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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Discussing railways statewide
As Walden talks about purchasing the Packaged Lighting Systems building on the site of a proposed commuter rail, the state is going after millions to upgrade its high-speed rail.
WAMC’s Susan Barnett explores what this means for re-building abandoned railways.
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Sparks fly at power line meeting
Village planning chair Kevin Conero slammed down his gavel for order Wednesday night, while village residents repeatedly demanded the planning board give the Central Hudson power line proposal back to the town planning board.
At times heated, the discussion was among more than 50 people representing the town, Village of Montgomery and the Village of [...]
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Officer recovering, found at fault in accident
Town of Montgomery
Police Officer Brian Turner left the hospital late
last week and is recovering from an accident on Aug. 16. Police say Turner was off-duty and driving his
motorcycle with his wife, Bonnie, on Route 300 in the Town of Newburgh. He was behind
bikes being driven by two other friends and a minivan, driven [...]
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Special meeting set, then rescheduled
The Village of Walden sent out notice for a special meeting to discuss land acquisitions Tuesday but then rescheduled for Sept. 1.
The meeting, at which the trustees will go into executive session, is to discuss the purchase of a $754,000, 3-acre property at 29 Grant Street. The building once housed the Packaged Lighting Company [...]
Local artists design Quad poster
Two local artists designed the new New Netherland Museum Hudson Quadricentennial poster.
Photographer/designer James Douglas and illustrator Mike Jaroszko came up with the poster, which features an antique-style map of the Hudson River Valley and the ship Half Moon, which Hudson sailed into the river 400 years ago. Proceeds from the poster benefit the museum.
All [...]
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Packed agenda: Walden manager gets contract, police get officer
The Village of Walden board tackled a packed agenda last night, leaving a long meeting with a slew of important decisions made. Here are some highlights:
Land purchaseTwo decisions came down to 4 to 3 votes, with trustees Marcus Millspaugh, Susan Rumbold and Mayor Brian Maher dissenting.One such tally was on a vote to move forward [...]
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Walden tonight: Police consolidation, officer position
Walden’s village board tonight will discuss two hot topics: police consolidation and a request to reinstate the search to fill a police officer position.
Two weeks ago, the village board put a halt on hiring in the police department, to the consternation of some. Tonight the board will talk about possibly thawing that freeze in response [...]
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Montgomery residents sail with Seeger
Montgomery resident Alice Dickinson sailed across the Hudson River with famed folk singer Pete Seeger Friday on one of three U.S. Naval Academy’s “Navy 44’s.” Dickinson, Chuck Thomas and Rob Atherton were the only civilians on the boat with Seeger.
The boats crossed the water as part of the Hudson-Fulton Quadricentennial Celebration that’s been ongoing with [...]
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More number crunching on police
I’m a geek for numbers, and you can certainly look at the numbers when it comes to police consolidation in Montgomery in a lot of ways. But, since my story on municipal consolidation has sparked so much talk, I thought I might do some more crunching.
Here’s a chart that looks at the cost per [...]
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Power line stakeholders on meeting agenda