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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, December 12, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8
Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Pine Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
School News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Walden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Wallkill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PUBLIC AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12
Town of Montgomery Planning Board,
7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 110 Bracken Road,
Montgomery. Public scoping session on
Medline Industries.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13
Montgomery Town Board, 7 p.m. Town
Government Center, 110 Bracken Road,
Montgomery. Special meeting.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18
Walden Village Board of Trustees,
6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 1 Municipal Square.
Montgomery Village Board, 7:30 p.m.
Village Hall, 133 Clinton Street.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19
Village of Walden Planning Board,
7:30 p.m. Village Hall, 1 Municipal Square.
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Pine Bush celebrates Hanukkah
By LAURA FITZGERALD
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Children and adults linked hands and
spun in a circle around a table filled
with hot chocolate and jelly doughnuts,
singing and laughing.
“I have a little dreidel I made it out of
clay, and when it’s dry and ready, then
dreidel I shall play,” they sang, laughing
through the song.
This was the first menorah lighting
in Pine Bush, organized by the Chabad
of Orange County in Goshen. Residents
gathered to celebrate the Jewish holiday
of Hanukkah last Thursday by singing,
dancing, eating Hanukkah latkes (potato
pancakes) and lighting the menorah.
“It’s so beautiful to see so many people
come out,” Rabbi Meir Borenstein of
Chabad of Orange County said. “This
holiday is so relevant to our day and age
as it celebrates the concept of freedom of
religion.”
Hanukkah celebrates the victory of
the Jewish Maccabees over their Greek-
Syrian oppressors. The Greek-Syrians
attempted to force the Jewish people to
renounce their religion and desecrated
the Jewish temple.
After Maccabee overthrew their
oppressors, the Jewish people rededicated
the temple. Although they only had
enough oil to light the temple’s menorah
for one day, the oil lasted for eight days,
the Hanukkah miracle that is celebrated
today.
Borenstein said Hanukkah also means
(From left) Krista Edwards, Ryan Antcliff and Bayleigh Ardito attend the Pine Bush menorah
lighting.
completing acts of kindness for others
and spreading good cheer.
Town Supervisor Charles Carnes lit
the shamash, the tallest candle, and Pine
Bush residents Emma and Leah lit the
menorah.
“We hope to have this many more
years,” Carnes said.
Photographs honoring congregation
members killed in the October Tree of
Life synagogue attack in Pittsburgh were
also present.
Sherri Donnell, who was in attendance,
said Hanukkah means celebrating her
ability to freely worship, not just for
herself but for people of any faith. It’s a
happy occasion to celebrate with family.
Chabad of Orange County has many
programs for all ages and denominations,
including a Hebrew school. Call Chabad
at 845-291-0514 or email chabadoc@aol.
com for more information.
Crawford adopts dog kennel law
By LAURA FITZGERALD
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The Town of Crawford town board
passed a law at their regularly scheduled
meeting on Dec. 6 that places new
restrictions on dog kennels after the town
received several dog-related complaints
over the summer.
The new law increased the minimum
lot size with dog kennels from five to 10
acres. Facilities that house dogs must be
at least 200 feet from the nearest property
line, rather than 100, and kennels must
be 300 feet from the nearest dwelling on
another lot.
The new law also requires all kennels
must be at least 500 feet from another
kennel, all kennels must be screened from
neighboring properties, all dogs must
be kept in an enclosed, sound-proofed
structure from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., all animals
must be properly fed, watered, sheltered
and cared for, and all kennels must be
subject to an annual inspection by an
animal control officer.
A kennel is defined in the Town of
Crawford code as a building not occupied
by humans with more than three dogs
that are six months of age or older, or a
residence occupied by humans with more
than four dogs that are six months of age
or older.
Town Supervisor Charles Carnes said
the new law is an attempt to protect
residents from the nuisance kennels can
create.
“We said, let’s tighten up the rules
so the neighbors are protected because
unfortunately me and the town board
members and the building inspector were
getting complaints from all the residents,”
Carnes said.
This summer, the town board and
building inspector received numerous
complaints about barking dogs, at the
same time that the planning board
received several applications for kennels.
There was little public opposition to the
law at the public hearing.
Carnes said the board reviewed other
municipalities’ dog kennel laws before
creating the policies in their own.
The law’s passing ends the moratorium
placed on kennels in September.
The new law will not affect existing
approved kennels. The law is available on
the town’s website at townofcrawford.org.