Wallkill Valley Times May 03 2017

T IMES WALLKILL VALLEY Misaligned roads Another Dunkin Donuts, another faulty intersection in the Town of Montgomery Vol. 35, No 18 3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 3 ONE DOLLAR Theatrical concert No hitter! Page 14 Page 40 www .W allkill V alley T imes . net It’s not a joke PBHS stages mock accident before Junior Prom By RACHEL COLEMAN “If we don’t do it now, it’s just going to get worse and worse,” said Town of Montgomery Planning Board member William Kelly. A proposal for a new Dunkin Donuts at the intersection of Route 17K and North Drury Lane (across from the Valero gas station) drew concern from planning board members for the misalignment of North and South Drury Lanes. Kelly suggested the project’s engineers that they slide the building to the northwest, freeing space to realign the roads in the future. “I don’t know if it could be done or not,” said Mike Morgante, representing the applicant. Morgante explained that they are dealing with constraints ranging from wetlands to stormwater management and septic location. The NYSDOT is also requiring no left turns out of the property onto Route 17K. Planning Board Chairman Fred Reichle reassured him, stating that it wouldn’t need to be a perpendicular road, that an S-shape would be okay and they weren’t asking the applicants to construct the road now. “That would be a lot of donuts,” said Reichle. Kelly explained that they weren’t trying to hurt the project, but if they Continued on page 4 Photos by Robert Curtis/Ulster BOCES Community Relations An EMT from the Pine Bush Volunteer Ambulance Corps tends to “injured” passengers Andrew Guido and Jade Imparato during the recent mock accident drill at Pine Bush High School. On April 28, the day of the junior prom, Pine Bush High School (PBHS) staged a mock accident drill with the help of a number of local police, emergency services, and community organizations. Students in the school’s junior and senior classes witnessed the sobering exercise, which simulated a prom night drunk-driving accident and its devastating consequences for the students involved. Student actors from the PBHS Drama Club assumed the roles of accident Continued on page 2 SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL