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Students Build Kiosk
 | | Cortlandt Supervisor The Tech BOCES to see new kiosk being built by BOCES carpentry students. The students are: (from left) John Hunt (Haldane), Robert Perez (Carmel), Matt Aupperlee (Brewster), Bruce Tebbens (Mahopac), Robert Galfrin (Somers), Tyler Dente (John Jay), John Virus (Brewster), Joe Pepe (Brewster), Chris Biebel (Yorktown), and Richard Fazio (Lakeland). Carpentry teacher is Al Cotoia (right). |
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Linda Puglisi, Supervisor of the Town of Cortlandt, stopped in at The Tech Center of Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) last week to see the beginnings of a kiosk being built for Hudson Highlands Gateway Park, a 350acre preserve in Cortlandt. The kiosk is being built by BOCES Carpentry students under the direction of teacher Al Cotoia.
According to Ms. Puglisi, the rural property, once slated for residential development, was purchased by the Town of Cortlandt several years ago for $6 million, with the help of individual contributors, Scenic Hudson, Westchester County, and New York State.
The BOCES-built kiosk, expected to be complete by spring, will be installed on Sprout Brook Road at the entrance to hiking trails. It will contain a history of the preserve and a description of its hiking trails.
Approximately 8 feet high, with a three-sided display area enclosed by Plexiglas doors, the kiosk is built of red cedar and standard framing materials. Its main support posts were harvested locally and give the kiosk a rustic look.
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