New Vermont museum to display artifacts Also of interest
CASTLETON, VT — The Granger-Moulton Museum at Castleton University has received the Ryland Benford Collection, an assemblage of Native American artifacts gathered by Ryland Benford, a local steeplejack, from areas around Lake Bomoseen between the 1920s and 1940s.
The collection will be displayed in the new Museum and Learning Laboratory established last year on the university campus as part of an exhibit celebrating the rich history of Native Americans in the Castleton area. The collection contains stone projectile points and other tools made by Native Americans living at more than a dozen sites around the lake. The collection contains no human remains and is not thought to have come from funerary contexts.
The collection was donated by Kevin Tredwell of Hubbardton, Vermont, Ryland Benford’s grandson.
The museum is expected to open to visitors for the first time in September.
The Claverack Library hosts a community volunteer recruitment fair at 9 Route 9H from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 3.
Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County’s longtime volunteer,
Mary Krenceski, Ph.D., has been named Adult Educator of the Year by the New York Association for Continuing and Community Education. The award was handed out at the NYACCE Conference at the Marriott Hotel on Wolf Road April 20.
Excelsior University celebrated National Volunteer Week by joining hands with faculty and staff in supporting nonprofits. From April 17 to April 22, their team volunteered at six organizations in the Albany area, including the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, Veterans Miracle Center, Underground Railroad Education Center, Capital City Rescue Mission, and Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
Berkshire Bank’s foundation provided $584,361 in philanthropic investments during the first quarter of 2023 to foster upward economic mobility, racial equity, and enhance opportunities for success in the regions it serves.
KidsPeace Foster Care and Community Programs announced that
Wells of Saugerties were chosen as its 2023 State Foster Parents of the Year for New York. The nomination noted the Wells family’s willingness to care for children born with special needs, including a girl born significantly premature in December.
On Monday, International Workers’ Day, the
NYS Poor Peoples Campaign
will meet at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on 362 State St., Albany, for a march and rally to deliver the Poor People’s State of the State Petition to Gov. Kathy Hochul calling on her “to tell the truth about poverty in New York.” The event will feature songs, chants, and testimonies from poor and low-income New Yorkers, faith leaders, and community advocates.
Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz, was selected as a 2023 Americana Corner Preserving America Grant Program recipient. It received $7,500 to develop virtual tours of the historic site. The East Greenbush Board of Education holds its public hearing and next board meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Columbia High School Library, 962 Luther Road East Greenbush.