NYPA Textile Day & Quilt Show Seeking Vendors

Joining forces to coordinate with the New York Power Authority's Lansing Manor Annual Quilt Show on Saturday, June 6th, the Jefferson Historical Society is seeking vendors to display their products at the event.

Featuring speakers Rabbit Goody and Dr. Jacquie Atkins, who will give presentations and appraise textiles brought in by the public, fiber and textile artisans are welcome to sell their products and demonstrate their craft.

Tent, tables and chairs, electricity, bathroom facilities will all be provided by the New York Power Authority.  The Jefferson Historical Society will have food to purchase.  Vendor fee is $10, payable to The Jefferson Historical Society. 

 For more information contact Barb Palmer (607) 652-2156 or Carol Bodnar (607) 652-2107.

Vintage Car Show at NYPA Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center Today (July 20, 2014)

NORTH BLENHEIM — If you like vintage cars and trucks, stop by the New York Power Authority’s Blenheim-Gilboa Project visitors center on Sunday, July 20.

                                       Photo Credit: NYPA.

A wide variety of antique vehicles will be on display, including a 1910 Oakland Model 24 roadster and a 1913 Chase Model M Express truck, along with a ’56 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, a ’56 GMC Suburban pickup, a ’65 Corvair, and antique tractors.

Visitors are invited to drive their own classic wheels to the show and socialize with fellow car buffs. Admission and parking are free. To register for a chance to win a trophy in a variety of categories, call 518-234-7495.

Short films on cars will be screening in the visitors center theater. Barbecue and other food will be available. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Arrive early, as several thousand car enthusiasts are expected.

Guests can also tour the B-G visitors center to learn more about electricity and New York State’s largest hydroelectric pumped storage power plant and drop by historic Lansing Manor, a country estate built in 1819. Both are open until 5 p.m.

The B-G visitors center is located on route 30 in North Blenheim, five miles north of Grand Gorge, 17 miles south of Middleburgh and 50 miles southwest of Albany. For more information, please call 1-800-724-0309.