Wallkill Valley Times Apr. 04 2018

Vol. 36, No. 14 3 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 3 ONE DOLLAR The Wizard of Oz Page 18 Page 5 w w w .W a l l k i l l V a l l e y T i m e s . n e t Mega warehouse Project Sailfish takes a dip into Montgomery Last call Town of Montgomery Sgt. Barnett retires after 19 years By JASPREET GILL Jgill&tcnewspapers.com A one-million square -oot warehouse is being proposed in the Town of Montgomery. Dubbed “Project Sailfish,” the warehouse distribution facility will be located near the intersection of Rt. 747 and Rt. 17K and will be built on 189 acres by developer Bluewater Industrial Partners LLC. During a March 26 planning board meeting, a site plan and zoning change to allow the warehouse to be built on the property were presented. The project calls for one tenant, who has not yet been identified. “The hope is to try to attract one of a number of national e-commerce tenants who are looking to get into the Orange County market place,” said David Everett, attorney for Whiteman Osterman, & Hanna LLP serving as legal counsel for Project Sailfish. Project Sailfish will also include 460 parking spaces and an onsite water and sewer tank that will serve the sprinkler system inside the warehouse. The warehouse will be built on the highest elevation of the site, which Bluewater Industrial Partners LLC is hoping to balance with a “cut and fill perspective,” according to Richard Burrow, from Langan Engineering. Burrow says he plans on providing Continued on page 4 Sgt. Barnett with daughters Raelin and Makaila at his side, walked out of the Town of Montgomery Police Station for the last time on Saturday. By JASPREET GILL [email protected] Dennis Barnett walked out of the Montgomery Town Hall Saturday for the last time ever after 19½ years serving as an officer with the town’s police department. “He’s a cop’s cop. One of the greatest people you could ever hope to work with and to have as a friend,” Officer John Hank said of Barnett. Hank, who organized the farewell ceremony with Police Chief Butch Amthor, has known Barnett since he was 11 years old. “We both grew up in Maybrook,” Hank said. “We’re both from this community... He still lives in this community and has been giving back to it his entire time here. He will be greatly missed and leaves difficult shoes to fill.” Barnett walked out with his daughters Raelin and Makaila to the tunes of the Hudson Valley Regional Police Pipes and Drums Band. He thanked everyone who came to the ceremony, saying “it’s truly humbling to see what a man’s career [can do] and the lives he touches.” SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL