TIMES
WALLKILL VALLEY
Crumbling
pieces of
the past
Preservationists worry
about the town’s future
Vol. 34, No 22 3 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016
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Focus on school security
Pine Bush adding security cameras throughout the district
By TED REMSNYDER
When New Yorkers cast their midterm
election ballots back in November 2014,
they made a sizable commitment to the
technological future of school districts
statewide by approving the Smart Schools
Bond Act. The measure will ultimately
provide $2 billion in new funding for
technology upgrades in New York schools,
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Day of Remembrance
First of two parts
By RACHEL COLEMAN
This week marks the 25th anniversary
of the infamous demolition of the historic
mansion at the Beaver Dam Stock Farm
in Montgomery.
Last month, two Montgomery
homes identified as meriting historic
preservation were razed to the ground in
a single week.
“We’re losing a lot and that gives me
great pain because I know what we’re
losing,” said former town historian
Robert Williams. “It makes you want to
cry when you go out there.”
The United States is a relatively young
country, and yet so much of its history
has already been swept away. While
structures on the other side of the ocean
continue to stand against the tides of
time, many American towns—even some
that have celebrated their bicentennial,
like Montgomery—have only a few
surviving pieces of architectural history.
“It just infuriates me that we just tear
stuff down,” said Lori Sherman-Deeney,
of Cornwall, while visiting the historic
Colden Mansion Ruins in Montgomery.
“Our history is so important, and yet
nobody seems to care.”
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Carl Aiello
Karl Heller of the Maybrook VFW offers a salute during the Town of Montgomery’s Memorial Day Ceremony on Sunday at the Town Hall
Complex. Additional photos on page 5.
SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL