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WASHINGTON — The Town Board met on Thursday, March 11; it mainly discussed the Second Mountain project to redo Migdale Castle in Mabbettsville (for more on the Second Mountain project, go to www.tricornernews.com), but other issues were discussed as well.
WASHINGTON — The Town of Washington (TOW) Town Board held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, April 8, at 6 p.m. via zoom due to the health crisis with a large group of participants anticipating more discussion on Janet’s Farm LLC, also known as the Second Mountain project.
MILLBROOK — Mayor Tim Collopy opened the special meeting, a public hearing on the Village of Millbrook’s 2021-22 budget, on Wednesday, April 7, held via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He held a moment of silent prayer for John Lester, a longtime member of the Rescue Squad who recently passed away.
MILLBROOK — Every municipality knows what hard work and determination are required to do the yearly fiscal budget, but for 2020-21, COVID-19 brought in less revenue, created more spending and more challenges than previous budgets, as Mayor Tim Collopy expressed recently in his community newsletter.
At the Town of Washington’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3, from left, Everleigh Dwyer, 2, and Fiona Patane, 3, stayed busy filling their pails with candy. Photo by Judith O’Hara Balfe
WASHINGTON — Finding foil-wrapped chocolate eggs was easy at the Town of Washington Recreation Department’s Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3, held at the Town Park.
The beam, painted white and adorned with the signatures of scientists and staff at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, was hoisted from the ground to the roof level, replete with a small pine tree and an American flag at the Topping Out Ceremony on Thursday, March 18. The beam heralds the progress being made as the building is rebuilt and renovated from the 1970s model to a facility worthy of the 21st century science that will be taking place inside the building once it’s completed. Photo submitted
MILLBROOK — If when driving along Route 44 in Millbrook one should spot a small pine tree and an American flag atop the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies building nearing Route 82, here’s why.
On Saturday, March 27, at 5 p.m., 7-year-old Thomas Carroll, a student at Elm Drive Elementary School, and his 3-year-old sister, Lila, listened as their mom, Melissa, explained the meaning of the palms and the story of Easter at St. Joseph-Immaculate Conception Church in Millbrook during Palm Sunday Services. Photo by Judith O’Hara Balfe
MILLBROOK — St. Joseph-Immaculate Conception Church in Millbrook held Palm Sunday Services inside of the church and outside as well, in a tent next to the church building.
WASHINGTON — The Town of Washington (TOW) Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held a routine meeting on Tuesday, March 16, with a small number of the public attending via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
MILLBROOK — The regular monthly meeting of the Village Board was held via Zoom on Wednesday, March 19, at 6 p.m. due to the health crisis. Mayor Tim Collopy began the meeting with good news, stating that Millbrook resident and student James Maestri has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in Millbrook Boy Scout Troop 32.
MILLBROOK — Most people know what it’s like to have had their dreams deferred, probably this year more than ever before thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Weddings have been postponed or canceled, graduation plans have been altered, vacations nixed, and in high schools across the country, sports seasons axed.
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