According to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection,
work on the realigning of Route 28A, suspended in February 2009
over concerns with storm water pollution protection practices,
potential impacts on wetland areas and construction activity
incursion onto private property, will resume August 12, the
problems having been solved. Substantial completion of the project
is expected by December, 2011. More on specifics concerning
mitigation and legalities next issue...
Kindergarten
Worries
Class Sizes Stay Large For Now; Cell Phones & Drug Use
Get Discussed
8/12/2010
By Lisa Childers
Parents with children entering the Onteora school district
turned out at an August 3 Board of Education meeting in the
High School auditorium concerned about changes that may occur
with the incoming kindergarten.
As it stands, the administrative cabinet has made a recommendation
that would combine two kindergarten classrooms each in Bennett
and Phoenicia elementary into one class per school. Traditionally,
the schools have two classrooms but enrollment in both schools
has declined with a total of 21 students enrolled in Bennett
and 20 students in Phoenicia. The recommended cap for kindergarten
is 23.
Heading For The Polls
Olive Free Library Seeks To Raise Its Budget Via
November Ballot Item
8/12/2010
By Paul Smart
The Olive Free Library, founded in 1952 but celebrating
its 50th anniversary this year, sent out a press release
last week announcing that it is beginning a petition
drive to place a 414 Proposal for library funding
on the ballot for the general election on November
2. Chapter 414 of the state law, referenced in their
petition proposal, is a basic means of library funding
whereby all but libraries with their own special districts
for budget votes can put their budget up for a public
vote, held on election day to establish a municipal
budget appropriation to be included on residents'
tax bills.
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New
Abbot
In Daido's Placey,
'Closer Than Ever'
8/12/2010
By Violet Snow
"It's not really
that much different
from my last 23 years
here," says Konrad
Ryushin Marchaj, the
new abbot of the Zen
Mountain Monastery in
Mount Tremper, who succeeded
longtime leader and
founder of the Mountains
and Rivers Order, John
Daido Loori.
Voicefest
Is Here!
Efforts Pay Off As
Major Opera Stars
And Aficianados Descend
On Town
8/12/2010
By Paul Smart
The first glimmerings
that something big
would be happening
in Phoenicia this
coming weekend,
August 13 through
15, took place long
before anyone was
talking about a
Voicefest, as the
First Annual Phoenicia
Festival of the
Voice has become
known far and wide.
Kerry Henderson,
Louis Otey and Maria
Todaro, all local
residents, told
of how they'd put
on a one-shot benefit
opera performance
in the Parish Field
off Main Street
last summer while
sitting around in
their new festival's
offices on a recent
morning. That event
had come about when
Henderson was standing
in the park, located
behind his home,
and got into a conversation
with the town's
Rec Committee head
about a community
wish for new playground
equipment.
A
Jar Of Olives...
Too Much Information
8/12/'2010
By Carol LaMonda
My BFF said, "OMG, that's TMI!"
For you non-texters and Faceless Bookers,
that is "My best friend forever said,
"Oh, my God, that is too much information."
Too much information is bombarding us from
television, our smart phones, i-pods, i-pads,
and computers. I am old enough to remember
when television was free, and possibly four
networks could broadcast their signal into
those silly rabbit ears. Waiting for the mailman
to bring a real letter was an event anticipated
with excitement. I can't remember the last
time I received a hand-written letter. All
that comes in the mail today are circulars
and bills; neither is worth the long walk
to the mailbox.
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