Monthly Archives: January 2010

Elementary facts: Classroom sizes today and tomorrow

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 29, 2010 | 0 Comments
Handouts from Tuesday’s meeting gave a scenario of what the classroom sizes would look like at other district elementary schools, if Maybrook was closed. Many people are wondering what school Maybrook kids would attend. At a meeting two weeks ago, Superintendent Richard Hooley talked about Berea and Montgomery elementary schools, saying both have a capacity of [...]
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Calhoun: Valley Central in a tough spot

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 28, 2010 | 0 Comments
Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun’s granddaughter went to Maybrook Elementary School, so she knows what the small school means to the community. But, she also said Tuesday, that the district and the state are in a tough spot when it comes to cutting budgets. New York State is facing a $7.4 billion budget gap; Valley Central is facing a [...]
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Helping Haiti: Walden Rotary, community raises support

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Rotary Club of Walden is helping its international organization with the ShelterBox program, which has been giving tents for families in need of shelter. Emergency shelter for more than 20,000 people has arrived in Port au Prince and surrounding areas and hundreds more ShelterBoxes containing disaster relief tents and other life-saving supplies are [...]
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Maybrook kids protest school closing

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 25, 2010 | 0 Comments
About 30 Maybrook Elementary School parents and students protested on Route 208 Saturday, making signs and handing out flyers to get people involved in saving the school. The Valley Central School District board is considering closing the school in light of proposed state aid cuts. Along with other revenue losses and expenses, the district says it [...]
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An FAQ on Maybrook School

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
Maybrook parents and teachers had a good question and answer session with Superintendent Richard Hooley Tuesday. To read the summary of the meeting, you can see my article from Thursday’s paper. However, there was more to me said than that. Here’s a run down of some of the questions and answers that Hooley gave, with some information [...]
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Maybrook mayor meets with school officials

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
Maybrook Mayor Dennis Leahy is meeting with school district officials this week to talk about the potential closing of Maybrook Elementary School. Parents and community members have been calling out to the newspaper and elected officials for answers and information about the discussions in the district tied to saving money in a tough budget year. Leahy said [...]
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Choppers suit: Money dividing family

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 14, 2010 | 0 Comments
The documents in the father-son court case of the Orange County Choppers’ Teutul family give us a look into the financial war that’s been waged behind the scenes of the reality TV show. Montgomery’s own Paul Teutul Sr. sued his son Paulie Jr. last month, asking that the courts appoint someone to figure out what Paulie’s [...]
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Birds and baseball: Can they coexist?

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 11, 2010 | 0 Comments
At last Thursday’s town board meeting, the question kept coming up: Why can’t bird watchers and baseball players coexist? Our naturalist, Wayne Hall, addressed this in his column this week on the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge. I also asked Curt McDermott, the local bird expert who discovered the sedge wren at Montgomery’s Benedict Farm Park, to [...]
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Who is Dan Dalpes?

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 9, 2010 | 0 Comments
That’s what Montgomery was asking Dan Dempsey Saturday after my story in the paper came out. Is there a new board member? Did you step down? The answer is: reporters are simply human. I was having one of those days where I was under the weather. I should have called in sick, but instead, I wrote [...]
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Estimates a few cents off

By Meghan E. Murphy | Published: January 6, 2010 | 0 Comments
Extremely astute residents may notice a small difference on tax bills arriving in the mail this week compared with the estimates given by the town board at the November budget hearing. For villagers, the actual tax levy increase for 2010 is 4.4 percent, not the 3 percent reported at the meeting.  And for the town, the [...]
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