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6436 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572 – (845) 876-3533

Our luncheon this Thursday will benefit Riverhaven, a shelter for homeless teenagers in Poughkeepsie. Please come and enjoy a wonderful soup and sandwich lunch. Lots of desserts also. Now where can you find a lunch these days with both food and fellowship that helps a good cause for $6.00 these days? If you can help Thursday or donate a dessert, please contact Christina Hirsch at 876-7802.

http://www.rhinebeck-episcopal.org/

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp. estimated on Wednesday that the cost to restore electricity to more than 200,000 customers after back-to-back winter storms late last month was about $20 million, and the utility said the cost probably will be passed on to its customers.

Read On: www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/03/18/news/doc4ba1ae89c4c08018834741.txt

“Many of our events are booked through a publisher, who will call me and ask if I can fit their author into our schedule,” said Suzanna Hermans, manager and co-owner of Oblong Books. “We do seek out local authors, ones that we think will be a nice fit for us and who have written popular books among our audience.”

Read On: www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20103160312

New York state banned shad fishing in the Hudson River on Wednesday, citing a “dramatic decline” in a species that has been part of the region’s fabric for centuries.

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has banned commercial and recreational shad fishing on the Hudson River and limited shad fishing on the Delaware River.

The department said the ban, enacted Wednesday, is part of an effort to restore the population of American shad in New York’s waters.

Selling American shad caught in the state also is prohibited under the ban.

“Unfortunately, the Hudson River shad stock has declined dramatically for more than a decade, and even restrictions enacted in 2008 have not triggered a rebound,” state Environmental Commissioner Pete Grannis said in a prepared statement. “As a result … (the ban) is the best way to try to prevent this historically important species from permanently vanishing from the Hudson River ecosystem. It’s not a step we take lightly, and we will continue to work on a process for reopening the fishery if and when the shad population recovers to sustainable levels.”

On the Delaware River, the daily creel limit for recreational shad fishermen has been reduced from six to three, and commercial shad fishing has been banned.

Wednesday March 31st:

 **come celebrate the 1st Birthday of the Laughter Club!!**

April 7, 14, 21, 28  10.30 – 11.15am

Community Room at the Starr Library

68 W. Market Street, Rhinebeck

For all ages, abilities and fitness levels 

Everyone welcome!

The Laughter Club combines laughter exercises with deep yoga breathing and gentle stretches to enhance well-being.

It does not use jokes, comedy, yoga poses or tickling. 

Come and experience why laughter is the best medicine!

$5 / pay what you can        Info: 845-516-4330

Democratic candidates Brant Neuneker and Terry Gipson won two seats on the
Rhinebeck village board, beating out incumbent Svend Beecher. The other seat became open when Barbara Kraft, a current trustee, decided not to run for re-election.

 Here are the unofficial results: Brant Neunenker, 372; Terry Gipson, 331;
Svend Beecher, 297.

Town of Rhinebeck 20th Annual Roadside Litter Clean-Up Saturday April 17th, 7 a.m. – 12 p.m.

What a valuable way to celebrate Earth Day!

We ask residents to volunteer in this event sponsored jointly by Neighbors’ Gun Club and the Boy Scouts. Community efforts are instrumental to a successful clean up each spring. Past events Volunteers hit the roads with garbage bags in hand to clean up trash left behind as the winter snow melts. Gather family, friends and neighbors’ to maintain

The Attractiveness of Rhinebeck.

Is this calendar date taken? You may want to pick up litter prior our scheduled date and drop it off Saturday April 17th.

The Boy Scouts and Neighbors Gun Club do assigned roads, volunteers go individually or group together in their own neighborhoods.

*** Use your own plastic bags ***

All bagged litter/debris must be brought to Rhinebeck Transfer Station/Recycling Facility on Saturday April 17th376 Stone Church Road,

Any questions contact Nancy @ 758-3405 (or) email tsrf3405@frontiernet.net

PRUNING WORKSHOP– DATE CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER

TREE COMMISSION**PRUNING WORKSHOP**

 THE NEWLY CREATED VILLAGE TREE COMMISSION WILL MARK THE

 BEGINNING OF ITS MISSION TO SUPPORT AND UPGRADE RHINEBECK’S

URBAN FOREST BY HOLDING A PRUNING WORKSHOP ON

 SATURDAY, MARCH 20 FROM 9 AM TILL NOON.   

WE WELCOME ALL THOSE THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR OUR PAST TREE  PLANTINGS, OR INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO LEARN OR IMPROVE PRUNING SKILLS. LEARN FROM EXPERT PRUNERS AND PRACTICE ON SOME OF OUR VILLAGE  STREET TREES, UNDER THEIR GUIDANCE.

 *WE WILL GATHER AT THE MINI PARK AT SOUTH PARSONAGE & NORTH PARK.* WEAR WARM BUT FLEXIBLE GLOVES AND, IF YOU HAVE THEM, BRING SHARP PRUNING SHEARS, PRUNING SAWS, AND/OR LOPPERS.

Attendance is limited to 25. Please RSVP to Tess McKellen at 876-8841 or tmac1337@gmail.com

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RHINEBECK — Three candidates will be on the ballot Tuesday for two Village Board seats carrying two-year terms.

Voting will noon to 9 p.m. at Town Hall at 80 E. Market St.

Gipson, 47, a three-year village resident, is a self-employed scenic designer seeking office for the first time. He is a 1981 graduate of John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas; earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts at Texas Tech University in 1986; and in 1991 received a master’s degree in fine arts from Penn State University. He is a village Planning Board member, Friends of Morton Library member, and on the Sinterklaas committee.

Beecher, 49, has lived in the village for 24 years and is a social worker with Astor Services for Children and Family. He is a 1979 graduate of Troy High School, and in 1997 earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from SUNY New Paltz.

Neuneker, 45, is a self-employed property manager who has lived in the village for six years and last year finished third in a race for two board seats. He graduated from Lyons Township High School in 1982, earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Western Illinois University, in Macomb, Ill., in 1986; and a law degree in 1994 from John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

LESS THAN five months after opening to the public, the Walkway Over the Hudson is in danger of being shut down during the winter months and having its hours scaled back the rest of the year, according to Gov. David Paterson’s office

Read On:

www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/02/28/news/doc4b89eee3e9fe2498576873.txt

The harp seal that visited Downtown Kingston last week died during the journey to the Riverhead

Read On:

www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/03/16/news/doc4b9ee6aabb4dc963963969.txt

• Village Water and Sewer Department

KINGSTON — The seal that was sighted earlier this week on the Rondout Creek in Kingston has been captured by the U.S. Coast Guard and was en route to the Riverhead Foundation’s aquarium on Long Island Friday night.
Read On:

www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/03/13/news/doc4b9b2bd882a4a654099139.txt

New York state is upping the ante in the battle over fish.

The Department of Environmental Conservation wants to cut water intake at certain power plants and other industrial facilities, including Indian Point, to protect the state’s “vital fisheries.”

That means the nuclear plant may have to come up with a technology for cooling its operation that uses a fraction of the billions of gallons of river water it now sucks through its pipes daily. Cost estimates for new cooling towers have topped $1 billion.

Read On: www.lohud.com/article/20100311/NEWS01/3110379/State-aims-to-reduce-Indian-Point-water-use-save-more-fish

Town of Rhinebeck 20th Annual Roadside Litter Clean-Up Saturday April 17th, 7 a.m. – 12 p.m.

What a valuable way to celebrate Earth Day!

We ask residents to volunteer in this event sponsored jointly by Neighbors’ Gun Club and the Boy Scouts. Community efforts are instrumental to a successful clean up each spring. Past events Volunteers hit the roads with garbage bags in hand to clean up trash left behind as the winter snow melts. Gather family, friends and neighbors’ to maintain

The Attractiveness of Rhinebeck.

Is this calendar date taken? You may want to pick up litter prior our scheduled date and drop it off Saturday April 17th.

The Boy Scouts and Neighbors Gun Club do assigned roads, volunteers go individually or group together in their own neighborhoods.

*** Use your own plastic bags ***

All bagged litter/debris must be brought to Rhinebeck Transfer Station/Recycling Facility on Saturday April 17th376 Stone Church Road,

Any questions contact Nancy @ 758-3405 (or) email tsrf3405@frontiernet.net

• Town Recreation Committee

PRUNING WORKSHOP– DATE CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER

TREE COMMISSION**PRUNING WORKSHOP**

 THE NEWLY CREATED VILLAGE TREE COMMISSION WILL MARK THE

 BEGINNING OF ITS MISSION TO SUPPORT AND UPGRADE RHINEBECK’S

URBAN FOREST BY HOLDING A PRUNING WORKSHOP ON

 SATURDAY, MARCH 20 FROM 9 AM TILL NOON.   

WE WELCOME ALL THOSE THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR OUR PAST TREE  PLANTINGS, OR INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO LEARN OR IMPROVE PRUNING SKILLS. LEARN FROM EXPERT PRUNERS AND PRACTICE ON SOME OF OUR VILLAGE  STREET TREES, UNDER THEIR GUIDANCE.

 *WE WILL GATHER AT THE MINI PARK AT SOUTH PARSONAGE & NORTH PARK.* WEAR WARM BUT FLEXIBLE GLOVES AND, IF YOU HAVE THEM, BRING SHARP PRUNING SHEARS, PRUNING SAWS, AND/OR LOPPERS.

Attendance is limited to 25. Please RSVP to Tess McKellen at 876-8841 or tmac1337@gmail.com