The word ‘awesome’ was taken off life support today and declared legally dead.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Posted inAround Town
Putnam Valley CSD Superintendent On Leave For 2010/11 School Year
Dr. Space not to return
Posted inPhilipstown News
Cold Spring Village Board Passes Law Allowing Composting Toilets at Parks; Talks of fee levels for parking waivers
After months of deliberations, the Cold Spring Village Board last Wednesday (Aug. 25) enacted a law allowing use of composting toilets in parks.
Posted inArts & Leisure
Dar Williams Concert Postponed
The Dar Williams Summer Concert has been rescheduled for Sunday September 5th at 5:30pm. Photo courtesy of www.darwilliams.com .
Posted inPhilipstown News
Town Files Appeal to Court Ruling that ZBA Must Grant Variances for Route 9 Used Car Lot
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.
Posted inArts & Leisure
Do You Own a Home Designed by Frank Dushin?
Join fellow current and former owners in sharing information about Frank Dushin and honoring this esteemed local architect.
Posted inPhilipstown News
Philipstown.info Interviews Haldane Principal Brian Alm
Philipstown.info’s Michael Turton recently spoke with Haldane High School principal Brian Alm at his office.
Posted inPhilipstown News
Village Board Sets Fire Siren Test at Half-Second Twice Daily
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.
Posted inArts & Leisure
"The Frogs" A Comedy by Aristophanes
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!
Posted inArts & Leisure
Cold Spring Seniors’ Picnic is Savored by All
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.
Posted inArts & Leisure
The Butterfield Library’s 2010 Battle of the Books Team
The Butterfield Library’s 2010 Battle of the Books team.
Posted inAround Town
New York State Education Awarded Nearly $700 Million in “Race to the Top”
New York State has been awarded $696,646,000 in “Race to the Top”
Posted inObituaries
Lifelong Cold Spring Resident, Jerome Allen, Dies
Jerome H. Allen, age 72, a lifelong Cold Spring area resident, died on August 21, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center.
Posted inPhilipstown News
Philipstown Responds to Critical Auditor's Report
Officials of the Town of Philipstown were quick to respond to a recently completed five-year audit of the Town’s finances.
Posted inPhilipstown News
Siren Tops Busy Village Board Agenda for Wednesday
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)
Posted inArts & Leisure
Last Day of Summer Camp
Friday, August 20 brought the Philipstown Rec day camp programs to a close.
Posted inPhilipstown News
Police, Firefighters Respond to Routes 301-9D Accident
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
Posted inPhilipstown News
Dutchess Duo Charged With Trespass, Larceny
Man and a woman from Dutchess County arrested on charges of petit larceny
Posted inAround Town
Putnam Valley Central School District Appoints Interim HS Principal
Vincent Burruano appointed as acting Putnam Valley high school principal for the coming year.
Posted inPhilipstown News
Cold Spring Police Nab Alleged Bicycle Thief
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. Â Â Â Â Â Â In a written report to the Cold Spring Village Board Aug. 10, Kane noted that, among other […]
Posted inArts & Leisure
Acting Immersion in Hudson Valley Shakespeare's Apprentice Program
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.”
Posted inPhilipstown News
Changes to Summer Rezoning Draft include Homes in Highway-Commercial Area
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.
Posted inArts & Leisure
Stonecrop Gardens Wishes To Become an Unkept Secret
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.
