Monthly Archives: December 2009

Town officials sworn in Friday

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 31, 2009 | 0 Comments
Elected candidates for town positions will be sworn in on the first day of 2010 Friday. Join them for the ceremony at 11 A.M. in Town Hall. New officials are trustees Sherry Melick and Cindy Voss. Those re-elected in November were Supervisor Mike Hayes, clerk Tara Stickles, and justice Harry Mills.
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Looking forward to village elections

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 31, 2009 | 0 Comments
At a village meeting two weeks ago, Maybrook Mayor Dennis Leahy announced his intent to bid for his seat again in March 2010, kicking off thoughts about a new year and yet another village election. In Maybrook, two trustee seats will be on the ballot: those currently held by Gina Bradshaw, who has said she’s running [...]
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Town board holding special meeting

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
The town board is holding a special meeting Wednesday at 11 a.m. for “end of the year business.” Town Supervisor Mike Hayes said the meeting was scheduled to take care of some end of the year budget transfers. Other items on the agenda include an update on the ambulance corps. request for a new vehicle [...]
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Former park committee leader likes wetlands

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
At a heated town board meeting earlier this month the Benedict Farm Park wetlands proposal, the name Joe Devine came up several times. Why? Because the Montgomery resident helped usher the park development plan committee through years of discussion about the land’s future. After reviewing the plan, Devine offered his thoughts about the project in email two [...]
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Suspect in holiday mystery to come forward Thursday

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 9, 2009 | 0 Comments
A frantic email in holiday colors from Walden manager Jim Politi declared the angel missing from the village tree Tuesday afternoon. What’s more, a DPW found that the Christmas lights had mysteriously shorted out, he wrote with superfluous exclamation. At the village board meeting, Sgt. Ron Schwandt boomed that police have a suspect in the [...]
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DEC says no more soil disturbance at Benedict Farm Park

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 9, 2009 | 0 Comments
In response to a complaint by SPARC president Sandra Kissam, the DEC has told the town that no more soil disturbance is allowed at Benedict Farm Park. Kissam called the agency to investigate whether the town should be building a playground about 100 yards from the site where a rare bird nested over the summer. [...]
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Fundraiser asked to stop collecting for museum

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 9, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Village of Montgomery asked Bruce Manheim of Profundnet to stop fundraising in the name of the village museum last week. Fliers began appearing around the village a couple of weeks ago for a “Christmas in Montgomery” Fundraising Tournament to benefit the USO and Village Museum. The money collected not only benefits the charity, but also [...]
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Still time to order poinsettias, benefit Rotary

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: December 8, 2009 | 0 Comments
There’s still time to get your Christmas flowers and support the Walden Rotary. Place your orders by Friday and they’ll be delivered by Monday. Call Jim Bair at 778-1844 to get 7 inch ($12) or 8 inch ($20) pots delivered to your door. Proceeds benefit the local charities that the Walden Rotary Club supports such as the [...]
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