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Keith Goldberg
I cover the Towns of Wallkill, Mount Hope, Greenville and Minisink, as well as the Minisink Valley School District. Comments or news tips? Contact me at kgoldberg@th-record.com or 845-346-3174. Read FullCategories
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Photos from Minisink Valley protest/meeting
There was another protest at Minisink Valley Thursday evening, just before the school board meeting. Here are a couple of photos I took:
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Another Minisink Valley protest planned for tonight
The heated atmosphere engulfing Minisink Valley over announced job cuts doesn’t look like it will cool off anytime soon.
On the heels of a Monday morning protest that drew over 500 students, parents, teachers and students are holding another protest before tonight’s school board meeting at the middle school. That meeting will not have any public [...]
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Wallkill to decide on new town justice tonight
Wallkill Supervisor John Ward says the town board will vote on a replacement for town Justice Bonnie Kraham at tonight’s board meeting.
The board interviewed three candidates at a special work session Wednesday evening: recently-retired state Supreme Court Judge Joe G. Owen, who served as Wallkill town justice from 1974 to 1984, Scotchtown lawyer Jaime Santana [...]
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Video from Minisink Valley student protest
Watch Tracy Baxter’s video report on the Monday morning’s Minisink Valley student protest here.
My story will be in Tuesday’s edition of the Times Herald-Record, with reactions from students and school officials.
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More info on Minisink Valley teacher layoffs
Here’s my story on the Minisink Valley teacher layoffs. I’ve gotten a few phone calls from people this morning who’ve expressed some confusion over the total number of layoffs. If you read my story through, you’ll see that the teaching position cuts (31) and the teacher’s aide layoffs (24) clearly described as two separate events.
Here [...]
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Breakdown of Minisink Valley teacher’s aide layoffs
As I reported here, Minisink Valley will lay off 24 full-time teacher’s aides at the end of the school year. Here’s the breakdown by school, according to Linda Horan, president of the non-teacher employee’s union in the district:
Otisville Elementary School: 6
Minisink Valley Elementary School: 4
Minisink Valley Intermediate School: 5
Minisink Valley Middle School: 6
Minisink Valley High [...]
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A family affair at Wallkill court?
You might see two generations of the Owen family on the bench at Wallkill town court pretty soon.
Joe G. Owen, who retired from the state Supreme Court last December after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 76, wants to replace Bonnie Kraham as Wallkill town justice — a position he held from 1974 to 1984 [...]
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Minsink Valley superintendent search down to five
The search for a new superintendent for Minisink Valley has been narrowed to five candidates.
The school board will interview the candidates next month before the field is narrowed to three finalists.
Current superintendent Martha Murray, who is retiring at the end of the school year, has said the district should have a replacement named by that [...]
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Wallkill cops, kids hoop it up