Wallkill Valley Times Oct. 16 2019

Vol. 37, No. 42 3 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019 Panthers roll 3 ONE DOLLAR Taste of Montgomery Page 40 Page 18 w w w .W V T I M ESON L I N E . c om Teen questioned in Crispell gun posting P umpkin S eason No criminal charges filed By CONNOR LINSKEY [email protected] The Crawford Police Department and Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center announced Friday that they had located the person who posted the gun image to the Crispell Middle School listing on Google Maps. It was discovered that the subject was a 14-year-old male. The Pine Bush School District and the Town of Crawford Police Department received word on Sept. 26 that someone had hacked the posting for Crispell Middle School on Google Maps. The hacker inserted a photograph of a gun on the school’s listing. This was a problem, as Google Maps entries lead the listings for a location that is searched using the Google search engine. The image was the first to pop up when someone typed Crispell Middle School’s location into Google, making it noticeable to people in the area. The district filed a formal request to Continued on page 35 Connor Linskey Casey Bookstein spent part of Columbus Day by picking out a pumpkin at Hoeffner Farms in Montgomery. Shawangunk candidates gather Twelve state their cases at forum hosted by Woman’s Club By TED REMSNYDER With the Nov. 5 general election right around the corner and the campaign season heating up, the Wallkill Woman’s Club held its first-ever candidate forum at Shawangunk Town Hall on Oct. 3, as a dozen candidates laid out their cases in front of a packed audience of local voters. Each prospective office holder had the opportunity to speak for three minutes to begin the night’s proceedings, and a short question and answer session with residents followed the opening statements. In the race for the Ulster County Legislature’s District 13, which represents Shawangunk, Democratic challenger Andrew Domenech is squaring off with Republican Ulster County Legislator Ken Ronk. The incumbent has served in the Legislature for the last dozen years and is seeking his seventh two-year term in office. “It’s been the thrill of my life to represent the place I’ve lived my whole Continued on page 4 SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL