Vol. 37, No. 1 3 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019
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Hearing scheduled for warehouse project Missing Pine
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
The Town of Montgomery planning
board will hold a public hearing for the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) of Project Sailfish on Jan. 7.
Located near Interstate-84 (I-84) and
the intersections of NYS Route 17K
and 747, the project will turn 188 acres
of vacant land into an approximately
1-million-square-foot warehouse with
more than 1,000 car parking spaces and
225 truck trailer spaces, according to
planning board documents.
The project also incudes a wastewater
treatment plant for sanitary wastewater,
a water treatment facility and water
tank, stormwater management basins,
accessory driveways, lighting, landscaping
and signage.
The project requires a zoning map
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Montgomery horse farm awarded $2 million grant
The Orange County Land Trust has been awarded a NYS Farmland Implementation Program Grant to protect a 152-acre farm in the Town of
Montgomery. Willow Hill Farm is located on a bend in the Wallkill River off of Route 211. This grant will allow the Land Trust to work with the
farm’s owners to purchase a conservation easement that will protect the property for agricultural use. The easement will also help protect
the water quality of the Wallkill River by preserving the forest along its banks. The grant award is for $2,000,000, the maximum available
through this grant program.
Bush man
found safe
First responders and the Pine Bush
community at large breathed a collective
sigh of relief Sunday after a man suffering
from Alzheimer’s disease and reported
missing a day earlier, was found safe.
William Scheinert, 79, had been reported
missing early Saturday. Following a
massive search,
he was located
Sunday morning
in a house under
construction
near the Ulster
County line.
“As reported,
earlier
today
we were able
to locate Mr.
Scheinert,”
William Scheinert
Crawford Police
Chief Dominick
Blasko reported
on Facebook. “He was transported to
ORMC in good condition.”
“Locating him was a team effort and
we were successful because of everyone’s
help,” Blasko said. “ Special thanks to
the New York State Forrest Rangers,
New York State Police, Orange County
Sheriff’s Office, Orange County Office
of Emergency Management, Pine Bush
Fire-Department Pine Bush Ambulance,
and numerous police, Fire and search and
rescue teams.”
Blasko urged residents to sign up for
the CodeRED notification system and “if
you have an elderly person that needs
monitoring for dementia or Alzheimer,
contact the Orange County Office for the
Aging for Operation Life Saver.”
SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL