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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, March 20, 2019
A family affair
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PUBLIC AGENDA
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
Montgomery Town Board Audit/Work
Session, 6 p.m. Town Government Center,
110 Bracken Road, Montgomery.
Crawford Town Board. 7 p.m. Town Hall,
121 Route 302, Pine Bush.
Wallkill Board of Education, 7 p.m.
Ostrander Elementary School.
Shawangunk Town Board, 7 p.m. Town
Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill
MONDAY, MARCH 25
Valley Central Board of Education, 6:30
p.m. Administration building, 944 Route 17K,
Montgomery.
Town of Montgomery Planning Board,
7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 110 Bracken Road,
Montgomery.
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
Pine Bush Board of Education, 7 p.m. Pine
Bush High School, 156 Route 302, Pine Bush.
Proposed budget for 2019-20.
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Ice cream shop opens in downtown Montgomery
By LAURA FITZGERALD
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D
uffy’s, a new ice cream and burger
joint in the old Montgomery Village
Luncheonette, is purely a family
affair.
Trish Duffy was walking around
Montgomery when her friend said the
village could use an ice cream store. The
comment sparked the idea to open an ice
cream shop, and so began the two-year
search for a building.
The Duffy family, comprised of Trish,
her husband, Mike, and their six children,
Meghan, Michael, Brendan, Ryan, Caitlin
and Allyson, opened the restaurant last
Monday.
Duffy’s was bustling during its grand
opening. Retirees, children, young people
and families sat at the counter or in
the vinyl seats, munching on breakfast
or lunch. Pop music played in the
background. The blue walls, red trim,
long counter, jukebox and vinyl seats give
off a 50s vibe.
Trish Duffy said the retro vibe harkens
back to a simpler time, when families and
couples would go out on ice cream outings
or dates.
“We wanted to go back to that time,”
Trish said. “It’s a nice time period, it’s
a time when things were more family-
oriented.”
The family envisions young couples on
a late-night date coming for a bite to eat
or ice cream after the movies, or children
coming after school with their families for
a treat.
“When they come in, it’s not just a
place to get ice cream,” Trish said.
“Yeah, it’s a place to forget your
From left: Caitlin, Trish, Meghan, and Allyson
(lower center) Duffy outside Duffy’s, a new
family-owned ice cream and burger joint in
the Village of Montgomery.
worries for an hour, spend time with
family and friends,” Meghan said.
The restaurant will feature homemade
ice cream prepared by Meghan, who used
to work in an ice cream stand. The glass
counter gives customers the chance to see
Meghan making the sweet treat, a unique
experience from most ice cream stands
and restaurants.
“It’s pretty cool because it’s a nice
experience for people walking in,” Trish
said. “They actually get to see Meghan
really out there, making the ice creams.”
Several town and village residents
expressed excitement at the grand
opening, saying they are happy to have a
new place to gather in the village.
Montgomery resident and retiree
Gary Humphrey said he used to meet up
with friends and other retirees at the old
Village Luncheonette before it closed and
is excited to have a place to meet up with
other residents again.
“It’s like a meeting place for us,”
Humphrey said.
It will also feature homemade baked
goods, Getrude Hawk Chocolates, fries,
burgers, sandwiches and other American
fare.
The family is open to suggestions and
wants to create an inclusive menu, with
sugar-free and gluten-free options, and
other alternatives to a traditional diet.
Trish said she wants the restaurant
to be involved in the community through
fundraisers, sponsorships and events that
support local charities and organizations.
The tentative hours of the restaurant
will be from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday and Saturday.
Check out the diner on Facebook at
Duffy’s or call the store phone at 769-7608.
The restaurant is located at 94 Clinton
Street, Montgomery.
Pine Bush School Board approves 7th grade Spanish
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Times, 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550. However, the school district still needs
to find two qualified foreign language
teachers to hire, which can be a difficult
task.
The board agreed to pull approximately
$790,000 from the district’s fund balance
of $17.9 million to pay for seventh grade
Spanish and other recommendations.
Other recommendations include the
addition of a school psychologist at the
high school, four new art clubs at the
elementary schools, a new English as a
new language teacher, a new summer
academy at the middle school level, a
varsity girl’s golf team, a Big Brothers/
Big Sisters program and more.
Final budget numbers can change, as
the district is still waiting to hear the
amount of state aid to be allocated and the
cost of other mandates and changes. The
final proposed budget will be presented at
the April 9 board of education meeting.
The budget vote will be on May 21.