New professional theater company will present “classics”
Michael Mell
Mell is a freelance journalist and former editor at The Current.
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Student, Teacher and Administration Evaluation Metrics
New State guidelines impose standards and data-driven analysis
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GUFS Considers New Textbooks
Technology an integral feature of reading/writing program
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GUFS BOE Adopts 2011/12 School Budget
GUFS tax levy increase held to 1.51 percent
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Haldane BOE Gets Budget Update; Hears Building Conditions Survey
Latest Albany developments reflected in budget update
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Garrison School Holds Second Budget Workshop
Idea of any tax increase debated
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"Tartuffe" Transposed to Swinging Sixties
Homage to Chopin at Howland Cultural Center
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GUFS Responds to Governor’s Message
2001/12 Haldane budget begins to come together
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GUFS Budget Not Yet Ready for Primetime
Garrison administration continues work on school budget
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GUFS Facilities Report Identifies Ongoing Issues
GUFS facilities receive a ‘satisfactory’ rating
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Garrison School Begins Planning 2011/12 Budget
Board takes action that will lead to May 17 vote
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Michael Mell
When Gordon Stewart first broached the idea of Philipstown.info to me and asked me to be editor, I thought I knew what it was going to be: a directory of services with a little local color that would occupy me for a couple of hours a day during the week. How mistaken I was for […]
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Santa Arrives Early to Help Light Tree
Tree lighting is an annual event sponsored by the village of Cold Spring
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Three Penny Opera at The Depot Theatre
The Three Penny Opera at the Depot Theatre until Nov. 14
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State Education Department Adjusts Assessment Cut Scores
The NYS Education Department has raised the bar for what it means to be proficient.
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Philipstown.info Interviews New GUFS Trustee Charlotte Rowe
Elected a trustee of the Garrison Union Free School District last spring, Charlotte Rowe, recently sat down with Philipstown.info’s Michael Mell to discuss a wide variety of topics.
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Bond for New Fire Truck Narrowly Passes
By a margin of only 2 votes, residents of the North Highlands Fire District approved the purchase of a new pumper/rescue truck.
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HVSF Presents: Taming of the Shrew at Boscobel
The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s more popular plays and the reason is amply demonstrated by the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival at Boscobel this summer.
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Welcome to the School Board
if attendance at school board meetings is any indication, children are not so precious . . .
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Cold Spring River Festival July 18
2,500 people came to Cold Spring on Sunday July 18 to enjoy the second annual River Festival at Mayor’s Park.
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Reasons for Water Restrictions Explained
At the July 13 village board monthly meeting, water and sewer superintendent Greg Phillips explained the events that led up to the water restriction.
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Village Board Passes Resolution on Parking Waivers
The village board unanimously passed a resolution allowing the village to accept a fee in lieu of providing off-street parking in the B-1 and B-2 zoning districts.
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Renovators Kick Off Summer Music Series
The Summer Music Series got off to a great start with a performance by The Renovators . . .
