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Centennial Farms Foundation is holding its inaugural Centennial Hay Days celebration on Saturday, Aug. 21, and we think it’s special enough and important enough to write about the foundation’s endeavors here and now.
We’re going to get straight to the point this week.
The Millbrook Community Partnership (MCP), which held its inaugural public meeting on Thursday, July 29, for plans it has to revive properties at both the Bennett College site and of the actual Thorne Building itself, should be extremely pleased with itself.
The 31 campers age 12 and younger at Copake’s Camp Pontiac who tested positive for COVID-19 that made national news this past week provided an important reality check. It reminded those of us living and working in the Harlem Valley that we are not out of the woods when it comes to beating the deadly coronavirus.
We all know how much we rely on the brave men and women who selflessly volunteer their time and their energy to serve on our local volunteer fire departments throughout the Harlem Valley.
We all know that historically speaking, municipal elections don’t tend to draw huge voter turnouts — especially when they’re during the summer versus the prime fall election season.
After more than seven decades of monthly dinners, holiday parties and silent auctions; years of planning and hosting carnivals and circuses for enthusiastic villagers and their guests; countless seasons of holding Little League practices and games; who knows how many hours preparing for bake sales, barbecues, flea markets, food drives and raffle
It’s nice to see when a project comes before a board, in this instance the Pine Plains Planning Board, and even when it meets with opposition, matters can be worked out and consensus reached.
There were many elements to the coronavirus pandemic that were difficult to witness — the worldwide death toll that, while it has thankfully slowed, continues to inch upward. As of Tuesday, June 15, it had reached 3,829,463 across the globe; in the U.S.
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