Wallkill Valley Times Dec. 30 2015 | Page 2

2 Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 IN THIS ISSUE Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Dining Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8 Maybrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Pine Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 School News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Walden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Wallkill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Walker Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PUBLIC AGENDA MONDAY, JANUARY 4 Walden Planning Board, 7:30 p.m. Village Hall, 1 Municipal Square. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5 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. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 Town of Shawangunk Reorganization meeting. 7 p.m. Town Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill Montgomery Town Board, 7 p.m. Town Government Center, 110 Bracken Road, Montgomery. HOW TO REACH US OFFICE: 300 Stony Brook Court Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 PHONE: (845) 561-0170, FAX: (845) 561-3967 E-Mails may be directed to the following : ADVERTISING [email protected] CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS [email protected] TO REACH THE EDITOR [email protected] FOR THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT [email protected] PUBLIC NOTICES [email protected] WEBSITE www.timescommunitypapers.com The Wallkill Valley Times, (USPS 699-490) is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday at Newburgh, N.Y. 12550, with offices at 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, N.Y. . Single copy: $1 at newsstand. By mail in Orange, Ulster or Sullivan Counties: $40 annually, $44 out of county. Periodicals permit at Newburgh, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Wallkill Valley Times, 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 Wallkill saying farewell to library director By JANE ANDERSON Mary Lou Carolan is leaving Wallkill Library to take the helm in Cornwall, and she’s taking this mantra with her: “We’re not your grandmother’s library anymore.” Carolan began her tenure at the library in a humble way, she said in a recent interview, as she held out a photo of a giant costumed Clifford the Big Red Dog. “Yes, that’s me,” she said with a laugh. “I started out volunteering at the library, and that was my first gig.” She and her then-3-year-old daughter Katharine, along with their two big