Category: Philipstown News

The Putnam County Department of Health today (July 22) alerted area restaurants to a scam, perhaps part of a national fraud scheme, in which a caller claiming to be a Health Department employee attempts to schedule a bogus \”inspection.”

The Cold Spring branch of Wachovia Bank closed unexpectedly on Tuesday (July 20) after an unidentified odor prompted the staff to alert the fire department . . .

Cold Spring confronts coal tar

    Landing by Zodiac boat on the shores of Denning’s Point in Beacon, NY, the River Summer 2010  team of teachers, led by Margie Turrin of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, gathered at Beacon Institute’s Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) earlier this week. A project of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & […]

Proposal to consolidate fire departments and urgent-response medical units

A cafe and a tavern on Cold Spring’s Main Street suffered break-ins and thefts the night of July 13-14, each losing about $400 in money or equipment.

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At the July 13 village board monthly meeting, water and sewer superintendent Greg Phillips explained the events that led up to the water restriction.

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.

Wanted: Dedicated individual, willing to work at part-time for community betterment and no pay…

State of Emergency exists with reference to the Village of Cold Spring water supply

All is not fair on Fair Street when it comes to traffic

At its July 7 re-organizational meeting the Garrison Union Free School Board elected trustee Carol McCullough as President and trustee Ray O”Rouke as Vice president for the 2010/2011 school year.

The Cold Spring Police Department had an eventful week from June 28 to July 4.

Joined by officials representing government from Congress to village hall, Scenic Hudson July 7 announced a $600,000 state grant for its West Point Foundry Preserve and celebrated new federal recognition not only of the preserve but of four other historic properties in Cold Spring, linked as the West Point Foundry Archeological Site.

Since the fire several years ago plans have been afoot by the now named Foodtown Plaza owner George Serroukas for changes. Foodtown’s lease agreement was predicated upon receiving additional space to expand the store when the lease for the post office expires in the late spring of 2011.

A Brooklyn couple visits the village for the first time

Joined by Rep. John Hall (D-19th District), Cold Spring Mayor Seth Gallagher, and other area dignitaries, the environmental and historical protection group Scenic Hudson will formally announce new recognition of its West Point Foundry Preserve and four related properties as a collective West Point Foundry Archaeological Site, on the National Register of Historic Places. Along […]

From parking on Fair Street to garbage on Kemble Avenue and more discussion of composting toilets on outdoor sites, the Cold Spring Village Board agenda for this Tuesday, July 6, runs the gamut of key issues. The board also has scheduled discussion of fence heights and “half stories” in buildings and of using the village […]

Not counting private schools, children in Philipstown predominently attend either Haldane, Garrison, or Highland/Montgomery, with a smattering in Fishkill and Wappingers.

Mary C. Pearl, Ph.D., former chief executive at Stony Brook Southampton has been unanimously selected CEO of The Garrison Institute

After two years, four drafts, and numerous meetings, hope glimmers on the Philipstown horizon for an end to the town’s tortuous rezoning effort, intended to bring land-use law into line with the conclusions of the 2006 Comprehensive Plan, itself the result of a five year process.

The Village of Cold Spring Community Day Celebration is scheduled for Sunday, July 4th

The Village of Cold Spring Water Department announced Tuesday that it began reading water meters this week

Got ideas about parking waivers for merchants? How about allowing use of composting toilets in public parks? Here’s a chance to express yourself