“People get upset with my sharp wit, acerbic, yet lucid tongue and my not-all-that-bad grammar yet they still read my stuff. I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you!” Good Wednesday Morning, There’s more than 2700 words in this edition… [...]
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By Graham Kates, The Riverdale Press, link to original post Plenty of study has gone into potential routes for the Bronx and Yonkers portions of the Hudson River Greenway and on June 1, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council revealed short, medium and long-term plans to connect the Westchester and Manhattan portions of the trail. [...] ![wonderlaketrail[1]](http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wonderlaketrail1-150x150.jpg "wonderlaketrail[1]")
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Rapes, murders, jewelry store thefts… yeah, that’s Putnam County these days. It’s odd and strange and slightly encouraging that the artificial walls we’ve set up to prevent the outside world from coming in are coming down. As for our county and town governments, we have the County Legislature passing memorandum calling for the state to increase funding for this or that. We’ve got caretaker County Executive Paul Eldridge blaming ‘unfunded mandates’ for county budgetary issues, issues that could be resolved if the county would just man-up and cut the budget. In other words, whether we like it or not we’re just like everyone else save that our governments are constructed of tax-and-spend Republicans. Go figure. [...] ![tb_personal_freedom_small[1]](http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tb_personal_freedom_small1-150x150.jpg "tb_personal_freedom_small[1]")
In the 2007 budget year, the Putnam County Department of Consumer Affairs generated $540,530 on licenses and fees from general contractors, plumbers and electricians and spent $0 supporting those professions. That’s half a million dollars pulled from the economy (around $46,000 in what could have been generated sales taxes) through forced taxation (they call it a “Fee”) with no recourse for those living here who wish to work here. How many professions have to pay the county a “fee” just for the right to work? I should mention here that in the same budget year the Department paid out $407,357 in salaries and another $163,599 in benefits. [...] A recent study in the journal Science has shown that a little bottom-feeding Hudson River fish has evolved to resist one of humankind’s most potent pollutants: toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, p… [...] Easter is right around the corner and the family is coming over, as they usually do, and you know as well as I do that your dining room, guest room and living rooms aren’t exactly as nifty as they could be. Not that anyone in the family will mind, they’re family after all, and will not mention the faded walls, cracks and dents and dinks left over from last year. But you know your cousin Sheila will mention it in a facebook post… Contact Taconicarts today for an estimate on getting that cleaned up and shutting Sheila up for good. Just imagine! [...] State park use up over 600,000 in Hudson Valley HUDSON VALLEY – Over 610,000 more people visited state parks in the Hun Valley in 2010 than did in 2009. The increased usage is indicative of the beauty of the region, said Susan Hawvermale, spokeswoman for Hudson Valley Tourism and director of the Orange County Tourism Bureau. “Obviously the word has gotten out that the Hudson Valley parks are places to go to do things, to have a wonderful outdoor experience, and that’s why those numbers have increased,” she said. “They have something to do with the economy, the fact that it’s very cost effective to go to a park, but still when you are traveling from New York City or New Jersey, to come up here to the Hudson Valley for parks, that shows you that we really have some great destination parks.” A total of 8.4 million people visited Hudson Valley parks last year compared to 7.8 million the year before. via State park use up over 600,000 in Hudson Valley. 
Featured Event – 2nd Annual New Year’s Day Hike Noon – 2PM at Fahnestock State Park. Join us for the second annual New Year’s Day Hike into Fahnestock State Park. We’ll take an easy stroll on the first day of the year, probably not more than 2 miles or so. Dog and child friendly. Write for more information and the meet-up location which will be scouted out this morning. [...] From the press office of Congressman Maurice Hinchey Washington, DC – Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today urged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to ensure that high standards are used in Phase 2 of the EPA’s ongoing efforts to remove toxic polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in the Hudson River Superfund Site. Hinchey helped [...] [...] |
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