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tion, contact Regent Aileen Thomas at 518-583-2905 or Vice-Regent Mary Brooks at 518-587-6406. CLEAN TECH ECHS SHADOW DAY: Eighth grade students from throughout the region are invited to visit the Clean Technologies & Sustainable Industries Early College High School to learn more about the program on Tuesday, March 6, from 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Prospective students will have the opportunity to take a tour of the TEC-SMART facility, meet with current ninth grade students, as well as visit the Junior classroom, Senior classroom, and a HVCC college level class. Any student interested in attending should contact ECHS Program Coordinator Adrienne Snow at asnow@bscsd.org to make arrangements. CLIFTON PARK SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER: Tuesday activities include Exercise to Tape, LCR or Dice 3000, Pinochle, Pool/Billiards, Duplicate Bridge, Tai Chi, Scrabble. 6Clifton Common Court, Clifton Park. Call 518383-1343for more information. Call extension 227before noon the day before to make reservations for lunch. FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION: The Schenectady Great Decisions Discussions Group 2018 (www.fpa.org) discusses current topics on U.S. involvement with the rest of the world. The March 6 topic is “Turkey: a partner in crisis.” 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Schenectady Public Library McChesney Room, 99 Clinton Street. This free program is sponsored nationally by the Foreign Policy Association and organized by The Friends of the Schenectady County Library. A limited quantity of FPA 2018 topic books are available at the library’s information desk at a reduced cost of $26. (copies may also be purchased at www.fpa.org). FOUR TUESDAYS IN LENT: Old Saratoga Reformed Church, 48 Pearl Street, Schuylerville, will host “4 Tuesdays In Lent” from February 20 - March 13, focusing on the life and work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. Bring your own lunch; beverages, cookies and fruit will be provided. The church is handicapped accessible. For more information call 518-6953479, www.facebook.com/oldsaratogareformedchurch or www.oldsaratoga.rcachurches.org. MECHANICVILLE DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY: Storytime with Miss Chrissie, 11:30 a.m. Stories, rhymes and crafts. All ages are welcome. 190 N. Main St. Mechanicville.For more information, call 518-6644646; fax 518-664-8641 or visit http://mechanicville. sals.edu. NEW VISIONS INFORMATION SESSION: The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex (WSWHE) BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) program will hold information sessions on its New Visions Engineering and New Visions Health Careers Exploration programs in March. These academically rigorous one-year programs are for college-bound high school seniors who plan to major in either an engineering or health related discipline. Applications are being accepted for the 2018-19 school year. If approved by the students home district, the program is free to high school students in the WSWHE BOCES region. A New Visions Engineering presentation will be held on March 6 at 6 p.m. at the Southern Adirondack Education Center, bldg. B room #4, 1051 Dix Avenue, Hudson Falls. Snow date March 7. For more information: visit Careerandteched.org. RIFLE COMPETITION: Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club’s 22 rifle competition continues every Tuesday at 7 p.m. for the month of March. The competition is open to members and non-members; bring your rifle and ammunition. Call 518-695-3917 for more information. SCHUYLERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Genealogy Group, 10 a.m. Movie Makers, 3:30 p.m.: come by after school to work on creating YouTube movies. Open to all school ages. Knitting Club, 6 p.m. This month the knitting club will be making hats. Registration is required on the library webpage. 52 Ferry Street, Schuylerville. Call 518-695-6641 for more information. SKIDMORE COLLEGE: Mary Crane Odekon, professor of physics and Kenan Chair of Liberal Arts at Skidmore, discusses “Galaxies in the 21st Century” in the Mosely Faculty Research Lecture. 8 p.m., Gannett Auditorium, Palamountain Hall. For more infromation call 518-580-5591. SOCIAL SECURITY INFO PROGRAM: The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library will be hosting a Social Security retirement information program on Tuesday, March 6, at 6 p.m. for pre-retirees wanting to make a more informed claiming decision. The one-hour information program, “Planning Your Social Security Retirement Income Strategy” is offered as a community service on behalf of John N. Kalil, Jr., Financial Coach and President of Retirement Solutions, LLC. The event is open to the public and there is no cost to attend. Seating is limited with pre-registration required in advance. To RSVP, please call the library at 518-371-8622. TO LOVE A CHILD FUNDRAISER: To Love A Child, Inc. announces a delicious fundraising event for Tuesday, March 6, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Texas Roadhouse, 105 Wolf Road, Albany. 10% of your total food purchase will be donated to To Love A Child to help enrich the lives of impoverished children in Haiti and Africa. Call ahead seating is available by calling The Texas Roadhouse. You must present the special invite coupon which can be found on the To Love A Child website. www.toloveachild.net For more information email directoratTLC@aol.com.

Wednesday, March 7

AMERICAN LEGION: The American Legion of Saratoga County’s monthly meeting will be held on March 7 at Post 553, Moreau Community Center, 144 Main Street, South Glens Falls. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. will be followed by the meeting at 7:30 p.m. CAPITALWOMEN SARATOGA: Women in the Capital Region will come together in Saratoga Springs on March 7, the eve of the 107th International Women’s Day, to bring attention to the day and launch CapitalWomen Saratoga, joining the grassroots organization and state PAC Capital Women NY. The group will join the efforts of the Albany-based CapitalWomen in its efforts to recruit, train and support women candidates in the region and state, and will sponsor educational and networking opportunities throughout the year. 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Longfellow’s Restaurant, 500 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs. For more information and registration, visit https://capitalwomensaratoga.eventbrite.com. CLIFTON PARK SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER: Wednesday activities include Exercise to Tape, Senior Investment Group, Social Bridge, Carmen’s Crafts, Memories to Memoirs, Living with a Loss, Hand & Foot card game, Dice 6-5-4, crochet and knitting, poker, osteo exercise. 6 Clifton Common Court, Clifton Park. Call 518-383-1343 for more information. Call extension 227 before noon the day before to make reservations for lunch. DA VINCI ROBOT: The Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Hospital, and Intuitive Surgical are partnering to provide students and community members with a unique opportunity to “test drive” a robotic surgery system on Wednesday, March 7. Intuitive Surgical will be at Saratoga Springs High School with a complete Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, identical to the one used by surgeons at Saratoga Hospital. During school hours, students in various science and engineering courses will get a chance to sit at the surgeon’s console and perform “surgery” on tiny inanimate objects, with Intuitive representatives on hand to answer questions. The evening session will be open to the community from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. in the Saratoga Springs High School Teaching Auditorium. HOME BUYING PROCESS: Join an informational session providing key steps to the home buying process on Wednesday, March 7, from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Liberty Mutual Insurance office, 28 Corporate Drive, Clifton Park. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. RSVP to Stephanie LaPell at slapell@homesteadfunding.com. IRISH CEILI: The Hubbard Hall Irish Dancers are a family school of Irish Dance, dedicated to keeping cultural traditions alive, and sharing and passing on a sense of creativity, fun, movement, and community through music and dance. Come and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a traditional Irish “ceili.” where dances are taught and anyone can participate or watch. 7 p.m., Cambridge Central School auditorium, 24 South Park St., Cambridge. Admission is free, and delicious refreshments will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the bake sale and donations will support the Hubbard Hall Irish dance costume fund. LINE DANCE FUNDRAISER CLASS: The Wilton Fire Department hosts a fundraiser beginner/intermediate line dancing class with instructor Suzie Archambault every Wednesday at 6:30p.m. at the fire station, 270Ballard Road, Wilton. Water and soda will be available. For more information call 518-584-3338weekdays 9a.m. to 3p.m. LUNCHTIME MEDITATION: Held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs Public Library. Free and open to all. Sponsored by One Roof Holistic Health Center. MECHANICVILLE DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY: Sign Language Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. Stop in and practice your skills with others. Aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses can learn how to build a Wordpress Website, access resources through their library, and meet other business-people during the Mechanicville Library’s Libraries Mean Business workshop from 4:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. Registration requested. 190 N. Main St. Mechanicville. For more information, call 518-6644646; fax 518-664-8641 or visit http://mechanicville. sals.edu. NEW VISIONS INFORMATION SESSION: The Washington-Saratoga-WarrenHamilton-Essex (WSWHE) BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) program will hold information sessions on its New Visions Engineering and New Visions Health Careers Exploration programs in March. These academically rigorous one-year programs are for college-bound high school seniors who plan to major in either an engineering or health related discipline. Applications are being accepted for the 2018-19 school year. If approved by the students home district, the program is free to high school students in the WSWHE BOCES region. New Visions Health Careers ExpIoration sessions will be held on March 7 at 6 p.m. at the Wesley Health Care Center in the Activities Room, 131 Lawrence St, Saratoga Springs, and Glens Falls Hospital, Auditorium A Basement Level, 100 Park St, Glens Falls. Snow date March 8. For more information: visit Careerandteched. org. OLDE SARATOGA SENIORS: The next meeting of the Olde Saratoga Seniors on Wednesday, March 7 at noon at the Town Hall, Spring Street, Schuylerville, will be an Italian luncheon catered by some of the seniors, with dessert included. Seats are still available for the March 16 trip to Turning Stone. New members are always welcome. Call Pat at 518338-2329 for more information. POETRY READING: On Wednesday, March 7, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Jessica Cuello, author of the 2017 CNY Book Award winner “Pricking.” The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5. An open reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 7 p.m. and the readings will start at 7:30. p.m. at 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs. Call 518-583-0022 or visit www.caffelena.org for more information. SCHUYLERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Story Time, 10 a.m. DIY Club: Bath bombs, 3:30 p.m. Home Improvement: Switches, 6:30 p.m. Registration is required on the library webpage. 52 Ferry Street, Schuylerville. Call 518-695-6641 for more information. TANG MUSEUM: At 4 p.m., Paul Mendes-Flohr, the Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought at the University of Chicago Divinity School; archaeologist Jodi Magness, the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and Sustainability Laboratory founder Michael Ben-Eli lead a public conversation about ‘this place’ through the interrelated lenses of identities and communities inhabiting the land, archaeology and environmental issues. At 7 p.m., Mendes-Flohr, Magness and Ben-Eli will speak at a Jacob Perlow Lecture event. For more information call 518-580-8080. TROUT UNLIMITED: Rich Hudgens, Head Guide at The Beaverkill Angler will speak on streamer fishing at the next general membership meeting of the Adirondack Chapter of Trout Unlimited at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, at the Harry Dutcher Community Room, Saratoga Springs Public Library. VAPING PRESENTATION: Saratoga Springs City School District partners with The Prevention Council and the Saratoga-Wilton Elks to offer a program titled “Vaping: What you NEED to Know” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge on 1 Elks Lane in Saratoga Springs. The event includes a free dinner Attendees are asked to please RSVP by March 5 online at www.Saratogaschools.org/ Vaping/. WILTON HERITAGE SOCIETY: The monthly meeting of the Wilton Heritage Society will take place on Wednesday, March 7, at the Wilton Senior center, 18 Traver Road, Wilton. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with light refreshments. At 6:30 pm Lou from the Exit 15 Firewood tells the story of how he got started in the business, and how his business has grown. The Heritage business meeting will follow the speaker’s discussion.

Thursday, March 8

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL: At the Albany Government Law Review’s 13th Annual Symposium, “Cracks in the U.S. Constitution: Broken Windows Policing and the Criminalization of Children,” attorneys and scholars will examine the effects of “broken windows” policing on urban communities, how broken windows policing strategies have invaded the education system to feed the school-to-prison pipeline, and ways the community can get involved in correcting the system. The symposium offers up to 4 CLE credits for attorneys in attendance. Noon - 5 p.m., Albany Law School, 80 New Scotland Ave. The event is free but registration is strongly encouraged. Register at http:// www.albanylaw.edu/event/government-law-reviewsymposium/. BALLSTON AREA SENIOR CITIZENS: Thursday activities: 9:30a.m. to 11:45 a.m.,Craft, Cards, Billiards. 11:45a.m. to 2p.m., Lunch:bring a dish to share, meeting. 2p.m. to 4p.m., Bingo. Milton Community Center, 310Northline Road, Ballston Spa. Call 518-885-6740or visit www.ballstonareaseniors.com for more information. BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES: The Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center’s Spring 2018 Brown Bag Lunch Series highlights the rich history, culture and traditions of our city and Heritage Area. On Thursday, March 8, join Richard Chait as he presents images of Victorian era train travel in and around Saratoga. Enjoy a look back at the various railroads that played an important role in bringing visitors to the Spa City. This free program takes place from noon – 1 p.m. in the H. Dutcher Community Room, Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs.