Vol. 36, No. 24 3 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018
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Valley Central’s second budget vote is June 19
By TED REMSNYDER
After months of negotiations and
numerous budget permutations, Valley
Central taxpayers will have the final say
Town moves
ahead with
farmhouse
restoration
on the school district’s second 2018-2019
proposed budget when the public vote
commences on June 19 at Valley Central
High School. The balloting will run
from 6 a.m until 9 p.m. in the school’s
gymnasium, as the district hopes to get a
budget passed after residents voted down
Valley Central’s first proposed spending
plan on May 15.
The adjusted budget that was adopted
A lien S troll
by the Board of Education on May 29
includes $104,023,293 in spending with a
3.11 percent tax levy increase, down from
the original $104,203,711 proposed budget
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Book store
faces
demolition
Benedict House to become
educational area Wallkill Center project
could spell end for
Friends’ Bookshop
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected] By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
The town board of the Town of
Montgomery approved a motion for the
interior demolition of the Benedict Farm
House, restoring a structure that has been
vacant for more than a decade.
The farmhouse, located in Benedict
Farm Park at 1675 State Route 17K, will
be turned into an educational area with
pictures depicting the history of the
Benedict farm and the local area.
“The educational area would be for not
only the up-and-coming generation but
for people who are new to the area who
would understand that this is a farming
community in Montgomery, New York,”
Town of Montgomery Supervisor Rod
Winchell said.
The Benedict farm was used as a dairy The Friends’ Bookshop in Wallkill
might face demolition as the Wallkill
Center, a mixed-cluster subdivision that
would be built on the site, nears approval.
Shop Manager Mike DeMeo said the
shop’s future is still uncertain. While he
is looking for someone who would like
to donate space, there are few options in
the small hamlet of Wallkill, and the shop
couldn’t operate if it had to pay rent. The
Wallkill Library is too small for a used
book shop.
The shop only pays for its utilities
because the building was donated by
Stewart Crowell, a local landowner, when
it opened in 2010.
DeMeo said that while the Wallkill
Center would be a good opportunity for
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Carl Aiello
One of the highlights of the annual Pine Bush UFO Festival is the Alien Stroll down Main
Street. More photos on page 20.
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SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL