Wallkill Valley Times May 15 2019

Vol. 37, No. 20 3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 3 ONE DOLLAR Meet the Dairy Princess Alien gathering Pages 18-19 Page 23 w w w .W V T I M ESON L I N E . c om Six vie for three Valley Central Board seats Cafe in flames Former Dolan’s Market engulfed By TED REMSNYDER Fitzgerald Hansen McKnight Messing Six run for Pine Bush School Board seats By LAURA FITZGERALD Buckley Caci Johnson Meier Vinella Watkins Wallkill Fire Dept. Fire in the former Countryside Cafe quickly spread to the second story, last Thursday night in Wallkill. Murphy Revoir Valley Central taxpayers will have a number of big decisions to make when they cast their ballots in the annual budget vote and Board of Education election on Continued on page 4 A fire in the hamlet of Wallkill on Thursday night at the former Countryside Cafe & Deli resulted in the loss of 50 percent of the structure. The Wallkill Fire Department received the first call at 8:25 p.m. and responded to the fire at 33 Wallkill Avenue. Wallkill Fire Chief Nick Walker said the company found flames engulfing the entire structure. Seven tenants from two second-story apartments escaped unharmed. One firefighter was sent to the hospital for Continued on page 5 On May 21, six candidates will vie for three seats on the Pine Bush Central School District Board of Education: Nancy Vinella, Erik Buckley, Jillian Continued on page 3 SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL