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 […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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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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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