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	<title>Town Of Alford Massachusetts &#187; News</title>
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	<description>Welcome to the Alford Massachusetts official town web site!</description>
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		<title>The Season Of Thanksgiving!</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/11/the-season-of-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alford Community Church invites you to celebrate the season of Thanksgiving at the historic 1817 church in Alford Center. This service will be held on Sunday November 20th at 9 AM, followed by a special coffee hour. The Alford Church&#8217;s regular services are held on Sundays at 9 AM. Church suppers are held on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Larry Chernicoff Sextet</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/09/the-larry-chernicoff-sextet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Larry Chernicoff Sextet at The Clark Art Institute Saturday October 8 at 8 pm The Clark Art Institute Auditorium, Williamstown, MA Tickets are $25 ($20 for Clark Art Institute members). Tickets will be available at the door, but if you want to reserve now, call me at 413 528 6021. My quintet has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FEMA Disaster Assistance</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/09/fema-disaster-assistance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you sustained losses or damage from Tropical Storm Irene you may be eligible for disaster aid. For more information or to Apply: http://www.disaster.assistance.gov Or Apply on your smartphone at: m.fema.gov  Or you can call to Apply: 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)  The TTY number is 1-800-462-7585  For 711 or Video Relay Service, call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) When you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Irene Follow-Up</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/08/hurricane-irene-follow-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to do a little storm-chasing and to shoot some video around Alford of the after-effects of Hurricane Irene. I mainly intended the video for family and friends, with some of my own music in the background, but decided to share it with you too. Here in Alford we were very fortunate compared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Irene Preparations</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/08/hurricane-irene-preparations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed McCormick is the Emergency Management Director of Alford and Egremont, he issued the following notice on Friday 8/26/2011: &#8220;Hurricane Irene is expected to affect our towns on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. If the predictions are correct we may lose electric power and water service. If you are elderly or have a medical condition please call #528-0182 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deter Ticks And Pests Naturally</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/08/deter-ticks-and-pests-naturally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ticks are giant mites, and their bite can be a health hazard. Though ticks live on plants, they do not harm vegetation. Their only food source is the blood of invertebrates including humans, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds. Gardeners can deter ticks and other pests by using the natural control of certain plants that repel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olga Milligan Piano Concert</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/07/olga-milligan-piano-concert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come to Olga May Milligan&#8217;s Piano Concert, Fri, July 15, 6:30 p.m. &#8211; 7:30 p.m. at the Great Barrington Band Stand, on the Town Hall Lawn.]]></description>
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		<title>The site move is complete!</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/06/the-site-move-is-complete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to numerous complications with my previous web host, I was forced to move all of the web sites that I host (including Alford) to a more reliable U.S. based web hosting company. You should notice better overall performance and faster load times across the entire web site. Thank you for your patience, and enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Town Site Update</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/04/town-site-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Articles from the printed Alford Town News, Issue #48, Spring-Summer 2011 edition, have been posted on the web site. I&#8217;ve decided to not have site readers notified of every article when the articles are posted from the newsletter, instead I will post a short announcement like this one for you to come to the web site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A couple of local spring concerts</title>
		<link>http://townofalford.org/2011/03/a-couple-of-local-spring-concerts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Dellea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trio Appassionata &#8211; April 24, Easter Sunday, 3 pm Kellogg Music Center, Simon&#8217;s Rock, Great Barrington &#8211; Free admission Trio Appassionata was born in December 2007 when Brazilian pianist Ronaldo Rolim, cellist Andrea Casarrubios from Spain, and violinist Lydia Chernicoff from Great Barrington, came together to play chamber music at the Peabody Conservatory. In March [...]]]></description>
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