Wallkill Valley Times Mar. 07 2018 | Page 2

2 Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 IN THIS ISSUE Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8 Maybrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Pine Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 School News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Walden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Walker Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 PUBLIC AGENDA THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Montgomery Town Board Audit/ Work Session, 7 p.m. Town Government Center, 110 Bracken Road, Montgomery. MONDAY, MARCH 12 Maybrook Village Board, 7 p.m. 111 Schipps Lane, Maybrook. TUESDAY, MARCH 13 Gardiner Town Board work session. 7 p.m. Town Hall, Route 44-55, Gardiner. THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Wallkill Board of Education, 7 p.m. Ostrander Elementary School, Wallkill. Shawangunk Town Board, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill. Crawford Town Board, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 121 Route 302, Pine Bush. HOW TO REACH US OFFICE: 300 Stony Brook Court Newburgh, NY 12550 PHONE: 845-561-0170, FAX: 845-561-3967 Emails 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 Garrett handing over reigns of music series By JASPREET GILL [email protected] T he Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series is ringing in their 31st year with a new director. Howard Garrett, who started the free classical concert series, has chosen Aleksander Vezuli as his replacement. Garrett started the music series as a way to offer music to the public in the Hudson Valley at no cost. Before moving the series to the Village of Montgomery Senior Center, meetings were originally held in Garrett’s house once a week. “I decided to have a concert,” he says. “It wasn’t something that was around here. I wanted something free because I didn’t think people around here could afford a lot. I contacted people in Montgomery and they went along with me.” After more than three decades, Garrett thinks it’s time to pass over leadership to Vezuli. “I feel that after all these years, it’s about ti