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Wallkill Valley Times , Wednesday , September 14 , 2016
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Calendar ................. |
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Classifieds ................ |
34 |
Crossword ................ |
36 |
Dining Guide ............... |
13 |
Letters to the Editor .......... |
8 |
Maybrook ................. |
27 |
Montgomery ............... |
27 |
Obituaries ................ |
10 |
Opinion ................... |
8 |
Pine Bush ................. |
28 |
Police Blotter ............... |
4 |
Service Directory ........... |
39 |
Sports ................... |
48 |
Walden ................... |
26 |
Wallkill ................... |
33 |
Walker Valley .............. |
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PUBLIC AGENDA WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 14
Crawford Planning Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 121 Route 302 , Pine Bush .
THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 15
Shawangunk Town Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 14 Central Ave ., Wallkill Crawford Town Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 121 Route 302 , Pine Bush . Wallkill Board of Education . 7 p . m ., High School Library Media Center .
MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 19
Town of Montgomery ZBA , 7 p . m . Town Government Center , 110 Bracken Road , Montgomery .
TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 20
Walden Village Board of Trustees , 6:30 p . m . Village Hall , 1 Municipal Square . Montgomery Village Board , 7:30 p . m .
HOW TO REACH US
OFFICE : 300 Stony Brook Court Newburgh , N . Y . 12550
PHONE : 845-561-0170 , FAX : 845-561-3967
Montgomery honors Richie Reynolds
To borrow a phrase from Will Rogers , Richie Reynolds never met a person he didn ’ t like . Reynolds was a special person in many ways , a stalwart of the Montgomery Fire Department , a loveable Keystone Cop at every General Montgomery Day Celebration and the unofficial mayor of Montgomery . He greeted everyone with a smile and made every visitor to Montgomery feel at home .
When he died in 2008 at the age of 59 , the entire village mourned . And when he was honored last Thursday , it seemed that the entire village came out to celebrate . Hundreds gathered on the corner of Union and Clinton streets last Wednesday for the long-anticipated unveiling of a bronze statue of him , sitting between two benches beneath a flag pole .
The statue , sculpted by Dave Gesualdi shows Richie in his firefighter ’ s uniform , seated on a bench , smiling and pointing a finger of recognition . It ’ s how many Montgomery residents remembered him . The work was two years in the process , with contributions pouring into the Richie Reynolds Memorial Fund .
Tim Dempsey , American Legion Commander and classmate , said there were two kinds of people in Richie ’ s world : friends he had made and friends he had yet to make ( but was working on it ).
“ Richie had an encyclopedic knowledge of the people he ’ d met in his life , especially fellow firefighters and the kids we knew in school ,” Dempsey said . Dempsey said three priorities in
The bronze statue was sculpted by Dave Gesualdi
Richie ’ s life were family , friends , and the Fire Department .
‘ Richie covered a lot of ground on foot in his daily travels in the hometown
Kim Kosteczko snaps a photo of the newly-unveiled statue
that he so loved ,” Dempsey said . “ and Montgomery was blessed to have a man of his caliber when he walked among us . As a goodwill ambassador , Richie was the best , by far .”
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Robert Reynolds Jr . speaks at the the dedication service for his brother ’ s statue .
The Montgomery Fire Department stands at attention at the corner of Union and Clinton Streets , Wednesday for the dedication of the Richie Reynolds Memorial .