Arts & Leisure
The Sad Demise of a Once Proud Word
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The word ‘awesome’ was taken off life support today and declared legally dead.
Around Town
Putnam Valley CSD Superintendent On Leave For 2010/11 School Year
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Dr. Space not to return
Philipstown News
Cold Spring Village Board Passes Law Allowing Composting Toilets at Parks; Talks of fee levels for parking waivers
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After months of deliberations, the Cold Spring Village Board last Wednesday (Aug. 25) enacted a law allowing use of composting toilets in parks.
Arts & Leisure
Dar Williams Concert Postponed
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The Dar Williams Summer Concert has been rescheduled for Sunday September 5th at 5:30pm. Photo courtesy of www.darwilliams.com .
Philipstown News
Town Files Appeal to Court Ruling that ZBA Must Grant Variances for Route 9 Used Car Lot
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The Town of Philipstown has filed an appeal of a court order that it issue a zoning variance for a used-car lot along Route 9 in Garrison.
Arts & Leisure
Do You Own a Home Designed by Frank Dushin?
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Join fellow current and former owners in sharing information about Frank Dushin and honoring this esteemed local architect.
Philipstown News
Philipstown.info Interviews Haldane Principal Brian Alm
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Philipstown.info’s Michael Turton recently spoke with Haldane High School principal Brian Alm at his office.
Philipstown News
Village Board Sets Fire Siren Test at Half-Second Twice Daily
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The Cold Spring Village Board voted 4-1 Wednesday night (Aug. 25) to use a 1/2 —second test twice a day for the fire siren, with a 40-second blast to sound in cases of actual emergency.
Arts & Leisure
"The Frogs" A Comedy by Aristophanes
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Dionysus, patron deity of the theatre, is tired of seeing lousy plays! What to do? Simple! Go to the underworld, find the greatest playwright ever and bring him back from the dead!
Arts & Leisure
Cold Spring Seniors’ Picnic is Savored by All
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The group of seniors who attended this past Saturday’s (Aug. 21, 2010) Cold Spring Seniors’ Picnic know each other well and see each other often.
Arts & Leisure
The Butterfield Library’s 2010 Battle of the Books Team
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The Butterfield Library’s 2010 Battle of the Books team.
Around Town
New York State Education Awarded Nearly $700 Million in “Race to the Top”
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New York State has been awarded $696,646,000 in the second round of the \”Race to the Top†competition.
Obituaries
Lifelong Cold Spring Resident, Jerome Allen, Dies
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Jerome H. Allen, age 72, a lifelong Cold Spring area resident, died on August 21, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center.
Philipstown News
Philipstown Responds to Critical Auditor's Report
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Officials of the Town of Philipstown were quick to respond to a recently completed five-year audit of the Town’s finances.
Philipstown News
Siren Tops Busy Village Board Agenda for Wednesday
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The contentious issue of the fire siren tops a busy agenda for the Cold Spring Village Board’s weekly workshop meeting, scheduled for this Wednesday (Aug. 25)
Arts & Leisure
Last Day of Summer Camp
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Friday, August 20 brought the Philipstown Rec day camp programs to a close.
Philipstown News
Police, Firefighters Respond to Routes 301-9D Accident
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Aug. 21 – Cold Spring police and firefighters responded to a two-car collision at the corner of Main Street (Route 301) and Morris Avenue (Route 9D) that apparently produced no serious injuries
Beacon News
Dutchess Duo Charged With Trespass, Larceny
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Aug. 2, 2010 Sheriff Donald B. Smith announces the recent arrest of a man and a woman from Dutchess County on charges of petit larceny and criminal trespass.
Around Town
Putnam Valley Central School District Appoints Interim HS Principal
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Vincent Burruano appointed as acting Putnam Valley high school principal for the coming year.
Philipstown News
Cold Spring Police Nab Alleged Bicycle Thief
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Sleuthing by the Cold Spring Police Department retrieved an expensive bicycle several weeks after it was stolen and gave the alleged thief an appointment with the local justice court, according to information from Commanding Officer George Kane. In a written report to the Cold Spring Village Board Aug. 10, Kane noted that, among other activity “one recent arrest of a local resident was made after a high-end mountain bike was stolen from a local parking lot. The police department investigated a tip found on the popular social networking site Facebook and were able to recover the property and make an arrest.”
Kane later told Philipstown.info that on June 7, the bicycle, valued at $900, had been “left on the side of the Wachovia Bank” at the Foodtown shopping plaza on Chestnut Street, “by the victim as he was conducting banking inside. ” On July 30, Police Officer Gary Marino obtained information “that the bike was at a local residence.
Arts & Leisure
Acting Immersion in Hudson Valley Shakespeare's Apprentice Program
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To act or not to act? The oft-repeated pearl of wisdom is “if you have to ask yourself if you want to be an actor, you shouldn’t be one.”
Philipstown News
Changes to Summer Rezoning Draft include Homes in Highway-Commercial Area
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Those seeking to build a house in a busy commercial industry district get a break in Philipstown’s mid-summer rezoning draft — the fifth since 2008.
Arts & Leisure
Stonecrop Gardens Wishes To Become an Unkept Secret
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Figuring out when to visit Stonecrop Garden used to be perplexing, but they now now welcome visitors every weekday, and many Saturdays, from April through October.
