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From the Feb. 27 edition: Historic Preservation Commission and Elting Memorial Library to sponsor a juried art show; Historical society to present illustrated talk with Paul O’Neill; Welcome lady golfers; and more.
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New Paltz sports week
Section 9 boys’ swimming, wrestling, gymnastics and round ball roundup.
Circus helps raise funds for New Paltz playground
Words cannot capture the feeling in one’s gut as an acrobat steps climbs onto a board that teeters atop a stack of blocks and cylinders that wiggle in all directions, nor can they fully convey the joy of watching a dog leap over his tumbling master or ride a scooter like a biped. Circuses are designed to invoke emotions and stimulate all the senses, down to the hair raising on the back of the neck and the tongue salivating for cotton candy. None of the children admitted free to this circus have ever attended one in New Paltz before, but given the welcome it received, organizers seem hopeful that it won’t be that long a wait to see one again.
Dutchess’ Van De Water announces GOP run for Congress in NY-19
A second Republican has entered the race to unseat U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-Rhinebeck) in November’s election.
Trail traversing former Williams Lake Property made permanent part of Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
The trail has been open for a while and if you’re a rail trail regular, you’ve probably walked it. The new agreement makes what was a temporary agreement permanent.
New Paltz Middle School presents “Shrek the Musical” February 28-March 1
Based on a 1990 children’s book by the late New Yorker cartoonist William Steig, subsequently turned into a series of movies by DreamWorks Animation, Shrek transports the audience to a make-believe land where a wannabe tyrant named Lord Farquaad is evicting all the fairytale characters in his realm.
DEC says mountain lion trail-cam photo “a fake”
A photo seeming to show a mountain lion that a local man claimed was taken in Esopus has been declared “a fake” by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
KT Tobin assumes new role as director of the Benjamin Center at SUNY New Paltz
Tobin succeeds Dr. Gerald Benjamin, long-time associate vice president of regional engagement and director of the Benjamin Center.
After 2,432 days in shelter, Hudson Valley cat finds a home
“I thought it was so sad that no one was adopting him because he had a medical condition. The fact that he had been there for so long – it really hit home for me. Sick cats needs homes too.”
New Paltz board offers diversity of views on plan to map environmentally sensitive areas
The information would be factored in for any future developments proposed for the areas. Six different areas are proposed for the designation, representing riparian, wetland and forested areas. They trace the Wallkill and Kleine Kill, the Swarte Kill and Plutarch wetlands and the large forest tracts of Plutarch, Clearwater and Stony Kill. The Shawangunk Ridge is also included.