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WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 35, No 35 3 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2017
“We’re very close,” said Jim Taylor of
Taylor Biomass Energy. “But we’re not
going to hit Sept. 30.”
Taylor advised the Maybrook Village
Board last week that his multi-million
dollar project had hit another snag after
his contractor unexpectedly closed his
business, leaving him to find a new
contractor.
“It takes a lot to get a big project done,”
said Taylor.
Even so, he said all of the pieces
are there to get the funding in place
for a closing near Thanksgiving. The
construction itself is expected to take
about 24 months. With this timetable,
Taylor said energy from his first-of-a-kind
facility will enter the grid in December of
2019.
According to Taylor, his “one little tiny
plant” on Neelytown Road in Montgomery
“will provide 20 percent of New York
State’s renewable energy for one year.”
“The innovation with this project is
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going to put the town of Montgomery on
the map,” said Mayor Dennis Leahy. “It’s
definitely something that is needed in
today’s world.”
Taylor’s facility will transform waste
to energy by integrating five different
technologies into the “first commercial-
size waste biomass gasification to energy
facility in the world.” It will be located
alongside his existing 95-acre recycling
plant.
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My new friend
J.P. Aponte
Camdon Conner, 2, has met his first goat, Saturday, at the Maybrook Community Celebration. More photos on page 21.
Three vie for
two seats
Shawangunk Republican Caucus
is next Wednesday
By TED REMSNYDER
Considering the fact that the local
Democratic party will not be nominating
a candidate in the November general
election, the upcoming Shawangunk
Republican party caucus was already
shaping up to be a highly consequential
political night for the town. But the caucus
on Sept. 6 became even more interesting
this month when the Shawangunk
Republican Committee declined to
endorse incumbent candidate Matthew
Watkins, and instead threw its weight
behind challenger Alex Danon, who sits
on the Shawangunk Planning Board. With
four-term incumbent Councilman Adrian
Dewitt also seeking re-election this fall,
the local GOP decided to endorse Dewitt
and Danon for the pair of nominations up
for grabs next week.
Watkins has served two four-year terms
on the town council, but the party decided
to recommend that voters go in a different
direction in Wednesday’s balloting.
“We felt there was some personality
conflict on the board and that Matt Watkins
wasn’t pulling his weight,” Shawangunk
Republican Committee Chairman Leif
Spencer said. “We felt he wasn’t doing
what was expected. He just didn’t seem
to be prepared for meetings, and we have
a newcomer in Alex Danon who sits on a
lot of town committees and boards and
is very active in the community. So we
felt that the new blood coming in could
enhance what’s already on the board. We
didn’t want to go with the status quo.”
For his part, Watkins said he was
surprised that the committee chose not to
endorse him, and he pushed back against
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