Vol. 37, No. 21 3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019
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Garden
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Walden’s
sidewalk
work
postponed
By TED REMSNYDER
The Ulster Avenue sidewalk project that
was scheduled to begin this spring in the
Village of Walden has temporarily been
postponed due to a mundane bureaucratic
slip-up, as the state lost the paperwork for
the project’s permit application. Village
Manager John Revella reported the news
at the Village Board meeting on May 21.
Revella noted that the contractor hired
to complete the project wanted to begin
the labor on May 20, but the lack of
state approval has held up the road work
after the Newburgh office of the New
York State Department of Transportation
misplaced the application.
“It would have happened if the DOT
would have approved our permits, which
they were supposed to two months ago,”
Revella told the board.
As part of the upcoming construction,
sidewalks in the village from Main Street
to the Most Precious Blood School will
be refurbished, but the work will now be
delayed while the state approval process
plays out. “We just have to wait for them
to review the documents that we re-sent,”
Revella said.
During last Tuesday’s meeting, the
board discussed possible legislation to
address residents’ recent complaints
about homeowners with copious amounts
of animal waste festering on their
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Split vote on PB capital plan
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
The Pine Bush Central School District is
grappling with the implications of a split
vote on the two-part capital improvement
plan.
The May 21 budget vote included a vote
on the $53.975 million capital improvement
plan. The base bond proposition included
building maintenance and repairs, while
the second proposition was for athletic
improvements.
The $9.1 million athletic proposition
was defeated by 28 votes, according to
unofficial election-night results. It would
have included the replacement of the
current high school field and track with a
synthetic turf field and a new eight-lane
track. A new grass athletic field with a
six-lane track would have been built at
Circleville Middle School.
Pine Bush Superintendent Tim Mains
said the major features of the athletic
proposition will not be completed for the
foreseeable future. The high school track
is in terrible shape, and Mains said the
Central Design Committee (CDC) will
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Spirit of ‘76
Carl Aiello
The Coldenham Fife and Drum Corps Escorted the Coldenham Fire Department in Sunday’s Town of Newburgh Memorial Day Parade. Additional
Memorial Day coverage inside.
SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL