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WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 35, No 48 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017
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Village charts a course for downtown revitalization
If you’re a resident of Maybook, you
can expect to see a major revitalization in
the village’s downtown area in the near
future.
On Monday night, the village’s
board of trustees held a public hearing
concerning a new introductory local law
that would rezone parts of the downtown
area.
The proposed rezoning district
encompasses buildings on and around
Main Street, Homestead Ave and Wallace
Ave. and allows for traditional retail-
residential mixed uses in the downtown
area, which isn’t permitted under the
current code.
“We’re proposing to allow arenas,
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bowling alleys, eating establishments
without drive thrus, health clubs,
shopping centers and movie theaters,”
said Maximilian Stach, a partner for
Nelson, Pope and Voorhis, LLC while
standing next to a picture of the proposed
rezoning site. “These are things that are
typical to downtowns. Likewise, we have
to look at what aren’t good uses to allow.
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Christmastime is here!
Jaspreet Gill
Hudson Valley Conservatory singers, led by Pam Murphy (l.), sing a variety of holiday music at Maybrook’s Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Story, more photos on page 2.
Mall shooter
still sought
Police were still searching Tuesday
afternoon for the man who discharged
a gun into the floor at the Crystal Run
Galleria some 48 hours earlier.
The incident, which touched off a social
media frenzy, began Sunday afternoon
with a 911 call at 3:07 p.m. of shots fired.
A male, described as wearing a dark
blue shirt and gray pants discharged his
weapon into the floor of the American
Eagle Outfitter store, according to Town
of Wallkill Police Chief Robert Hertman.
The man fired one round from a
handgun into the floor with a 49-year-old
woman and her 12-year-old son, both from
Goshen, sustaining minor lacerations to
their legs from either bullet fragments or
floor tile fragments, Hertman said. They
were treated and released from Orange
Regional Medical Center.
The mall was evacuated, with police
searching the mall to make certain there
were no other victims.
The shooter was later described as
white or Hispanic, about six-feet, two-
inches tall, with dark hair, a beard
and mustache. The woman with him,
identified as a person of interest, was
white or Hispanic, about five-feet, four-
inches tall, with blonde hair. She was
wearing a dark jacket and maroon pants.
Accompanying them were two small
children, believed to be an infant and a
toddler, about three-years of age.
At a Monday afternoon press
conference, Orange County Sheriff
Carl DuBois asked people not to post
speculative comments on social media
as it could only serve to hamper the
investigation.
Hertman said Sunday that no
determination had been made if the
shooting was accidental but that police
were still investigating. He is asking for
the public to step forward if they have
any cell phone photos or video from the
incident and call them at 692-6757.
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