults alike. There is something for everyone to enjoy at this truly magnificent Fall Spectacular – perfect for all ages!

Saturday, Oct. 10 BROOKS BBQ:

The United Methodist Women of the First United Methodist Church of East Greenbush located at 1Gilligan Road, are having a Brooks’ BarB-Q Take Out Dinner on Saturday, October 10th from 4-6:00p.m. The menu will include: a ½ chicken with all the fixings for $13.50, and just chicken for $7. Reservations can be made by calling 518-477-9693by Friday, October 9th would be greatly appreciated.

including the all-new Dr. Morbid’s Haunted House. More information is available online at fieldofhorrors.com, where tickets are available for purchase.

GROWING GREAT GARLIC WORKSHOP:

Saturday, October 10, 10am – Noon Rain Date: October 11, Noon - 2pm. Class will be at the Sustainable Living Center and Greenhouse in Central Park, Schenectady. Fall is the best time of year in Upstate NY for planting garlic. Join CCE Horticulture Educators and Master Gardener Volunteers for this hands-on workshop in the garden! We will go through the steps in selecting garlic varieties, planting, caring for, harvesting and curing. Each participant will receive 10garlic seeds for planting at home. Additional garlic seed will be available for purchase at $2 a head. Are you curious what your soil pH is? Bring along a cup of dry soil from your garden site and we will test it for you and give recommendations as needed. Each person will have their own table and will be spread out for social distancing. Please wear a mask. More information on the program, including registration, is available online at cceschenectady. org/events.

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event, the Hollowed Harvest has limited time slots to reduce the number of guests admiring the show at one time and has coordinated with town police to enact a COVID safety plan in which guests must also wear face masks and adhere to social distancing guidelines. In a year of cancellations, you can count on the Hollowed Harvest to save Halloween. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are exclusively available online at HollowedHarvest.com with limited time slots. Times slots are a first come first serve and will likely closeout. Tickets are available exclusively at HollowedHarvest.com.

PUMPKIN GLOW & LIGHT SHOW:

Ellms Family Farm is launching a new fall themed attraction. The Pumpkin Glow & Light Show Drive-Thru is an enchanting Halloween experience that features a pumpkin wonderland with thousands of hand carved illuminated jack o’lanterns. Guests are invited to be immersed in the magic from the safety and comfort of their own vehicle. The Drive-Thru experience boasts single pumpkin carvings to larger than life dazzling light displays. Ellms Family Farm has partnered with master carvers that are bringing all of the Halloween spirit to life. In addition to marveling at the masterpieces created by talented artists, guests will have the opportunity to be able to enjoy all the Ellms Farms fall snacks they know and love, by preselecting and prepaying for tasty fall themed treats, food & beverages, again to be enjoyed from your vehicle. This attraction is open from 7to 10p.m. Sunday through Thursday from Oct. 1to Nov. 8at Ellms Family Farm, located at 448 Charlton Rd., Ballston Spa. Tickets are currently on sale and more information can be found on the Ellms Farms website, www.ellmsfarms. com. The Pumpkin Glow & Light Show Drive-Thru is a great event for families, couples and young adults alike. There is something for everyone to enjoy at this truly magnificent Fall

Spectacular – perfect for all ages!

SARATOGA BREWFEST:

Saratoga Brewfest is scheduled for Saturday, October 10at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. More information is available online at americaontap.com/ event/saratoga-brewfest/.

LIGHTHOUSE TOUR:

Join the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society (HALPS) as it hosts visits to the eight room lighthouse, a quiet sentinel that has guided navigation on the Hudson River for 146 years. Tours of the Historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse are now available on July 11th, August 8th, September 12th and October 10th as long as the Capital Region enters and stays in Phase 4. Masks will be required to enter, and visitors are required to take proper social distancing precautions while on the boat and inside the lighthouse. Visitors will be required to take a covid symptom survey as well. Staff will regularly clean and disinfect hightouch surfaces throughout the day. Tours leave from Henry Hudson Riverfront Park at 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00. Tours leave from Athens Riverfront Park at 11:30, 12:30, 1:30and 2:30. The tour, including the boat ride, lasts a little over an hour. Except for the last tour of the day, visitors may stay as long as they like as long as we are able to maintain safe social distancing. Adult tickets are $25and Children under 12are $15(cash only unless ordered online). This includes transportation. Picnic tables are available for those who wish to bring lunch. As visitors arrive at the lighthouse, they climb the metal stairs and enter the interior of the lighthouse where they are welcomed by tour guides or docents. Through video clips, Emily Brunner, will relate factual stories about life on the lighthouse in the 1930s. Emily was the daughter of Emil Brunner, the last civilian lighthouse keeper, who served as keeper from 1930 to 1949. The Brunner family lived at the lighthouse during much of the 1930s before moving to Athens. Son Robert, was born on the lighthouse. Until 2015, Emily was often at tours and able to regale visitors with many colorful tales of life on the lighthouse. Sadly, Emily and her brother Bob have recently passed away. The tour gives you the opportunity to learn about the important role the Hudson River played in the development of the Upper Hudson River towns, and how the lighthouse made navigation safe along the river to allow development to take place. For more about the history and preservation of the lighthouse, please visit the website hudsonathenslighthouse.org. Please check our FaceBook page or call us if you have specific questions that day. Reservations are recommended and can be made online at HudsonCruises.com or by calling (888) 766-1844. Please visit their website to see the variety of cruise opportunities they provide.

Sunday, Oct. 11 FIELD OF HORRORS:

Local haunted attraction Field of Horrors will open for its Sneak Peek Weekend from 6:30to 11p.m. on Sept. 25 and 26. It will then be open

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from 6:30to 11p.m. on Oct. 2,3,9, 10and 11as well as 6to 11p.m. on Oct. 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 30and 31. This year’s event will feature five different attractions, including the all-new Dr. Morbid’s Haunted House. More information is available online at fieldofhorrors.com, where tickets are available for purchase.

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CAR SHOW: CANCELED - The Ballston Spa Business & Professional Association (BSBPA) has announced that the 18th Annual “The Way We Were” Car Show, originally scheduled to take place on Sunday, October 11, 2020in Ballston Spa, has been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns and restrictions on mass gatherings in New York State. As one of the most popular judged car shows in the Capital Region, the event is also a major fundraiser for the BSBPA, drawing more than 400car entries each year and hundreds of spectators to the village’s historic downtown. In the meantime, to celebrate and showcase the many fine classic and custom vehicles that would normally line Front Street in the village, the BSBPA is setting up a “The Way It Is” Virtual Car Show Facebook Event and inviting participants to submit photos of the vehicles they would have brought to this year’s show, along with their name and the make, model and year. An entry form for submissions can be found at www.ballston.org. There is no cost to enter. Please submit vehicles no later than October 5. We will be promoting the page and encouraging folks to “like” their favorite vehicles, so we invite you to share the page and tell friends to visit and vote. We will announce a “People’s Choice” winner for the vehicle photo that has the most “likes” as of October 11. The winner will receive a Ballston Spa gift certificate, good at many local shops, restaurants and services, and a “The Way It Is” T-shirt. We plan to also offer t-shirts for sale with “The Way It Is” logo for those who like to have a shirt for each year. Proceeds will help support the BSBPA’s community efforts and activities. The next car show will be held on October 10, 2021. For more information, visit www.ballston.org.

Monday, Oct. 12 ZOOM MEDITATION:

The Troy Public Library will offer Meditation Classes on Mondays, Sept. 14

– Oct. 26at 6PM. Learn a surprisingly simple yet powerful practice that can help your reduce stress, get recharged, experience overall improved physical health and possibly get you “blissed-out” all while sitting comfortably in a chair. Led by Michael Fuselli, with over 30years of meditation teaching and practice experience. Beginners always welcome. Registration is required. This program will be presented using Zoom. Joining the presentation will require the installation of the Zoom client on your computer (microphone and speakers required for audio, camera for video) or the Zoom app on your mobile device. Please register by calling 518-274-7071, online at www.thetroylibrary.org or by stopping at the information desk.

Tuesday, Oct. 13 HISTORY TALK:

Join Sand Lake Historical Society Oct. 13at 7pm for Historic Roads & the Shaping of Our Town with Diane DeBlois and Robert Dolton Harris (their company “aGatherin” - based in West Sand Lake) at the Sand Lake Town Court. Learn the connection between US Post Office and our roads in Sand Lake/ Rensselaer County. Like us on Facebook or Sandlakehistory.org Covid-19 protocols will be followed. Masks required. Capacity limited to 45.

Wednesday, Oct. 14 SHORT STORY CAFE:

On Wednesdays, October 7th – November 18th at 6PM (no meeting October 21), Short Story writer David Sylvester will lead a reading and discussion group in a program through the Troy Public Library. Local short-story writer Dave Sylvester hosts The Short Story Café, an informal discussion of the short story form that examines how writers handle structural elements such as plot, character and theme in their writing. Each week we will read and discuss two stories by well-known (and some lesser-known!) masters of the form. Copies of the stories will be available in advance and should be read before the discussions. This program will be presented using Zoom. Joining the presentation will require the installation of the Zoom client on your computer (microphone and speakers required for audio, camera for video) or the Zoom app on your mobile device. The first set of stories is available at the information desk of the main library at 100 Second St. in Troy.For more information and to register call the library at 518-2747071or visit www.thetroylibrary.org.

BLOOD DRIVE: An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 9a.m. to 2p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14at Empire State College, located at 113West Ave. in Saratoga Springs. More information is available online at www.redcrossblood.org.

Thursday, Oct. 15 ONLINE FILM DISCUSSION:

Saratoga Jewish Community Arts and Temple Sinai, with a generous grant from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, presents a Zoom discussion October 15at 7p.m. for the film Orchestra of Exiles, the little-known story of Jewish musicians who were transported to Palestine in the 1930s when Nazism was escalating in power. Participants should watch the film prior to the Zoom discussion. Orchestra of Exiles is available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Epix, DIRECTV, Hoopla, and Fandor Amazon Channel. It is available to rent from Apple iTunes for $3.99.Orchestra of Exiles, a 2012documentary, written, produced, and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Aronson, tells this well-hidden saga. It is the tale of the founding in 1936of what would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and how its founder Bronislaw Huberman (1882– 1947), a Polish-Jewish violin prodigy, saved more than 1,000Jews (many claim more like 3,000 when parents, wives, and others were swept along) in the process. History may be full of inventive people turning unexpected hardship into great success, but not many can claim that they responded to the rise of a dictatorial state by creating a national arts institution halfway around the world. Contact Phyllis Wang at sjca.sjcf@gmail.com to register and receive the Zoom meeting link and meeting ID.

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Friday, Oct. 16 BARBECUE:

The Women’s Guild of St. Michael’s Church, Williams Road, in North Greenbush, NY is sponsoring a Giuliano’s barbeque Friday, October 16 from 4:00– 6:00. The cost is $12.00and it includes ½ chicken, baked potato, corn on the cob, coleslaw, roll and a homemade brownie. Drive through only. Dinners should be pre-ordered by Sunday, October 11. Drive up orders will be available on a first come, first-served basis. For tickets call/text Ann at (518) 573-3951(annmarie. kowalczyk@ verizon.net) or call Teresa at (518) 2833604(teagarden4@verizon. net).

FIELD OF HORRORS: Local haunted attraction Field of Horrors will open for its Sneak Peek Weekend from 6:30to 11p.m. on Sept. 25 and 26. It will then be open from 6:30to 11p.m. on Oct. 2, 3, 9, 10and 11as well as 6to 11p.m. on Oct. 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 30and 31. This year’s event will feature five different attractions, including the all-new Dr. Morbid’s Haunted House. More information is available online at fieldofhorrors.com, where tickets are available for purchase.

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Saturday, Oct. 17 CHICKEN BARBECUE:

Chicken Barbecue at the Pittstown United Methodist Church Hall, Route 7, Pittstown, NY will be held on Saturday, October 17. Take Out Only. 4:00pm to 6:00 pm. Menu: ½ chicken, macaroni salad, cole slaw, baked beans, roll, brownies. Price: adults $13.00, children 5-12 $6.00, children under 5free. To place an order call: Bev 518-663-5607. Please note NY Mask Restrictions Apply.

The Zion United Church of Christ, located at 741 Taborton Rd. in Sand Lake, will be having a Lasagna take out dinner on Sat. Oct 17, from 4:30to 6:30p.m. This will include a Lasagna dinner, tossed salad, Italian bread & butter, and a homemade dessert. The cost of this wonderful meal is $15.00. For reservation please call Diane Hoffman at 518674-2746,send a text to 518649-5141. You may also text Jane Weber at 518 258-4307.

CRAFT FAIR: St. Luke’s on the Hill 9th Annual Handcrafted Fair will be Outside this year from 9am - 3pm on Saturday, October 17 (Rain Date Oct. 24) at 40 McBride Road, (Located off Pruyn Hill Rd, Town of Halfmoon), Mechanicville. Free admission. Variety of items to be sold: homemade pies & cookies, jewelry, buttons, doll clothes, fabric kitchen items, hand-painted glassware & wood, natural & organic skin care items, candles, soap, home decor & wreaths, stained glass ornaments, Christmas ornaments, maple products, honey, beef & pumpkins, mittens from recycled sweaters, original watercolors, cards, class & bead suncatchers, driftwood creations, masks, tutus, capes, items customized with vinyl. 518-664-4834.

LASAGNA DINNER: HOLLOWED HARVEST:

Harvest to save Halloween. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are exclusively available online at HollowedHarvest.com with limited time slots. Times slots are a first come first serve and will likely closeout. Tickets are available exclusively at HollowedHarvest.com.

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Sunday, Oct. 18 VIRTUAL RAPTOR FEST:

Grassland Bird Trust’s (GBT) 10th annual Winter Raptor Fest soars to new heights on October 18! Tune into our new virtual production featuring native owls, hawks and falcons in the habitats they depend on for their survival – filmed live from the Washington County Fairgrounds! Experience the wonder of hawks and falcons in flight, meet New York’s endangered short-eared owls - and other imperiled grassland raptors - and see a wide diversity of owls that only come out at night! Take a virtual walk through the woods where you’ll encounter a lynx, red fox, porcupine and the hawks and owls that share their habitat! You’ll see and learn about all these animals and more in this professionally designed and directed event produced in collaboration with Look Media and Junda Video Enterprises. Help us raise $20,000by September 7th to make Winter Raptor Fest 2020 take flight! GBT cannot hold this event without your help – don’t delay, get your pass today! Donation levels start at $25for a family link to the virtual event. Donate $100or more and receive a family membership and a gift certificate for a free t-shirt from Bird Collective or up to $40 off your order! Visit www. winterraptorfest.com to learn more or call 518499-0012. Winter Raptor Fest supports GBT’s work to conserve critical habitat for endangered and threatened grassland birds. Learn about GBT’s work at www.grasslandbirdtrust.org.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Consciousness-Raising Book Discussion – Sunday, October 18, 6p.m. Join us for a spiritual book discussion. All are welcome whether or not they’ve read. This month’s book is Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie. Hosted on Zoom by Albany-Saratoga Spiritual Adventures. Call or use the Contact us form at www. newthoughtnewyork.org for Meeting ID and discussion questions. For more information, visit our meetup. com group, Albany-Saratoga Spiritual Adventures or call (518) 366-9918.

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