The Chapel in the Park
Dear Editor: There are two fields in the Putnam County Park on Gipsy Trail Road. In the lower field … where the lake is located … there has been, for many years, a somber monument reminding us of the consequences of war. Recently there has been added an army tank on the right and a h...
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Ignoramus Minuteman in Our Midst
Dear Editor: As fate would have it, we now have an environmental vigilante in our community; a cameratoting watchdog with seemingly no connection to our various town boards and even less knowledge of how they work.
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Library Board Hijacked the Town Budget
To the Editor: Well here it is April 20, 2007 and the Julia L Butterfield Library and the Town of Philipstown are going to court sometime soon, basically to determine if the Towns' budget is for the town Board to manage, or will the Butterfield Library Board determine what your town taxes will be ...
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P'town is a Paradise That Deserves our Respect
Dear Editor: In response to a couple of tender letters that were directed my way in last weeks PCN&R, let me begin by saying to both of the gentlemen who wrote them, "Thank you.
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ZBA Sends Devido to Planning Board
To the Editor: At their April 9, 2007 meeting, the Philipstown Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to suspend the building permits for Alfredo DeVido along Foundry Pond Road requiring the developer to obtain site plan approval from the Planning Board.
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Knox Knox
Dear Editor: Poor Philipstown! Clusters of subdivisions are being slapped up, the small, sad people who build brand new, astoundingly huge monuments to themselves are hard at work on their monsters, building permits are rubber stamped and environmental code enforcement is either lax or non-existen...
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Received Highest Standard of Medical Help from Criticized Vet
To the Editor: I must respond to Kathy Faust's Letter To The Editor in the April 11 PCNR. Although she did not name the vet she criticizes, he is easily identifiable due to her reference to "Modern Medicine with Old Fashioned Love." I can only think Ms Faust got a wrong number.
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Who's Going to Slow Down the Speeders?
To The Editor: Did I miss something or did the Philipstown Town Board and Highway Supervisor finally wake up and decide to do something about the reckless drivers on Winston Lane in Continental Village? The brand new 30mph speed limit signs threw me off when I first saw them a few weeks ago.
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Whither Fishkill Road
To the Editor: Now, after many years of waiting, the Methodist Meeting House located on Fishkill Road and long deemed an eyesore and health hazard was removed. In place we have the makings of a new "land fill" site.
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Upset by Intrusions Onto Private Property
To the Editor: This is a response to many letters sent to this paper by Mr. Russell Cusick. Mr. Cusick's letter about his "curious" visit to Billy's Way is one in a number of intrusions onto private property by Mr. Cusick in the name of saving Philipstowns wetlands.
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Philipstown Road Crew Showed Dedication in "Flood of '07"
To The Editor: Roger Chirico and the Philipstown Road Crew performed heroic feats following the "Flood of '07." I live on Old Albany Post Road, which was washed out in three places, and sustained a tremendous amount of other damage. All three washed out areas were passable by Wednesday, and most o...
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