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The town of Kirkland and village of Clinton are the Mohawk Valley recipients of a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant from New York State. It’s part of a total state commitment of $100 million in DRI funding and investments to help communities boost their economies by transforming downtowns into vibrant neighborhoods.

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund recently distributed a record $157,000 in grants to 14 non-profit and public safety organizations serving the Town of Kirkland and the Village of Clinton. [Full list follows]

In February, Hamilton's Town-Gown Fund awarded $15,000 to Kirkland Trails, a grass-roots organization seeking to develop biking and hiking trails using existing canal and railroad paths in the town. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Oct. 7 at the Dugway Road entrance.

Barbara Gold, the Edward North Professor of Classics and Greek Literature Emerita, recently gave an invited talk titled “Were Female Martyrs Transgender?” at the University of Cyprus.

Twelve organizations in the Town of Kirkland have received a share of $70,000 from the Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund. The Town-Gown Fund has now invested more than $763,000 in the Clinton community since 2001.

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund made $58,600 in grants to 11 organizations serving the Town of Kirkland and the Village of Clinton, bringing the total disbursed from the endowment to more than $628,000.

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund made $65,000 in grants to eight organizations last week, bringing the total disbursed from the endowment to more than $570,000.

The Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton’s Burke Library are joint recipients of  a $2,500 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to fund a program  “America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway.”

On Wednesday, May 30, Robert Meelan, supervisor of the Town of Kirkland,  will present President Joan Hinde Stewart with a proclamation from the town in honor of the college’s 200th anniversary of the May 1812 signing of the charter by Regents of the University of the State of New York. The presentation will be made at the town meeting.