The September village meetings for Wurtsboro & Bloomingburg both lasted about 7 minutes. Bloomingburg then spent about an hour planning for the upcoming mid-October Fall festival, featuring a parade and “haunted house. Wurtsboro’s public comment went on for an extra 20 minutes with former mayor Bob Whitehead discussing problems at the Horizons senior citizens home […]
The Bloomingburg Farmer’s Market, which made its debut during July 4th weekend, did a brisk business on July 12th, despite having only two vendors. The Perez family from Goshen’s black dirt region offered fresh picked tomatoes, potatoes, jalapeno peppers, scallions, carrots, lettuce, and a host of other fine healthy foods. Next week, they plan on […]
What was expected to be a routine session for a new grocery store, turned into a feisty verbal battle. Bloomingburg developer Duane Roe came to the village planning board on Thursday, March 19 to discuss his Market Street project at a public hearing. Mountain Road resident Gregory Ercolino also came.
Village Hall was standing room only, […]
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Inspired by Bob Whitehead’s imaginitive “Babe Ruth” campaign poster (due to be unfurled next week in Wurtsboro’s three-way mayoral race), we decided to have a little bit of fun with the baseball theme. The cursive typeface, sometimes called “Ballpark Weiner,” is actually a knockoff from Monotype Script Bold, standard with the Windows XP operating system. […]
REGULAR VILLAGE OF BLOOMINGBURG MEETING
November 13, 2008
Present:
Mayor Mark Berentsen
Trustees: Peggy Wood and Clifford Teich
Mayor Berentsen opened the meeting with the pledge of allegiance.
Minutes- accepted by C. Teich and seconded by P. […]
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The Hudson Valley’s seminal Irish folk ensemble, Paddy’s Arrivals, will be leaving the area for their regular venue in Killarney, Ireland, on Tues., Dec. 9th. The acoustic duet, featuring accordion and banjo, are wrapping up their third visit to the United States, and will be performing a free benefit concert at the Bloomingburg Restoration Foundation’s […]
It began at the Sept. 2nd Mamakating town board meeting, as reported by the Mamakating Messenger. Town clerk Jean Dougherty brought
along two friends, a pair of miniature gargoyles named “Chester” &
“Jericho.”
By November 5th, a member of the public showed up with a medium-sized
adjustable plastic “Godzilla” toy. This was the day after Election Day,
when the postponed […]
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Townsend F. Post of Bloomingburg, a longtime village resident and 28-year veteran of the United States Army and Air Force, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at Orange Regional Medical Center’s Horton campus. He was 92.
The son of the late William H. Post and Mary G. Albright Post, he was born August 19, 1916 in Clifton, […]
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
REGULAR VILLAGE OF BLOOMINGBURG MEETING
October 16, 2008
Present: Mayor Mark Berentsen, Trustees: Peggy Wood and Clifford Teich
Mayor Berentsen opened the meeting with the pledge of allegiance.
Minutes- accepted by P. Wood and seconded by C. Teich
Treasurer’s Report was read by S. Berentsen
Building Dept. Report was read
Sewer Report by R. Wood, Jr.-everything is fine- no problem with DEC […]
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Here’s an inside peek of the Bloomingburg Restoration Foundation, just before it closes for the winter season. According to the Mamakating town website, “this neoclassical style church was built in 1821 by Peter Weller and George Miller. It was a functional Reformed church until September 1962, when it was forced to close its doors to […]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Bloomingburg held its monthly village board meeting one week, on Thursday, Oct. 16th. Mayor Mark Berentsen held a lively discussion covering numerous topics, and at moments he was decidedly outspoken.
The long-awaited repaving of Main Street remains bogged down with
bureaucratic red tape from the state level. Berentsen pulled no punches in
describing how he felt about the […]
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Prison labor today began moving books out of the old Mamakating Public
Library at Town Hall in Bloomingburg, to the new location at 158 Sullivan
Street in Wurtsboro. A brief announcement was made by Barbara Semonite,
president of the library district, at last night’s Wurtsboro village board
meeting (Tues., Oct. 14th, 2008). Semonite also serves as village trustee.
The renovated […]
Village of Bloomingburg
Regular Board Meeting
September 11, 2008
Present: Mayor Mark Berentsen, Trustee Clifford Teich and Peggy Wood,
Village Attorney John Kelly
M. Berentsen - Pledge of Allegiance
Public Hearing on Local Law 2-08-09
M. Berentsen opened public hearing by asking the Village Clerk to read the
Public Notice published in the Times Herald Record on September 6, 2008.
M. Berentsen read the […]
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Mamakating’s Harvest Festival took place on Saturday, Sept. 13th, featuring live music, crafts, refreshments, ponies, and many other attractions. The weather was overcast and humid, but threats of rain did not materialize. Over a hundred people turned out for the event, fun for the whole family. Here are some snapshots of the festivities, which took […]
Saturday, September 13, 2008
A blood drive was held Saturday at the Bloomingburg Fire Dept. on Main
Street.
Bloomingburg village trustee Clifford Teich (center), discusses local loitering with mayor Mark Berentsen (right) at the August 14, 2008 board meeting. At left is village clerk Sue Berentsen. Note the unusual necktie worn by Dr. Teich, which features an image of Deputy Barney Fife (from The Andy Griffith Show), portrayed on television by the late […]
There is a pancake & eggs breakfast fundraiser scheduled for Sun. Aug. 24th (8am to 1pm) to benefit the OLA meditation garden in Bloomingburg, located across from Our Lady of Assumption Roman Catholic Church (17 High Street, near the intersection of Main Street). All you can eat, served buffet style, $5 adults; $3 age 12 […]
Brother, can you spare a buck?… “Bullville Bobby” Hynes, above, regularly solicits passing cars and trucks on Main Street, Bloomingburg. Village officials are frustrated.
Morning rush hour drivers in downtown Bloomingburg are familiar with “Bullville Bob,” the friendly panhandler who solicits cigarettes and small donations from the corner of Main Street & Burlingham Road.
Mr. Hynes […]
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Old Restaurant, New Library. Renovations are taking place on Wurtsboro’s Sullivan Street, building is expected to be ready in September 2008.
Here’s an exclusive scoop, first one we’ve had in a while at Mamakating
Messenger. The Mamakating Public Library will be closing its doors at its
Bloomingburg location, and opening up a new site over the hill in
Wurtsboro.
This […]
Trailer Parks: A Disproportionate Source of Local Crime?
According to today’s Times Herald-Record newspaper, the Grand Jury
indicted Brian Romer of first degree sexual abuse. His offense allegedly
involves repeatedly molesting a ten year old girl. Other charges include
child endangerment and criminal contempt. Mr. Romer is listed in the phone
book as living at 111 White Birch Trail, Bloomingburg […]
A structural fire at Camp Na-Sho-Pa destroyed a building on Nashopa Road
Friday night. Operators of the summer camp, located just north of
Bloomingburg in the town of Mamakating, said the fire was caused
accidentally by individuals renting the property for a weekend event.
Unattended candles were the cause.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Newly elected Bloomingburg mayor Mark Berentsen (center), with trustees Clifford Teich (left) and Peggy Wood (right). Berentsen bested incumbent E. Everett Saunders by one vote, in a surprise eleventh-hour write-in upset.
The election, held March 18, 2008, was decided 46-45 against Saunders, in a March 25th Board of Election tally. The winning vote, an absentee ballot, […]
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