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Vol. 14, No 48 3 NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 5, 2017
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Harvest celebration
St. Augustine hosts annual Thanksgiving feast
Stone steps
set in place at
Milton park
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
The core Thanksgiving Day crew; L-R front Debbie Rosen, Lt. James Janso, Judy Shepard, Rev. John Lynch and Rich Gorres. Back row,
Sgt. Phil Roloson, Lillian Mertes and Mark Schmitt.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
On Thanksgiving Day St. Augustine
opened its gymnasium and laid out
a feast for the Highland community,
something they have done for the past
five years. Through donations and
the hard work of a dedicated group
of volunteers, the scrumptious meal
brought together a large gathering of
people who shared the gift of friendship
and gratitude on a beautiful sunny fall
afternoon.
Rev. John W. Lynch said the
volunteers spend months preparing for
the dinner.
“They all took a role and were happy
to do it. There was lots of cooperation
and no drama – smooth, happy and
eager to reach out. Their hearts were in
it,” Fr. Lynch said. “This dinner is for
everybody in the community, not for just
one faith, not for one economic level, but
for everybody no matter what your need
may be, everybody is welcome.”
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In an ongoing effort to improve
the Milton Landing Park, a group of
volunteers worked last Saturday setting
numerous large stone steps in place at
the upper portion of the park off Sands
Avenue.
Supervisor Al Lanzetta said the
volunteers were being led by the non-
profit organization Jolly Rovers Trail
Crew. Co-founder Artie Hidalgo Espinosa
gave the local volunteers a lesson on the
tools to use and how to safely move the
heavy slabs.
“We got a bunch of people together and
here we are,” Lanzetta said.
Steve Bianco obtained the stones
from Young’s Motors that had extensive
excavation work done to make more room
to park their vehicles.
Espinosa said he and his partners,
Chris Ingui and Bob Brunner, are on a
mission.
“We like to think of ourselves as
building access to iconic places in the
Hudson Valley,” he said. The crew has
installed stone steps and done historical
restorations at Minnewaska State Park
Preserve, Manitoga National Historic Site
and at the Teatown Lake Reservation, to
name a few.
Espinosa said once the stone steps
are completed all the way to the top he
will design and install stone pillars as an
entrance way.
Supervisor Lanzetta was pleased with
the work turnout at the park.
“It is encouraging to see the volunteers
come out and donate their time, especially
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