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** New Year's Eve ** -- Monday, December 31, 2007 Chris Colombo leads Cornwall into 2008!
Hello 2008! Hundreds converged on the Village Square tonight for the first ever rock-n-roll Ball Drop in the history of Cornwall-on-Hudson. You could hear the music for miles -- Elvis, singing it out from the balcony above the entrance to the old Storm King Theatre. The music started at 11:30 p.m., and picked up again after the ball had dropped. But who was up there with Elvis? Chris Colombo of Blooming Grove, who was indicted on federal rackateering charges last year and starred in his own HBO documentary "House Arrest," hosted tonight's Ball Drop, introducing Elvis -- Sebastian Damico of Brooklyn and Blooming Grove -- and leading the countdown to midnight. Colombo told the Local after the show that he was born in Cornwall in 1961, and was happy to return to the place of his birth to host the Drop. His appearance here was a big surprise. Chris says a week ago he didn't expect to be here himself. "It was kind of five days ago, six days ago…Ray says, 'so you know we do this thing with the ball…” -- he says, describing how he was called on to help friend Ray Yannone bring the Ball Drop celebration together. Colombo found the music talent -- Damico, who is represented by Colombo's talent agency.
What people on the street said about this year's Ball Drop, organized by Beth Yannone and her brother Ray with help from dad Ray Yannone, owner of the Storm King Theatre building: "That's something else. The best ever, I think,...Times Square eat your heart out." -- Paul Gould, gallery owner "I loved it man. I friggin' loved it!" -- Jimmy Moore, Cornwall teenager who goes to Burke. "It's something cute. Not a lot of towns have this." -- Nicole Pirez, senior at Cornwall Central High School "It's cute,...it's part of hometown Cornwall." -- Eileen Regan, real estate agent "It's killing. It's just killing." -- Peter Osinski, chair of the village's Summer Bandstand Committee
Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:45 p.m. Getting ready for the ball to drop...
At 2 p.m. this afternoon, carpenters were finishing work on a second-floor railing so that Elvis can play above the entrance to the old Storm King Theatre on New Year's,... and the Yannones were working on finishing construction of the ball. This year's ball -- made of metal, tin foil, silver garland and a lot of Christmas lights -- is suspended by a cable from the roof. It will fall about 30 feet, from the roof to the sidewalk.
It's in position...
The ball's finished and in position, suspended by a cable over the sidewalk at the corner of Idlewild Drive, River Avenue. and Hudson Street. The New Year's celebration in the Village Square starts at 11:30 p.m. on Monday, with Elvis and his band.
BREAKING -- Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:30 a.m. Village budget shows 4.3 % tax increase The first draft of the budget for the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson shows a tax increase of 4.3 percent and a tax rate of $8.43 per thousand -- as compared to $8.09 per thousand for the current year. The total amount to be raised from taxes would be $1.8 million. Mayor Joe Gross worked on putting together this first draft of the budget this week with Trustee Bill Fogarty. The budget for the general fund is $3,115,922, up almost 2 percent from this year. The budget will be reviewed by the other trustees at a special Jan. 14 meeting of the Village Board, and a public hearing date will be set at that time. Village sheds $1 million in debt The Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson has decreased its total debt by about $1 million, Trustee Bill Fogarty said yesterday. A year ago, the village's debt -- long-term and short-term combined -- was about $8.4 million. A large part of the long-term debt is the result of borrowing for construction of the Black Rock Treatment Plant, which finally went online on Oct. 19.
Sports -- Friday, December 28, 2007 Boys come from behind to win Click on the photo below to see more action shots taken by photographer Scott Strine...
Cornwall beat Middletown 75-67 in double overtime tonight to win the Holiday Tournament, played at Cornwall Central High School. The Dragons had trailed by five points with less than a minute to play in the final quarter, but tied the game on baskets by Kyle Bradley and Alex Orchowski. Bradley finished the night with 25 points. Mike O'Rourke, who had 20 points (despite an injury), was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
SPORTS -- Thursday, December 27, 2007 Boys advance to basketball finals The Dragons used a big third quarter to beat Burke 67-38 and advance to the finals of the Cornwall Holiday Tournament. Coach Howe's men will meet Middletown for the championship at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Alex Orchowski led Cornwall with 17 points. Greg Kumpel and Kyle Bradley each added nine. Bradley had several steals and assists.
BREAKING -- Thursday, December 27, 2007 5:55 p.m Fire at Black Rock Firemen raced to the Black Rock Forest Consortium at 5 p.m. after an experiment set off an alarm at the dormitory. Leaves that were being dried in cardboard presses ignited inside an oven, sending smoke throughout the building. The Highland Engine Company and the Mountainville Engine Company ventilated the building. Fire Chief Pat Hines indicated that the damage was confined to the oven.
** Christmas Eve ** December 24, 2007 What Child is this, who, laid to rest...? Click on the photo below to hear another of the carols recorded on Nov. 17 at the historic Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Cornwall...
BREAKING -- Monday, December 24, 2007 22-year-old arrested for menacing Carlos Colon, a 22-year-old from Cornwall, was arrested last night after allegedly threatening his neighbor with a gun. Police were dispatched to Highland Avenue at about 8 p.m. While en route to the scene, they spotted Colon's vehicle on Willow Avenue and pulled him over. They found Colon in the vehicle with a box of ammunition, a 357 magnum handgun, and a rifle. They arrested him and charged him with two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon (one a misdemeanor, the other a felony) and with Menacing in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor. Colon was arraigned before Judge Joseph Thomson and remanded to Orange County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Sports -- Sunday, December 23, 2007 Boys lose first B-ball game of the season Albany Academy handed the boys' basketball team its first loss of the season last night in a benefit game played at Monroe-Woodbury High School. The final score was 72-55. The boys from Albany Academy, a college prep school, hit a high percentage of their shots in the second quarter to pull out a double-digit lead.
Friday, December 21, 2007 The most beautiful music ever made...
Click on the CD above to hear "Adeste Fideles," sung by the cast of A Christmas Carol and other townspeople as part of the Military Merriment project to bring Christmas to our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors who are serving our country abroad and not able to make it home for the holidays this year. Copies of this CD were mailed out at the beginning of the month and are reported to have reached Baghdad on December 18 (see the Letter to the Editor from SSgt Jonathan T. Muller in the December 21 edition of The Cornwall Local). The recording was made on November 17 in the meeting hall of the historic Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Valerie Ransbottom, music teacher at Cornwall Central Middle School, led the chorus. Frank Ostrander of Cornwall-on-Hudson made the recording. "Adeste Fideles," which translates into English as "Oh come all Ye Faithful," was written in 1743 by John Francis Wade.
BREAKING -- Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:30 p.m. Phone service restored to village after 21 hours
Phone service was restored just after 8 p.m. tonight to the hundreds of households in the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson that have been without it for the last 21 hours. Phones went down last night sometime after 11 p.m., according to Deputy Mayor Rudy Hahn, and Verizon's customer service office told the village today that a software-related problem was the cause and that it wouldn't be fixed before Saturday morning. The village sent an e-mail notice at 8:30 p.m. announcing that service had been restored (click here to get on this e-mail Emergency notification list). More than half the homes in the village could not call out or receive calls -- including homes in Homeland, Matthiesen Park and Cliffside Park. Hahn says he thinks all homes down from Painter's Tavern were affected. Some village residents went to Village Hall on Hudson Street to use phones there to make calls. Kurt Hahn, director of Emergency Management for the town and village, says the big concern was for elderly residents, many of whom don't have cell phones. Hahn says he was "furious" when the village was initially told by Verizon that they would have to wait until 8 a.m. Saturday morning to have service restored. He said he also was disturbed that Verizon didn't know about the problem until they were called and told about it, and that they underestimated the size of the area affected -- saying service was down at only about 100 homes. Hahn says he's planning to have follow-up meetings with Verizon, to find out the root cause of the outage.
Friday, December 21, 2007 8:40 p.m. (posted Thursday, December 20 at 9:25 p.m.) Did River Bank do a runaround? Yannone says restaurant in wrong zone, and that surveyor, village Planning Board and building inspector all erred in giving approval in 2004
Margaret Menge -- “This is way, way over the top,” said Ray Yannone, on coming out of the Tuesday night meeting of the Cornwall-on-Hudson Planning Board where the board members seemed to acknowledge that The River Bank, which just celebrated its two-year birthday, is not located in the only zone in the village where restaurants are allowed. Yannone claims that Steve Drabick, the surveyor who did the work on the plans for The River Bank in 2003 and 2004, moved the line that separates the Suburban Residential district (where restaurants are not allowed) from the Central Business district (the only zone where they are). That line runs in between The River Bank and the Storm King Theatre building, which is owned by Yannone. Drabick, on coming out of that same meeting, seemed to say that it was a simple mistake. “If you looked at the zoning map that’s issued with the zoning books, the determination on the original River Bank was, to me it looked like it was included in that zone,” he said.
The meeting, which was to start with a public hearing on The River Bank’s planned expansion into the newly-purchased building next door to it – 9 River Avenue – instead started with Mary Aspin, the chair of the board, addressing those assembled, including: Ray Yannone on the right side of the room, with associates, and Tony Missere, owner of the River Bank (with Lucie Costas) on the left side of the room with Drabick; his attorney, Michael O’Connor; and some of his neighbors. The mood in the room was tense. “There have been a number of issues that have come up since the public hearing was set,” said Mary Aspin from the dais. “I, as the Planning Board chair, was informed that 9 River Avenue is not in the CBS district…It is true that on the 1977 zoning map the particular site is not in the CBS district, nor, actually, is The River Bank in the CBS district…” For this reason, she explained, the Planning Board would not be able to take any action. The hearing, however, was opened, and a lot was said on both sides. Michael O’Connor, who’s been retained by Missere to handle this site plan application (Missere's usual attorney is Dob DiNardo of Jacobowitz & Gubits), waved a letter in the air from Bob Gilmore, who was the building inspector until he retired this fall. The letter states that the two Missere properties are in the CBS, citing a section of the Village Code numbered 172.9 E-1B. That section prohibits CBS properties from extending beyond 250 feet from the center line of Hudson Street. A member of the Planning Board, Jeff Small, said the code should be read as requiring applicants to abide by the lines on the zoning map, first, and then, secondarily, to further restrict buildings in the CBS within the 250 feet from the center line of Hudson.
O’Connor pushed to go forward with the hearing on Missere’s change of use of 9 River Avenue from residential to commercial on the first floor. But Mary Aspin and the members of the board instead referred it to the Zoning Board of Appeals to deal with the issue of zoning and also parking. Yannone says he’ll press forward with complaints against those responsible for misrepresenting The River Bank and 9 River Avenue as being in the CBS district. The Planning Board retained special counsel to deal with issues related to The River Bank, as the attorney who usually advises them, Howard Protter, is managing partner in the same firm with Bob DiNardo, Missere's attorney. Mary Aspin announced that Robert Fink, an attorney with an office in Goshen, has been retained by the board to advise them on matters related to The River Bank. And the village's Department of Public Works advised on Wednesday that Fink will also be advising the ZBA on this. The Planning Board is holding open the public hearing, and will accept comments from the public at their January meeting. Photographs show..... Michael O'Connor (top); a closeup of the village's Zoning Map (middle); and The River Bank and 9 River Avenue (bottom), into which Tony Missere is looking to expand the restaurant, and connect the two buildings.
Sports -- Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:20 p.m. Basketball team beats Goshen at home Alex Orchowski had his first 20-point game tonight as the Dragons downed Goshen 55-33 for their fifth straight victory of the season. The varsity football players in their jerseys filled the top corner of the stands and cheered loudly for their teammates Mike O'Rourke and Kevin Arduino. But Orchowski drew the loudest roar of the night with a two-handed dunk with a minute and a half left to play. Kyle Bradley returned to the lineup after missing a game with a sprained ankle.
BREAKING -- Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:23 p.m. Village gets $25,000 grant for riverfront The Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson was awarded a $25,000 grant from the state for Donahue Memorial Park, it was announced today. The grant, from the Hudson River Estuary Program, will go toward planning for use of the park and access to the river. "This project will develop a plan to improve boating, fishing, and riverwatching access at Donahue Park and develop new access for swimming," the agency's description reads. Simon Gruber and John Wenz, head of the village's Riverfront Revitalization Committee, worked on applying for the grant, so that the committee might have the assistance of a professional planner in coming up with recommendations for use of the riverfront.
BREAKING -- Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:43 a.m. Police arrest 7 in alcohol sting
Police arrested seven people yesterday evening in a sting operation that used a 20-year-old to go into local bars, restaurants and stores, attempting to purchase beer. "We were really dissappointed with the results," said Town of Cornwall Police Chief Todd Hazard. "We were a little shocked that our decoy was successful in making purchases in seven of the eleven establishments that we checked." Town and village police departments had teamed up on the enforcement effort. Chief Hazard said that at Key Food, where the clerk has to put a date of birth into the computer in order to process the sale, the 20-year-old was not asked for his birthday and a fake birth date was entered instead. Bartenders from Shamrock Tavern, Painter's Tavern, Tom's Tavern and the Canterbury Brook Inn were arrested, as was an employee of Leo's Pizza, a clerk at DB Mart, and a 16-year-old who works at Key Food. They were all charged with 'Unlawfully dealing with a child in the First Degree,' a Class A misdemeanor. They were released and are to reappear in the Town of Cornwall Justice Court. The police departments are also passing along information about the enforcement action to the State Liquor Authority, which issues liquor licenses. "This is something we are going to address again in the future," said Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Chief Charlie Williams. "We hope that this sends a strong message to the establishments that sell alcohol." The clerks at Cumberland Farms on Hudson Street and Cumberland Farms at Beaver Dam Lake, and the clerks at Citgo on Route 9W and Cornwall Wines & Spirits in the Quaker Plaza all refused to sell to the 20-year-old, an intern with the Town of Cornwall PD. Police did not make it to Castaways, on Shore Road, or to Village Pizza on Hudson Street, which was closed by the time they arrived.
BREAKING -- Tuesday, December 18, 2007 4:33 p.m. Van crash on Shore Road
Notice -- Saturday, December 15, 2007 Winter Storm Watch in effect starting at 7 p.m. ....Snow and sleet are expected late tonight in Cornwall and are to continue through tomorrow morning. As we are able, the Local will post information about weather-related cancellations and postponements here at the top of the web site. E-mail us at editor.local@verizon.net if you have information you would like us to post. St. John's Episcopal Church: In view of impending conditions there will be only a single service at 10:45 a.m. at St. John’s on Sunday morning. The Festival of Lessons and Carols has been rescheduled as the 10:45 a.m. service on Sunday, December 23. Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament will be offered after the conclusion of the Festival service. -- Father Tom Margrave Breakfast with Santa: Everything is going ahead as planned with the high school drama club's annual "Breakfast with Santa" at Cornwall Central Middle School, to take place tomorrow from 8-11 a.m. But Valentina Monte, the club president, will be checking the weather at 7 a.m. tomorrow and letting us know if they have to cancel.
Sports -- Saturday, December 15, 2007 Dragons win Warwick tournament
Cornwall exploded in the second half of this afternoon's game to defeat Warwick 63-42 and win the "Coaches Against Cancer" tip-off tournament for the sixth year in a row. Kyle Bradley, who had 11 points, was named the tournament’s most valuable player. The game was tied 30-30 in the third period when John Sirgant drove the baseline for the go-ahead basket. That started the Dragons on a 19-2 run. "The tide turned. It was momentum and emotion,” Sirgant said after the game. “There's no other explanation.”
Event -- Friday, December 14, 2007 "A Christmas Carol" opening night Click here to see more photos from the December 14 performance...
Sports -- Friday, December 14, 2007 11:41 p.m. Boys defeat Wallkill, advance to tourney finals The Dragons beat Wallkill 75-38 tonight in Warwick at the "Coaches against Cancer" tournament. Kyle Bradley got things started by sinking three baskets from three-point range, one after another -- but the guys really won it on defense. "We played hell with defense, we really did," said assistant coach Glenn McGuinness, in summing up the game. The boys play in Warwick again tomorrow for the tournament title.
Sports -- Friday, December 14, 2007 11:41 p.m. Lady Dragons beat Sullivan West at home The girls basketball team defeated Sullivan West 53-36 after trailing for most of the first half. They didn't take the lead until senior Christina Jordan sank a three-pointer just before halftime. Jordan and Allie Cleary led the game with 12 points apiece. "Our shots weren't falling in the first half," said Jordan, the team's captain. "But the second half was a different story."
BREAKING -- Friday, December 14, 2007 3:15 p.m. Oil truck hits tree on Mine Hill, tank ruptures, spills 300 gallons of oil
By Margaret Menge -- Clean-up crews were still working this afternoon to clean up yesterday's major oil spill on Mine Hill Road. At about 12:30 p.m. yesterday, an oil truck that had just made a delivery of heating oil to a home at the top of the hill was heading down when it slid on the snowy roads and hit a tree in front of Brian Morgan's house. The oil tank was knocked off the back of the truck. It rolled down into the front yard, ruptured and began spurting oil out onto the ground. Highland Engine Co. responded and volunteer firemen worked quickly to dig with shovels to dam up the oil that was pooling up. Local emergency crews were joined by the Department of Environmental Conservation's spill response unit and DEC law enforcement agents, by Orange County Hazardous Materials teams, and by a crew from Miller Environmental, a Newburgh-based private cleaning firm hired by Heritage Energy, the owner of the oil truck. Police Chief Todd Hazard said today that the first calls referred to a propane spill, which would have triggered the evacuation of all homes south of 21 Mine Hill Road, the Morgan home. The driver of the Heritage Energy truck was taken to St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital with lacerations and back pain. He is thought to be in stable condition. The Department of Environmental Conservation took water samples from Morgan's wells on Thursday, and is going to continue sampling over the next few weeks to ensure that the water is safe to drink.
BREAKING -- Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:28 p.m. Oil spill on Mine Hill Road An oil truck that was making a delivery to a home on Mine Hill Road tipped over this afternoon, spilling an undetermined amount of oil. The spill triggered a 'HazMat' response, and emergency vehicles were parked up and down Mine Hill, off Angola Road. Crews were still working on cleaning up the oil as of 2 p.m. this afternoon. Developing....
Notice -- Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:30 a.m. Mountain Road closed Wednesday morning Mountain Road from Hudson Street to the Boulevard will be closed to all traffic tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. for paving of the roadway.
Sunday, December 9, 2007 1:10 p.m. 20-year-old dies in Route 32 crash Jessica Morales, a 20-year-old from New Windsor, died early this morning after a three-car accident on Route 32, near Old Route 32. Morales was going north on Route 32 at about 4:30 a.m., driving a Honda Civic, when she crossed the center line and struck a Nissan Pathfinder that was headed south, and then hit a Hyundai Tiburon head on. The driver of the Tiburon, John Alexander, a 34-year-old from New Windsor, was extricated from the vehicle by the Cornwall Fire Department and treated by COVAC. He was flown by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center. Morales was pronounced dead on the scene by Coroner Kevin Quigley. Town of Cornwall police were assisted on the scene by Cornwall-on-Hudson police and by State Police.
Friday, December 7, 2007 11:45 p.m. Four-year-old child injured in Pleasant Hill Road accident A four-year-old girl was injured after the car her mother was driving slid through the "S" turn on Pleasant Hill Road and ended up on its side at about 8 p.m. tonight. The little girl was rushed to the Cornwall Hospital in a police car that had arrived within minutes of the accident. "While we were driving the baby went limp in my arms," said Sally Faith Dorfman Sirota, a physician whose husband had heard screams for help out on Pleasant Hill and had driven down her driveway to come upon the accident. She had scooped the child out of the car and ridden with her in the back of the police car next to the child's mother. "She started saying the Lord's prayer, and I started saying it right along with her," said Sally. The four-year-old child's condition is unknown. The mother reportedly said that they were on their way to church at the time of the accident.
Friday, December 7, 2007 11:55 p.m. Lady Dragons defeat Wallkill 28-54
The Lady Dragons played an aggressive game against Wallkill tonight pulling out a big lead in the first quarter and winning it 54-28. Seven different girls scored in the first quarter -- with Christina Jordan and Allison Cleary the top scorers of the game. This was the girls' second game of the season, and the first one played against a league rival. Three girls were out with injuries -- two from the SUV rollover on Saturday. The Lady Dragons play Valley Central tomorrow at 2 p.m. for the Corinne Feller Tournament title.
Friday, December 7, 2007 Dragons sink O'Neill in first game of season Alex Orchowski led the boys' basketball team to an 87-47 victory in Wednesday's home opener against O'Neill. Orchowski, who moved to Cornwall from Chicago at the start of the school year, scored 18 points and ignited the large crowd with a two-handed dunk in the final quarter. "We jumped ahead right at the start," Orchowski said. "Everything was falling. We were on pace to score 100 points." The Dragons got 17 points from Mike O'Rourke, 14 from Kyle Bradley, and eight from John Sirgant.
Monday, December 3, 2007 11:10 p.m. $15 million Cancer Center gets planning board OK
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital got final approval from the Town of Cornwall Planning Board tonight to build a $15 million Cancer Treatment Center to be attached to the side of the 1931 hospital building on Elm Street. "We're thrilled to be moving forward," said Sue Sullivan, the hospital's VP of marketing, on coming out of the meeting. Work is to begin on the new building in the spring, and the plan is for the Cancer Treatment Center to open in the spring of 2009.
The hospital's architect took time over the last months to address the community's concerns, including adding an access road from Elm Street to 'bleed off' some of the traffic from Laurel Avenue. "I think they've been exemplary in coming forth with the things we've requested them to do," said Kenn Brodmerkel, a member of the Planning Board. The vote on final approval was unanimous, though two conditions were attached: that the hospital get FAA approval for the helipad, and that police be given the authority to ticket cars obstructing the fire lanes on the property. One member of the planning board, Led Klosky, said in his comments that he greatly regrets the loss of the long green lawn in front of the hospital. Most of that lawn will be become a parking lot for patients and staff.
The new Cancer Treatment Center will offer radiation and chemotherapy and will also house oncologists' offices and a patient education center. Sue Sullivan says the hospital doesn't yet know how many new employees will be hired to staff the center.
The Cancer Treatment Center was first proposed in 2004, as part of the hospital's 10-year plan to consolidate and enhance services offered to the region. The original "conceptual" plan (below) was for a Cancer Treatment Center to be appended to the other side of the existing building. It was dramatically modern, with a two-story glass front.
Monday, December 3, 2007 1:28 p.m. Accidents all evening and into the early morning Fire and ambulance crews were kept busy last night with accidents all over town. At 9:20 p.m., two Monroe residents were taken to the hospital after their car ran off Otterkill Road near the trail parking lot and hit a tree. A 17-year-old girl from New Windsor was taken to the St. Luke's Cornwall after she slid into a utility pole on Angola Road at about 9:45 p.m. And Route 9W was closed in both directions this morning, from about 6:30 a.m. to about 7:40 a.m. after a car spun out on the ice and blocked traffic. A number of other more minor accidents were reported last night and this morning. There were no serious injuries. The Cornwall Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to four calls total between 8 and 10 p.m. last night, and had three crews standing by all night.
Sunday, December 2, 2007 2:44 p.m. Icy roads cause fender benders and one rollover A woman driving east on Route 94 near Clove Road rolled over and suffered minor injuries at about noon today. She was taken to St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital complaining of a back injury. There were other more minor accidents this morning and early this afternoon, though none that resulted in injury. Town of Cornwall police have not sent out a formal advisory but are cautioning drivers to play it safe when venturing out onto the icy roads. Freezing rain is predicted after midnight tonight, so roads may be icy in some places for tomorrow morning's commute from Cornwall.
Saturday, December 1, 2007 9:47 p.m. SUV Rollover on Duncan Avenue An SUV carrying seven teenagers down Duncan Avenue rolled over and skidded into the woods just before 6 p.m. this evening. Three COVAC ambulances were on the scene within minutes and treating the driver and six passengers for trauma. Four were taken to the Cornwall campus of St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital; two were taken to St. Luke's in Newburgh, and one girl was flown to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. None of the kids are thought to be seriously injured. They were all out of the vehicle and appeared in stable condition when the ambulances arrived, according to Mike Bigg, COVAC's captain. He says the girl was flown to St. Francis as a precaution, because of a possible head injury. The driver of the SUV was Joe La Grutta, age 17. The accident is being investigated by the Cornwall-on-Huson Police Department.
Friday, December 30, 2007 Full-day kindergarten survey The school district is asking parents and other taxpayers to let them know their feelings on the proposed transition to full-day kindergarten, planned for the Fall of 2008. Go to the district's web site to share your thoughts on six questions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
