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February 3, 2010
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Village Considers Using Composting Toilets
by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong
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Vocal Taxpayers Vent at Town Hall Meeting
by Annie Chesnut
      On Saturday, January 30, at a town meeting in Putnam Valley, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef heard first-hand how angry some taxpayers are about what they see as an endlessly escalating tax burden.
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Water Stats Debunked
by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong
      An error in state records misattributed to the Cold Spring water system illegal levels of radium in early 2007, according to Mayor Seth Gallagher and a scientist at the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
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Barn Raising
Amish-built therapy center will feature horses for healing
by Michael Turton
      Michael Turton A new, Philipstown-based nonprofit organization is developing facilities and programs to help people with disabilities, both children and adults, using a unique form of therapy—riding horses.
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Villanova: 'I Don't Wanna Oscawana Fire House'
by Michael Mell
      As part of its January 25 meeting, the Putnam Valley Planning board held a "preliminary non-statutory public hearing for informational purposes only," on the proposed site for a new firehouse next to the Volunteer Ambulance Corps (VAC) on Oscawana Lake Road.
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Leibell Proposes Business Tax Credit for Job Creation
by Eric Gross
      Businesses creating new jobs could benefit by receiving a $2,500 to $5,000 tax credit for each position established under an initiative conceived by State Senator Vincent Leibell. "There is only one way to come out of a recession, and that's to create jobs. One of the tragedies of the last year i...
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Food for Fans
by Michael Turton
      It would be a grave injustice to refer to The Stadium as merely a "sports bar." The well-appointed restaurant on Route 9 just south of Graymoor in Garrison is a bona fide sports museum that features an array of historic artifacts collected from the biggest of big-league sports—hockey, football, bas...
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Fundraising Challenge Reaps Big Benefits for Seniors
BY ERIC GROSS
      Kristin Burke's motto in life has paid off. Burke, a resident of Garrison who is a partner in a prominent Manhattan law firm, has always believed: "When you give, you always get more in return!
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No Shadows Here, Just Smiles
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FEDERALIST NO. 1
In 1787-1788, AlexandEr Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison published 85 articles in newspapers throughout New York State making the case for the federal Constitution that had been drafted in Philadelphia the preceding summer. The papers, published under the pseudonym "Publius," serve as a def... More...
Putnam Valley families had more than just slippery roads to contend with Thursday, January 28. While traffic and weather reporters were advising everyone to stay off roads because of icy conditions, buses had picked up students for both the PV High School and Middle School and delivered them to t... More...
DONNA PIdALA The Garrison girls Modified basketball team consists of seventh and eighth grade girls. The girls may be short on basketball experience but they make up for it with effort and enthusiasm. More...
At Putnam Valley High School's recent winter band concert, the Putnam Valley High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Mr. Ryan Odell, played a version of Charles Mingus's "Haitian Fight Song. More...
JULIA L. BUTTERFIELD MEMORIAL LIBRARY Rtes. 301 & 9D 265-3040 butterfieldlibrary.org Mon & Wed: 10am-8pm T, T, F and Sat: 10am-5pm Sun. More...

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