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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Police, manager contracts nearing completion
Walden’s village board is poised to vote on contracts for both the police department and village manager by the end of the year.
While the board voted in August to extend manager Jim Politi’s contract for two years, the actual written document has yet to be signed. Trustees have met in executive session over the last [...]
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A moment of silence at East Coldenham
There was a moment of silence this morning at East Coldenham Elementary School. Parents will come to the memorial today, as they have every year since 1989 when a tornado hit the school at about 12:30 p.m.
Seven children were killed that day, 19 were hurt. Two more children died later in the hospital. Officials at [...]
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Christmas on Main Street
The Walden Business Association with the help of Mayor Brian Maher is planning three weekends of holiday shopping on Main Street in December.
The event will close down the street, creating a pedestrian mall with a “turn-of-the-century” atmosphere from Bank to Oak Streets. Local shops will set up kiosks with gift offerings while carolers and musicians [...]
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Doctor talks about flu prevention Wednesday
With swine flu cases on the rise at Berea Elementary School, parents in the community were looking for information this week.
Dr. Paul Mark Baker of Hudson Valley Pediatrics shared his knowledge in a live chat Wednesday, answering questions about the swine flu vaccine, symptoms and spread. The archived chat can be found here.
Also, parents can [...]
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Lowest voter turnout in past four supervisor races
Almost nine percent fewer Montgomery voters showed up at the polls yesterday to vote in town and county elections than in 2007.
The showing is the worst since 2003 (the oldest election year available on the county website) and more than 25 percent lower than the highest turnout in 2005.
Among those who did pull the lever, [...]
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Walden trustee resigns, mayor to make appointment