Mike Mahoney holds his dog, Mitzi, during an interfaith Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. At rear is Pastor Donna Elia of the First United Church, Presbyterian. "Make us ... true friends to animals, and so to share the blessings of the merciful," said Elia.
9/30/2009
Album ID: 853292
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Post and beam sukkah
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Participants in a timber-framing workshop learn the traditional craft of post and beam construction Wednesday at the Bennington Museum. The workshop will culminate in an old-fashioned raising of a structure used in Congregation Beth El's celebration of the harvest holiday, Sukkot. The raising takes place on the museum's back meadow Friday at 2 p.m. The community is invited.
9/23/2009
Album ID: 843968
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Empty Bowls Project
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Volunteers decorate bowls for the Empty Bowls Project dinner to be held Oct. 11 at Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington. The event, sponsored by the Food and Fuel Fund of the Greater Bennington Area Interfaith Community Services, will raise money to fight hunger.
9/16/2009
Album ID: 838043
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Tongues of Fire
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church hosted the annual Tongues of Fire Chili Cook-off this weekend and many came out not only to show off their recipes, but also to taste all the entries.
5/31/2009
Album ID: 767005
Photos by Paul Guillotte
Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebration
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The Unitarian Universalist Church in Bennington hosted a MLK Day celebration in honor of the great civil rights leader.
1/19/2009
Album ID: 674625
Photos by Paul Guillotte
Bennington free health clinic
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Community members celebrated the opening of a free health clinic at the First Baptist Church on Wednesday night. Dr. Richard Dundas is the medical director.
1/14/2009
Album ID: 671767
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Pastor Steadman
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Phil Steadman is pastor of the Capstone Baptist Church in North Bennington, which has been renovated by volunteers.
12/16/2008
Album ID: 656426
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Blessing of the Animals
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Dogs, cats and an Amazon parrot were among the animals blessed by the Rev. Donna Elia at a service in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., inspired by the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi.
10/2/2008
Album ID: 605660
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Anti-nuclear walk
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Jun Yasuda, a Japanese Buddhist nun, lead an anti-nuclear walk from Williamstown, Mass., to Bennington on Wednesday, the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Participants called for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to be shut down.
8/6/2008
Album ID: 569841
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Mormon missonaries
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Elders Jake Cook and Gary Jones are Mormon missionaries based in Bennington. On a typical day they might volunteer at the local Salvation Army thrift store, go door-to-door evangelizing and, accompanied by a church member, teach a lesson to a potential convert.
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