Vol. 37, No. 23 3 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019
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Another
warehouse
project
Heavenly voices gather
Wallkill Reformed Church celebrates 150th anniversary
Complex proposed near
Lake Vue Drive in Montgomery
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
A proposed warehouse complex near
the intersection of Bracken Road and
NYS Route 17K has prompted concerns
from residents of Lake Vue Drive.
Located on the southwest side of the
intersection of NYS 17K and Bracken
Road, the approximately 18-acre property
will be subdivided into three lots.
Lot one consists of 5.5 acres and will
house a 74,050-square-foot warehouse.
Lot two consists of a five-acre lot and
contains a 59,640-square-foot warehouse.
Lot three consists of a seven-acre lot
and is proposed for a 1,000-square-foot
office building, according to Town of
Montgomery planning board documents.
The site also includes a New York
State Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC)-designated inactive
closed landfill for construction and
demolition debris. In a letter to the
planning board, Maser Consulting, P.A.,
stated either some of the DEC-required
reports or compliance inspections of the
landfill were not complete. There will be
no disturbance within the landfill.
Several residents voiced concern at
the public hearing over visual, traffic and
noise impacts.
One concern among several residents
is the proximity of the project to Berea
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Laura Fitzgerald
This past Sunday, singers from area churches sang in a church choir concert to commemorate the church’s 150th anniversary.
This past Sunday, heavenly voices
filled the little sanctuary of the Wallkill
Reformed Church as singers from area
congregatations performed a concert
to commemorate the church’s 150th
anniversary. Dressed all in white,
congregants of all ages sang to a packed
house.
The church’s history is long and
storied. In the seventeenth century, the
Dutch founded a church for settlers from
the Netherlands in Wiltwyke, which
is now Kingston, New York. As their
descendants grew in number and moved
to other areas, they took their faith
with them. By 1737, there were enough
families in this to form a congregation,
the New Hurley Reformed Church.
In 1868, a committee of three well-
known farmers and businessmen- J. P.
Andrews, D. W. Rapalje and J. Tears-
met in a colonial farmhouse on a hill
overlooking the Wallkill River. They
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SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL