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News That Matters – December 30, 2009 – Last Word of the Year Edition

December 30, 2009
By Jeff
News That Matters – December 30, 2009 – Last Word of the Year Edition

2009 will be remembered for a lot of things but mostly for the overt racism that exploded across the nation with the inauguration of the US's first Black president. Along with the racism came a resurgence in anti-intellectualism. "Tea Baggers" and "Birthers" don't seem to understand the difference between political philosophies...
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News That Matters – October 16, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

October 16, 2009
By Jeff
News That Matters – October 16, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

Good Friday Morning, The weather report was something along the lines of gusty windy, driving rains, falling trees and power lines. Instead, it has gently snowed and snowed enough that I was throwing snowballs last night. It’s still snowing outside this morning. The Town Board in Kent, in its tentative budget, proposes to give itself a...
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Trail Conference Projects Among 32 in New York to Get Funds for Trails | New York-New Jersey Trail Conference

July 2, 2009
By Jeff

Trail Conference Projects Among 32 in New York to Get Funds for Trails Posted June 25th, 2009 by Georgette Weir Date: 2009, June 25 Source: OPRHP press release View from Bear Mountain Above: Trail work with a view. Trail Conference volunteers take a break on the Bear Mountain Trails Project. Two New York-New Jersey Trail Conference projects are among the 32 trail-related...
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Support Fed Tax Break for Trail Corridors

July 2, 2009
By Jeff
Support Fed Tax Break for Trail Corridors

Note: Congressman John Hall is NOT a Co-sponsor. We need to get him to sign on. From the American Hiking Society: This summer, as hiking season swings into full gear, American Hiking Society urges you to use this page to contact your Representative and encourage them to support HR 1912, the “Complete America’s Great Trails Act,”...
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NtM – April 17, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

April 17, 2009
By Jeff
NtM – April 17, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

While I was driving down Peekskill Hollow Road yesterday (Thursday) I saw the most wonderful thing: at home after home signs have sprouted calling for the protection of that road from a threatened "improvement" which would ruin the look and feel of Putnam's most exurban byway and alter forever the lives of those who...
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NtM – March 13, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

March 13, 2009
By Jeff
NtM – March 13, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

BusinessWeek reports that one of the biggest problems of the current recessionary cycle is the abundance of unoccupied commercial space. One San Francisco based commercial real estate firm reports a 16% increase in commercial listings. In Elk Grove, a 107 acre mall site, which was highly touted for years as an economic engine, sits...
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NtM – March 6, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

March 6, 2009
By Jeff
NtM – March 6, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

Well now, Patterson Crossing is back in the news, at least if you were at the Planning Board meeting in Kent last evening. Whew. I'm happy I'm not Insite Engineering or Paul Camarda right about now! It's no longer an issue of crossing t's and dotting i's at this point, it's about stormwater and...
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