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Guzman, Ball victors in Pine Plains

Pine Plains residents fulfilled their civic responsibilities by voting for their town officials on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Voters cast their ballots for Pine Plains town justice and Pine Plains town assessor. Both positions carry a four-year term.

Out of a total of 969 votes, Republican candidate Ibis Guzman won the majority vote for Pine Plains town justice with 514 votes. Democratic incumbent candidate Peter Salerno received 455 votes.

For Pine Plains town assessor, Democratic candidate Lynda (Ball) Wisdo ran unopposed and received 600 out of 602 votes; the remaining two...

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School district insurance change could put an end to Pine Plains Pharmacy

Wed, 03/28/2018 - 9:03am
By
Whitney Joseph
editor@millertonnews.com

PINE PLAINS— The question of how teachers and staff in the Pine Plains Central School District will get their prescription medications after Aug. 31 is a cause for concern for local pharmacist Nasir Mahmood. 
Mahmood, a former president of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, has owned the Pine Plains Pharmacy for nearly 30 years. He could lose up to nearly three quarters of his business, he said, when the district’s insurer requires its members to fill maintenance medication prescriptions through a mail order pharmacy.

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Democratic candidates make library part of campaign trail

Wed, 03/21/2018 - 9:19am
By
Kaitlin Lyle
kailtinl@millertonnews.com

PINE PLAINS— The Pine Plains Democratic Committee helped kick off the 2018 election season by presenting U.S. House of Representatives candidate Jeff Beals (D-19) and State Senate candidate Karen Smythe (D-41) at the Pine Plains Community Room over the library on Monday, March 12.
Running from 7 to 9 p.m., the meet and greet  welcomed about 50 people.

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Pine Plains FFA offers tractors, toys and more at show and auction

Wed, 03/21/2018 - 9:19am
By
Kaitlin Lyle
kailtinl@millertonnews.com

PINE PLAINS — Members of the Pine Plains FFA were thrilled to welcome in a swarm of community members — young and old — to the 27th Annual FFA Toy Show and Auction on Saturday, March 17.
Proceeds raised at the toy show and auction went toward the FFA.

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Second meeting further explores Carvel Property Development project

Wed, 03/21/2018 - 9:03am
By
Whitney Joseph
editor@millertonnews.com

PINE PLAINS— The second meeting in a series about the Carvel Property Development took place on Saturday, March 17, in the Community Room over the library. There were upwards of 80 people present, possibly more, there to hear about the project with plans to build 645 residential units between the towns of Pine Plains and Milan.
At an earlier public meeting held on Feb. 24, Alexander Durst, chief development officer at the Durst Organization — the developer behind the project — spoke of its nearly 15-year history, plan details and hoped-for results. 

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District works to improve Regents test results

Wed, 03/14/2018 - 9:27am
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Kaitlin Lyle
kailtinl@millertonnews.com

PINE PLAINS— Stissing Mountain Middle/High School Principal Tara Grieb brought the 2017 Regents exams results to the Pine Plains Central School District Board of Education’s attention on Wednesday, Feb. 14, and proposed a few initiatives to improve results.
Grieb spoke of students’ strengths and weaknesses and what the school district is doing to address the challenges.
She said students enrolled in a New York state high school are required to pass five core exams in order to graduate.

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Local vocals

Wed, 03/14/2018 - 9:25am

The Stissing Theatre Guild’s “Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Review” ran on  March 9 through March 11 at Stissing Mountain Junior/Senior High School. Angelina Mannino delivered a heartfelt rendition of “My Unknown Someone” as she took on the role of Will Rogers’ wife, Betty Blake. 
 

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The fabulous follies

Wed, 03/14/2018 - 9:14am

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Timber…

Thu, 03/08/2018 - 12:29pm

A large tree fell on a parked car and power lines on Smith Street in Pine Plains following the Friday, March 2, Nor’easter that blew through the region. Pine Plains was without power for days. A warming and charging center, and distribution point for dry ice and bottled water, was set up at the Town Hall through Tuesday, March 6. Dutchess County estimated power would be restored by Wednesday, noontime, after this paper went to press.

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Students get hands on at Math & Science Night

Thu, 03/08/2018 - 12:29pm
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Kaitlin Lyle
kailtinl@millertonnews.com

PINE PLAINS — The younger students in the Pine Plains Central School District were encouraged to open their eyes to the world of math and science through a night of interactive, hands-on activities, thanks to the Pine Plains Elementary PTA’s Math & Science Night on Thursday, March 1.
Due to inclement weather, the Math & Science Night was rescheduled from its original date on Thursday, Feb. 22, to the following Thursday in the Seymour Smith Intermediate Learning Center  gymnasium.

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Pine Plains BOE approves 12 faculty resignations

Wed, 02/28/2018 - 11:26am
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Kaitlin Lyle
kailtinl@millertonnews.com

PINE PLAINS — On Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Pine Plains Board of Education (BOE) bid farewell to several teachers and administrators who will be retiring from the school district later this year.
The BOE approved a motion to accept, with regret and appreciation, Maryann Stoorvogel’s resignation as director of Special Education effective Sunday, July 1.
“Thank you for your years of service,” BOE President Chip Couse said.
“It’s been an honor,” Stoorvogel said from the audience, and everyone rose to applaud her.

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