TIMES
WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 34, No 51 3 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016
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When the statewide Smart Schools Bond
Act was approved by voters two years
ago to provide $2 billion in technology
and infrastructure funding to districts
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Valley Central School District plans security upgrades
throughout New York, the Valley Central
School District launched a patient plan for
how to spend their chunk of the money.
With a projected windfall of $3,403,847 from
the legislation, the district hired outside
firms to conduct a pair of technological
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Circleville’s
got talent
Safer schools
By TED REMSNYDER
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and security audits to pinpoint where the
district needed upgrades.
At its Dec. 12 school board meeting,
the district unveiled the first phase
of its plan to utilize the Smart Bond
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Mutual aid
Building
a new
bridge
Major projects on the
way for hamlet of Wallkill
By RACHEL COLEMAN
Steve Lenz
Pine Bush Firefighters responded to the scene of a 2-alarm fire, last Friday at Konefal Avenue in Pine Bush. Mutual aid was provided by
Bullville, Walker Valley, Montgomery, Circleville, Walden and Wallkill.
The town of Shawangunk is poised
for major improvements in the coming
year with a $1.7 million sidewalk project
going to bid and an approximately $1.4
million bridge project expected to begin
next summer.
“It’s a big investment in the community,”
said Ulster County Legislator Ken Ronk.
In September, residents were advised
that the Wallkill Bridge (which connects
Bruyn Turnpike and Wallkill Avenue)
would be closed for approximately five
months while Ulster County overhauls the
structure that has served the community
for a century.
The project was prompted partly by
safety concerns, as the width of the lanes
and the pedestrian sidewalk are not up
to current standards, with drivers often
drifting into the opposite lane as they
cross the bridge. In addition, the nonstandard metal railing installed in the
1930s has deteriorated and is not believed
to be “crash-worthy.”
The original plan was to simply replace
the railing and make a few small repairs to
the concrete, but the project was expanded
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