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WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 33, No 47 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2015
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Montgomery providing residents with bottled water
By JANE ANDERSON
Village of Montgomery is giving some of its residents
what they’ve craved since 2008: a clean drink of water.
The future
of the
Wallkill
River
The village board last Tuesday night agreed to hand
out gallons of water to residents in the Water’s Edge,
Dunn Drive and Weaver Street area who have suffered
from brown water. The offering will continue at least
until the next board meeting on Dec. 15. If the distribution runs smoothly, it will continue for another month
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Countdown to Christmas begins
Upgrades
in store for
Shawangunk
By RACHEL COLEMAN
Stream Walk
to monitor
river quality
By MATT BARBERO
This past spring, SUNY New Paltz
hosted Future of the Wallkill River.
During this conference a breakout discussion group debated the Wallkill
River’s fate. This breakout group is now
formally known as the Wallkill River
Watershed Alliance. Organizing and
sponsoring cleanups, tree planting, water
monitoring, invasive species control, eel
counting, and educational workshops are
some of the organizations’ events. Last
Tuesday night the Alliance presented a
Stream Walk Protocol Presentation at the
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Anita Vandermark
The Village of Walden’s Christmas Tree, courtesy of of the Walden United Methodist Church,
arrived in Municipal Square last week. The tree will be lighted during the annual ‘Christmas
in the Square’ celebration on Dec. 3 at 6 p.m.
Improvements are on the horizon
for Shawangunk with bridgework, an
increased focus on code enforcement and
a new committee with the Main Street
grant in its sights.
“It’s like buying a lottery ticket.
You’ve got to be in it to win it,” said
Supervisor John Valk at the town board
meeting last week.
Valk explained that several residents
will be joining board members in a committee to work on their Main Street grant
application. While the application deadline is usually in mid-summer, they want
to begin work now and brainstorm for
ideas. Valk noted that the grant could
mean improvements to the façade of
businesses which might draw in more
customers.
“Let’s see if we can make it happen,”
said Valk.
Valk said he would also like to look
into getting help for the town’s building inspector by hiring a part-time code
enforcement officer to take some of the
growing workload off his shoulders.
“A lot of what we’re hearing is code
enforcement issues,” said Valk.
It was announced during the meeting
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