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WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 35, No 40 3 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2017
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School district restores early start time in effort to clear transportation delays
Valley Central High School students
who were hoping to sleep in a little later
this school year are now back to rising
bright and early after the first-period bell
time at the school was officially moved
back to 7:25 a.m. on Sept. 28. The tradeoff
for the teenagers is that the schedule
adjustment should clear up the frustrating
school bus delays that the district
experienced during the first few weeks of
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the semester. Valley Central’s transition
to a new transportation provider proved
vexing for parents and students, as the
East End Bus Lines company struggled at
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They’re all winners!
Pine Bush
Area
Library
embarks on
new 5-year
plan
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
Carl Aiello
Little Miss Walden Hannah Garcia-Curet (c) shares the stage with second runner-up Trinity Illenberg (l) and an exuburant first runner-up
Allyson Veith, Saturday at the Walden Harvest Festival. More photos on pages 19 and 20.
Pine Bush Area Library is embarking
on a new 5-year plan to improve the
library and increase engagement with
the community. On Wednesday, October
11, the library is holding a public meeting
with architect Paul Mays that will consist
of the community sharing their ideas on
what can be improved.
“We’ve been working with Mays to do
some planning for the future of the Pine
Bush Area library,” says Sharon Tarolli,
the library’s Board of Trustees president.
“He’s been interviewing a number of
people around the community. He’s
talked with retired teachers, parents, the
Chamber of Commerce and government
officials.”
Mays is the principal of Ballston
Spa, NY-based Butler Rowland Mays
Architects, LLP, a firm specializing in
library design. He has been completing
library projects for over twenty years,
including working with the Saugerties
Public Library, Cairo Public Library
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