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as we come together to enjoy, share, and protect our common legacy.
Experience historic lands
and sites in and around Dutchess County, New York.
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as we meet the challenge of change, growth, and conservation within
our community.
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Manor Estates at Fishkill; Inappropriate Development
Please help stop the development of over 200 condos/apartments, with over 400 cars and over 500 people walking on Jackson Street ,with impact on flooding, ground water pollution, traffic, tax impact, school population impact, stretching resources of our police and fire departments. This is a proposed development, with initial site plans already filed with the Town of Fishkill's Planning Board, on the corner of Baxter Town and Jackson Street. (Fire access road and possible traffic outlet on to Wheaton Ave. from the back of the Yellen property)
Watch the video (link below), then log on to Town of Fishkill web site and find out when Manor Estates at Fishkill is coming up for public hearing in front of the Planning Board.
You must write, call, email, and absolutely attend the public hearing meetings of the Town Planning Board. Also, let us not leave out Jim Miccio: Village of Fishkill Mayor. Mr. Miccio is also a Dutchess County legislator. Visit the Vilage of Fishkill web site.
Click here to watch video: Citizen speaks out
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Harmful Aspects of On-line Incivility
Essay by Anthony Henry Smith, All Rights Reserved
On December 13th, 2008, an individual appears to have been driven from
participation in a well established on-line forum of many years standing. As it happens, she was not removed by the
moderator. She appears to have been harassed into removing herself from the list by other participants. All this
occurred in full view of the assembled on-line community. In her terminal posting, she described the situation
in these words: “…this place has gotten out of control. It was great for a while -- but not anymore, at least not
for me. These days, the community here is a different make up, and now we have residents who engage in name theft,
offline bullying, online bullying, threats…”. I think she exercised good judgment by leaving. I would not
encourage her to return to a forum where good intentions provide insufficient protection. Rules and order are
necessary to freedom. There is no freedom without such protections. Read more...
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Paving Over History, by Marra Farrell, published in the New York Times
Op-Ed Contributor
Paving Over History
By Mara Farrell
Published: December 9, 2007
Fishkill
IT'S a beautiful thing to have a Revolutionary War site like the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot, a nationally registered landmark, in your town. But when the military camp where thousands of George Washington's troops were stationed to keep the British from moving past New York City and capturing the Hudson River is also home to the heavily trafficked Route 9 corridor, pleading for its survival can sometimes feel like a never-ending battle.
You see, the problem is that in recent years, Route 9 has become a giant strip mall with big-box stores, gas stations and motels. In its wake, grand and historic Hudson Valley landmarks like the Rapalje House and Van der Voort estate, where Samuel Loudon printed the first edition of the New York State Constitution, have been razed, forests have been sheared and ancient stone walls turned into gray dust. The biggest growth stems from Fishkill and goes all the way up to Poughkeepsie. Read more...
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Spring Time On Fishkill Ridge
Fishkill Ridge Community Heritage was sent photos taken by hiker, and Fishkill Ridge admirer, Cheryl Miller, who is familiar with projects threatening water in her state of Massachusetts. Click here for more information on the The Blue Hills Reservoir on Chickatawbut Road in Quincy trying to preserve their wet lands and waterways.
Here is just a taste of the fabulous pictures Cheryl sent us - Thanks Cheryl!
Pictured is a basking Eastern Timber Rattle Snake found atop Fishkill Ridge Spring of 2007. Click here for more pictures.
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