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Articles Of Interest About Iraq & Energy & Oil & The Ecomony & Stuff

Daily News From Iraq: Multi-National Force-Iraq at www.mnf-iraq.com
@ www.mnf-iraq: Provincial Iraqi Control, Jan. 10, 2008
"The transfer of Basrah in December 2007 marked the half-way point in transferring all provincial security over to Iraqi security forces."

Scoping Sessions for the Dover Knolls Project
Wednesday, May 7 at 6:30 PM
Saturday, May 10th at 9:00 AM
Dover High School Auditorium

The Dover Town Board will accept written submissions for the Scoping until Wednesday, May 14.

Coalition for the Responsible Growth of Dover
Dover Knolls Letters
Christopher Galayda, Carolyn B. Handler,
Pete Muroski,
Stancy DuHamel

BOOK SALE
PAWLING FREE LIBRARY

May 10-11 and 17-18
DATES FOR PAWLING FREE LIBRARY BOOK SALE SET
The Pawling Free Library announces that its famous and fabulous "Under The Tent Book Sale" will be held on the weekends of May 10-11 and 17-18.  For most of the year we have been putting books aside especially for this occasion!  All book lovers should put these dates on their calendars.
            The library would like to thank George Apap for his ongoing donations to the upkeep of Library facilities.  He is a true supporter of the Library!
http://www.pawlinglibrary.org/

An Alternate View on Global Warming:
Global Warming & Nature's Thermostat
By Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D.

IRAQ: Transition Team Teaches Skills to Iraqi Army Soldiers, Friday, May 9, 2008

Energy Independence: Interior's Energy Inventory: Abundant Domestic Supplies Off-Limits ... By Ben Lieberman/ December 12, 2006

bewstertheater "Rabbit Hole"

Brewster Theater Company

May 17th at 8 pm
Brewster Public Library

Read Full Press Release for Information

Maplebrook School Annual Regional Artists Show
May 23- May 31
Reception May 23

Full Information Click Here

image Pawling PTA & PTSA
Meet the Candidates Night May 7
Math Carnival May 6
AP in Iraq May 4, 2008: US-backed plan sees shiny future for Green Zone in Iraq

Iraq: At BlackMilitaryWorld.com: Multi-National Corps-Iraq's highest-ranking NCO

First female African-American U. S. Air Force fighter pilot at BlackMilitaryWorld.com

New York Times May 2, 2008
Economic Clouds? Wall Street Sees Signs of Sunshine
AMERICAN ENERGY PROTECTION ACT
Domenici seeks to expand U.S. domestic CTL, oil and gas production
The ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Thursday introduced legislation to promote domestic oil shale and coal-to-liquids production.

Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted:  Friday , 02 May 2008

Click here: Senate Bill 2958

BBC May 1, 2008 Next decade 'may see no warming'
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

NO RECESSION? GDP up 0.6 percent in fourth quarter of 2007, 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2007... click here for the report from the Bureau Of Economic Analysis of the U. S. Department of Commerce. March 27, 2008.

AP & New York Times May 1, 2008
Dow Jones back above 13,000

What Recession? GDP up 0.6% in first quarter of 2007 and final quarter of 2008.
New York Sun Editorial

May 1, 2008

U. S. Senate Global Poverty Act
Obama bill: $845 billion more for global poverty. Democrat sponsors act OK'd by Senate panel that would cost 0.7% of gross national product.

Obama’s Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote: AIM Column, By Cliff Kincaid, February 12, 2008: "Jeffrey Sachs, who runs the U.N.'s 'Millennium Project," says that the U.N. plan to force the U.S. to pay 0.7 percent of GNP in increased foreign aid spending would add $65 billion a year to what the U.S. already spends. Over a 13-year period, from 2002, when the U.N.'s Financing for Development conference was held, to the target year of 2015, when the U.S. is expected to meet the "Millennium Development Goals," this amounts to $845 billion. And the only way to raise that kind of money, Sachs has written, is through a global tax, preferably on carbon-emitting fossil fuels.'"  

Placed on Senate Calendar on April 24, 2008
S. 2433: Global Poverty Act of 2007:

"Last action: April 24, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar 718... Sponsor: Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)."

Do we have the domestic fossil fuel resources to be energy-independent and to bring down the price of oil and gasoline?

Google and Read:
Oil Outer Continental Shelf
Oil Gulf of Mexico
Oil North Dakota
Oil in Alaska

Click here: Read about ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)

earofcornUndoing America's Ethanol Mistake
By Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson April 28, 2008
"The International Food Policy Research Institute estimates that biofuel production accounts for between one-quarter and one-third of the recent spike in global commodity prices... As a recent Time cover story pointed out, biofuel mandates increase greenhouse gasses and create incentives for global deforestation."

rainforests Time Magazine:

The Clean Energy Scam

By Michael Grunwald
March 27, 2008

"But several new studies show the biofuel boom is doing exactly the opposite of what its proponents intended: it's dramatically accelerating global warming, imperiling the planet in the name of saving it. Corn ethanol, always environmentally suspect, turns out to be environmentally disastrous. Even cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass, which has been promoted by eco-activists and eco-investors as well as by President Bush as the fuel of the future, looks less green than oil-derived gasoline."

earofcorn

Ethanol Policy Threatens

To Starve the World

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Sample Reading, Click on The Items Below

New York Sun April 15, 2008: The Journal story quoted India's Finance Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, as saying, "When millions of people are going hungry, it's a crime against humanity that food should be diverted to biofuels."

April 16, 2008: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned the growing global food crisis has reached emergency proportions... Several causes factor into the global food price hike, many linked to human activity. These include human-driven climate change, the soaring cost of oil and a Western-led focus on biofuels that critics say turns food into fuel.

Sam's Club, Costco Limit Rice Sales (April 24, 2008)

Food riots break out across the globe (April 8, 2008)

Haiti's government falls after food riots (April 12, 2008)

Global food riots turn deadly (April 10, 2008)

Oil Shortages? Click below and read an entire article in the New York Times about world oil production and world oil shortages, without one mention of allowing American companies to drill offshore, to drill in the Gulf of Alaska, and to drill at Anwar in Alaska, or accessing the vast field in North Dakota:
New York Times: Amid High Oil Prices, Danger Signs in Production
By Jad Mouawad April 28, 2008

Gulf of Mexico saturated with oil?
Excerpt: "Earlier this year (2006), Cuba announced plans to hire the communist Chinese to drill for oil off Key West, Fla. The move was made possible by the 1977 agreement under President Jimmy Carter that created for Cuba an "Exclusive Economic Zone" extending from the western tip of Cuba to the north, virtually to Key West."

ABC News: Oil Drilling: the View from Alaska
Alaskans Revisit Old Issue With New Arguments
By Lee Dye, Juneau, Alaska, February 22, 2008
"(Alaska Governor Tony) Knowles is a Democrat, but a Yale fraternity brother of President Bush, who has made opening (drilling for oil) the refuge a cornerstone of his administration's energy program. Alaska's two U.S. senators and lone congressman are Republicans with key committee assignments, and all strongly support oil development in the reserve. Most Alaskans do too, according to several polls."

Iraq: Unity Government April 27, 2008

IRAQ Constitution
Is the Iraq Constitution actually on the cutting edge of constitutionalism in a pluralistic society and world? Do the Iraq Constitution and the process merit admiration and patience?
Click here to read
The one-page Preamble,
An article by a Middle Eastern authority, and
A link to the full Iraqi Constitution

Autism Walk & Expo of the Hudson Valley April 27
Dutchess County Fairgrounds
Seeking Sponsors & Volunteers & Families

autism
http://www.autismwalkhv.org/

Click here for Poster

News Section: Kevin Eberly of Pawling Meets
President George Bush and Governor Jodi Rell

Arts Section: Putnam Children's Discovery Center Announces Summer Theater Offerings

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Dover Softball

2008

Photo Gallery

Photos by
John M. Benson

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Dover Baseball
2008

Photo Gallery

Photos by
John M. Benson

victoriacaseyVictoria Casey
Signs with Grace College Soccer


Local Youth Section: Click here for the story about Victoria Casey.

Proud of your child or grandchild?
Send photo and caption to harlemherald@optonline.net


Earth's 'Fever' Breaks: Global COOLING Currently Under Way

U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007 

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Sherman Chamber Ensemble April 26
The Sephardic tradition blends the ritual music of the medieval Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal with the influences of the Mediterranean regions such as North Africa, Turkey and Greece to which they were exiled in the 17th and 18th centuries, along with elements of Western European Baroque and Classical music. The result is a vocal and instrumental repertoire that is deeply spiritual while still expressing rhythmic vitality and melodic tenderness.

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lipizzans

Exceller Farm
Thoroughbred Rescue & Adoption
Poughquag, New York

Sixth Annual Open House
June 28
2:00-5:00 p.m.

Herrmann's Lipizzan Stallions

supportsheltersMy Pet Has A Big Heart
Family Fun Day

May 4 @ Lakeside Park, 11 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
To Benefit Animal Shelters
Putnam Humane Society, Dutchess County SPCA
Jamie Hom
Pawling Girl Scout Troop 268
Girl Scout Gold Award Project
Admission: $5.00/ person, get 4 FREE game tickets
Children 3 and under for FREE
For Any Questions Contact Jamie Hom at mypethasbigheart@aol.com 
Click here for Poster

Dover Knolls Website @ www.knollsofdover.com

Town of Dover Website @ www.townofdover.us

Citizen Lawsuit re: Dover Knolls planning process at Town Board

Coalition for the Responsible Growth of Dover

"CRGD forms in response to the new application for Dover Knolls."

"Files lawsuit to protect the integrity of the approval process."

Read full CRGD Press Release (March 30, 2008)

CRGD Mission Statement

This notice appearing in the Harlem Valley Herald on April 5, 2008.

Towns of Dover and Pawling
Wind Rose Golf Community Public Information Session
Tuesday, April 8 @ 7:00 p.m. @ Dover Middle School


Copy of the Public Notice from Town of Dover


Click here to see the Public Notice on the Town of Dover website at www.townofdover.us

Article: Preview article to the initial presentation

Article: Initial presentation to the joint Dover/Pawling meeting on August 30, 2008

See Map of the Property on the Dutchess County Mapping Service

Tilly Strauss of Amenia
Sculpture Installation at Poughkeepsie Train Station April 11 from 5-7 p.m.

tilly mural sculpture

Tilly Strauss
of Amenia commissioned for mural
by Dutchess County Arts Council
at Poughkeepsie Train Station

story and photos

Installation April 11: Print Poster With Full Information

Kaylee Martin

Was named Conference Runner-of-the-Week at the close of her phenomenal career at Western New England College.

Story and photo from the WNEC website.

Read more stories and see the team photo at the WNEC website:

 

http://www1.wnec.edu/athletics/index.cfm?selection=doc.3508

TCCC honors Kaylee Martin of Western New England College as Runner-of-the-Week
Women's Cross Country 11.12.2007

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Western New England College senior co-captain Kaylee Martin (Holmes, NY) was named The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) Women’s Cross-Country Runner-of-the-Week on Monday (Nov. 12).

In her final collegiate meet, Martin was the top conference performer at the NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Championship finishing 33rd among 344 runners with a time of 22 minutes, 40.9 seconds for 6,000-meters.

The championship meet took place at the Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Connecticut.

Martin is a Finance major at Western New England College.

The Mid Hudson Lightning Girls Select Ice Hockey Team

 

2008 Tryouts
April 9&12

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Putnam Children's Discovery Center Players Present



Click here for complete information.


Auditions

Time Warp:
A Teen Musical Revue


Auditions

 

"Evening Of One-Acts"

"Supreme Court Revisits Second Amendment"
CBS News Tuesday, March 18, 2008


Do Americans have the right, per the Second Amendment, to keep a handgun in the home for their own self-defense?

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U. S. Supreme Court

Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms Read Arguments pro and con

Decision expected in June of 2008.

Summary at Wikipedia and other suggested reading.

Christian Science Monitor: In agreeing to take up the Heller case, the court rejected questions posed by both sides in the litigation and wrote its own question. The question: "Whether the following provisions [three sections of the D.C. gun law] violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?"

Auditions

The Brewster Theater Company, Inc. announces auditions for a staged reading

Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire

Registration 2008 Season

Pawling Lacrosse Club

Youth Lacrosse in Pawling
Boys & Girls

Click here for information & contacts in Sports Section.

IRAQ
Feb. 15, 2008:
Iraqi Army trained to take over security in Basra

For news from Iraq, about the Iraqi Security Force, hospitals, animal vaccination programs, and questions like "Who are the Sons of Iraq?", try this website:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/
Name of the website:
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Official Website of the
Multi-National Force-Iraq

Iraqi Army trained to take over security in Basra (Feb. 15, 2008)

iraqNew Iraqi Flag
AP Baghdad: See the link on the MNF site to the AP story about the new Iraqi flag raised on February 5, 2008:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwBg5fm
BBYon3LTK0CBQlE6UgFpgD8UKE3TO0

 
www.discoveryctr.org
Putnam Children’s Discovery Center Players
Present

"Wooing Wed Widing Hood"

Presents

"Bright Ideas"

March 8, 14th, 15th, and 22nd

Click Here: Photos and Story

schoolbusSchool Buses for Children at Baxter Green

Click here: Colette Zito letter to the Pawling Central School District

IRAQ For news from Iraq, about the Iraqi Security Force, hospitals, animal vaccination programs, and questions like "Who are the Sons of Iraq?", try this website:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/
Name of the website:
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Official Website of the
Multi-National Force-Iraq

New Iraqi Flag
AP Baghdad: See the link on the MNF site to the AP story about the new Iraqi flag raised on February 5, 2008:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwBg5fm
BBYon3LTK0CBQlE6UgFpgD8UKE3TO0

IRAQ Constitution
Is the Iraq Constitution actually on the cutting edge of constitutionalism in a pluralistic society and world? Do the Iraq Constitution and the process merit admiration and patience?
Click here to read
The one-page Preamble,
An article by a Middle Eastern authority, and
A link to the full Iraqi Constitution

deputysheriffVILLAGE of PAWLING
SAFETY AWARENESS MEETING

OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED

Print Flyer Click Here

Thursday, February 7th,  7p.m. at the Village Hall 9 Memorial Ave. Pawling, NY

Photo from Dutchess County Sheriff's Office website at http://www.dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/Departments/Sheriff/SHindex.htm

 As an "introductory" meeting, the topics addressed will be of concern to everyone in our community and is open to all.  The Dutchess County Sheriff will be addressing community safety as well as safety for ourselves, families, and homes.  The meeting will not be focused on forming Neighborhood Watch programs, but if there is interest among groups of neighbors, action could go forward in those neighborhoods wanting to pursue this direction.

  You can help "get the word out" by forwarding this email to anyone who might be interested in this meeting.  Again, everyone is welcome to attend.

Any question contact:

Village Hall, 855-1122, jenno@bestweb.net

Tracy Durkin,  TDurkin105@aol.com

Colette Zito, Colette24@msn.com

Pawling Central Middle School
Music Students Excel
Dutchess County Music Educators Association Junior High School All County Music Festival

Click here: Photos submitted by Middle School Music Instructor Alicia DeTraglia

pawlingmiddleschoolmusic

Youth Theater Workshop

Sign up by March 1st

www.brewstertheatercompany.org

Click here or on logo for full details and contact information.

stockexchangeinside
New York Times

Stocks Surge, Erasing Big Losses, at End of Volatile Day: “The Fed rate cut was both bigger and earlier than people expected,” said Manuel Martin, an equity strategist at WGZ Bank in Frankfurt. “Now people are starting to ask, ‘Is the U.S. economy really that bad off?’ ”
By Michael M. Grynbaum

Read the article in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/business/24stox-web.html?_r=1&8au&emc=au&oref=slogin

John M. Benson
January 23, 2008
See Views & Questions for address to send comments.

stockexchangeinsideFollow-Up To Yesterday's " 1987 & 2008 World Stock Market Declines" (see next item down the page):

AP Jan. 22, 2008: Asian and European markets rebound after Fed cuts funds rate


Click here for AP Story: http://www.optimum.net/News/AP/Article?articleId=376013

John M. Benson
January 21, 2008
See Views & Questions for address to send comments.

1987 & 2008 World Stock Market Declines
1987 Dow Jones Below $3,000
2008 Dow Jones Above $14,000
Stock markets in the United States and around the world are falling precipitously, causing huge losses of capital.
October 19, 1987, known as Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average "lost 22.6% of its value or $500 billion dollars" (http://www.stock-market-crash.net/1987.htm).
The Dow Jones was never above $3,000 during or prior to 1987.
In 2008, the Dow Jones rose to above $14,000, and during this correction, it is now around $12,000.

Click below for some reading on Black Monday, October 19, 1987.
http://www.lope.ca/markets/1987crash/
http://www.stock-market-crash.net/1987.htm

John M. Benson
January 21, 2008
See Views & Questions for address to send comments.

toyota

Why not in Michigan?

Mitt Romney was criticized for saying the jobs in automobile manufacturing can be brought back to Michigan. If Toyota can build and operate plants in the United States, why can't manufacturing jobs come back to Michigan with Toyota or American automakers?

Click here for a Wikipedia page including information and links to sites for manufacturing in Alabama, Kentucky, Texas and Indiana:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Motor_Engineering_&_Manufacturing_
North_America

IRAQ Constitution
Why do we expect the Iraq Constitution to be accomplished quickly? Is the Iraq Constitution actually on the cutting edge of constitutionalism in a pluralistic society and world? Do the Iraq Constitution and the process merit admiration and patience?
Click here to read
The one-page Preamble,
An article by a Middle Eastern authority, and
A link to the full Iraqi Constitution

U. S. Budget Deficit

Deficit declined in 2007.

Deficit is projected to decline through 2011.

Deficit is projected to be in surplus in 2012.

Click below to view the top table at Office of Management & Budget.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/summarytables.html

Click here: See Views & Questions Section to send comments.

Pharmaceutical Companies ... Click Here
Are we in danger of killing the golden goose?
See Views & Questions

Puiatti & Smoot-Souter
"Paintings from Nature"

January and February
Baklajava in Pawling

Click here for details in the Arts Section

Views & Questions

AP January 10, 2008: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones, whose speed and smile made her an international superstar until steroid use led to her downfall, was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for lying to investigators about performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam.

Opinion:
ENOUGH ALREADY !!! Marion Jones should not be incarcerated. She has already lost her medals and her reputation, her home and property and money, and much of her ability to raise money. She is going to jail for what she said to investigators, not for her use of performance enhancing drugs. How many of us get away with lying every day, in and out of court... and she wasn't in court when she "lied" to investigators. And be afraid, be very afraid, if "investigators" come to you for statements. Ask Martha Stewart, where there was no underlying crime. When you are faced with the all-powerful "investigators", you have no 5th Amendment rights, and no attorney... they have all the power, and if you come under the glare of their headlights, you apparently have total liability and no defense.
JMB January 11, 2008

Harlem Valley Herald
Send comments to harlemherald@optonline.net

Election 2008

Are Republicans being able to choose the delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention?

By John M. Benson
January 10, 2008

The election results are being severely skewed by the process rules for caucuses and primaries in the various states.

As in the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary, non-Republicans are allowed to vote in the Republican Primary in Michigan next Tuesday, January 15.

Mitt Romney leads the Republican candidates in delegates with 24, and he has won the Republican vote in Wyoming and Iowa.

John McCain won the vote among Republicans in New Hampshire.

In defiance of these facts, the pundits keep asking whether Romney can survive the early losses.

Of course, Fred Thompson gets no exposure from those pundits.

Did you even know that Wyoming held its Republican Caucus on Saturday, January 5, 2008?

Michigan allows the same cross-over voting, where Hillary Clinton is the only top-tier candidate on the Democratic Party ballot, and where the Democratic National Committee has threatened to deny the delegates their seating at the Democratic National Convention.

From Michal Luo on his blog The Caucus in the New York Times on December 10, 2008:

"Although Mr. Romney will be drawing on the fact that he was born and reared in Michigan and his father was a popular three-term governor, independents and Democrats who are unenthused by an essentially uncontested Democratic contest on the same day could potentially be decisive by moving over to vote for Mr. McCain."

Link to the full article by Michael Luo:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/romney-scales-back-in-south-carolina/index.html?nl=pol&emc=pol

email comments to harlemherald@optonline.net

Article in the Washington Post concerning the Michigan Democratic Ballot:

Voters Face Confusion in Michigan Dem Race

Excerpt:

Updated 6:37 p.m.
By Peter Slevin
CHICAGO -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the only top-tier Democrat on the Jan. 15 Michigan primary ballot, but followers of her chief rivals are hoping to wound her all the same.

A fresh poll suggests that running nearly unopposed will not mean winning nearly 100 percent of the vote.

The campaigns of Sen. Barack Obama and former senator John Edwards are urging their supporters to cast ballots for "uncommitted," according to state Democratic party chairman Mark Brewer. The Obama campaign says there may be "grass-roots efforts," but that the Chicago-based campaign is not involved.

If "uncommitted" receives at least 15 percent in a congressional district or statewide, Brewer said, delegates will be sent to Denver where any candidate -- including Clinton -- can compete for them.

Read the full article:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/09/voters_face_confusion_in_michi.html

Harlem Valley Herald
Election 2008
email comments to harlemherald@optonline.net

Paralyzed Veterans Of America

Paralyzed Veterans Meets Standards of Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance

Photo from website www.pva.org

Pawling Board of Education

Responds to letter in the Pawling News Chronicle from the Pawling School Teachers Association

Click here or on the photo to read the letter from the Board of Education.

The Harlem Valley Herald invites the Pawling School Teacher's Association and members of the public to submit letters to the Herald on this subject for publication.
Click here to send email to the Herald: harlemherald@optonline.net

brewstertheater

 

Brewster Theater Company Plans Membership Gala

 

Brewster Theater Company

The Brewster Theater Company, Inc. announces auditions for their Spring 2008 production of “Bright Ideas”  by Eric Coble

townhall

Proposed Local Law No. 3
Public Hearing October 17

New definition would permit a convenience store as part of one business known as a gas station.

Supreme Court Decison
County Planning Recommendation
Town Planning Recommendation

capitolbuilding

Alternative Minimum Tax

Relief for some on 2007 Tax Filings

U. S. Supreme Court

Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms

Decision expected in June of 2008.

Summary at Wikipedia and other suggested reading.

Christian Science Monitor: In agreeing to take up the Heller case, the court rejected questions posed by both sides in the litigation and wrote its own question. The question: "Whether the following provisions [three sections of the D.C. gun law] violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?"

owl at nimham powwow

Photography by John M. Benson
science and religion will meet on the other side...jmb

Pawling PTSA opens new website at www.pawlingptsa.com
Quendell Ellison

Trinity-Pawling Pride

New England Prep School Athletic Association Football Championship

semperfiparentsSemper Fi Parents
Of The Hudson Valley
&
Wounded Warriors

November 24-25
Poughkeepsie Galleria

Collecting gifts and donations for American service men and women overseas on active duty and in military hospitals.
Make contributions by check or credit card, call 914-474-2295 for information.

For complete information and list of items needed by the troops, visit the website at www.semperfiparentshv.org

Snowy Stream

Adopt-A-Family

Community Resources & Service Center in Pawling

Helping local families during the winter holidays

Pawling Resource Center

Community Resources & Service Center in Pawling

Making certain that every family in the community has a
Happy Thanksgiving

DelBene

Pawling High School Sports

Post-Season Awards
Fall 2007

Colby DelBene
New York State
Class C Cross Country
Champion

 

 


Dover Dragons 2007 Fall Sports Awards
Webutuck

Webutuck Warrior
Basketball

Season Preview

Story & Photo Gallery

Doug Leonaggeo

Pawling Ice Hockey

Tigers play at Brewster Ice Arena on November 25

Story & Photo Gallery of Preseason Workouts

teens and business

Teens & Business

Recreation Director Melissa Smith brings local youth and business leaders together for the benefit of both.

ethan nagasing in 5K run Recreation Director
Melissa Smith &
Chief Constable
John Daley

Accommodate the community year round at town
parklands and facilities
village sidewalk construction

Resident John Ferris has volunteered to improve village sidewalks on Main Street & Dutcher Ave.

East Main Street work nearing completion

Colby DelBene
Pawling High School
New York State Cross Country Champion

Colby DelBene

Recreation Football

Pawling Recreation
Department
Flag Football
Kids vs. Parents
Game Completes
2007 Season
Story & Photo Gallery

jackolantern

Poughkeepsie Journal Scary Story Contest

Pawling students Anthony Bonavenia, Katelyn Flood, Serena Fleischman win awards

Hear the students read the stories on podcasts !!!

Chris Coratti

Trinity Pawling Football

Lions clinch Erickson Conference, head to New England Championship

Chris and Dave Coratti in final home game together

Alex Petti

Pawling Field Hockey

Alex Petti and the Tigers finished the season with a valiant challenge in the sectional semi-final at Bronxville.

Story & Photo Gallery

dutchess county logo

Adoption Forum
Heart Gallery 2007
November 2-4

Dutchess County Adoption
Forum & Services

lori johnson and tammy hochrein with emery and webb logo


Emery & Webb, Inc. Insurance

Lori Johnson and Tammy Hochrein

Opening New Pawling Office
Open House 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, October 11


pawling town hall

Pawling Town Board
May Review

3500 Square Feet
Rule for Retail on Route 22

Meeting September 19

fifth grade ipod students at board of education

5thGradeAtPCMS.mp3

Podcasting from Pawling Middle School

Sixteen Pawling Middle School students, their parents and teachers presented their recent Podcast to the PCSD School Board at Monday night's board meeting. For those of you unfamiliar with the term Podcast, it is an mp3 sound file which is created in the format of a talk radio show. It can be listened to on a computer, iPod or mp3 player. If the file is transferred to an audio CD, it can be listened to on a CD player as well.

The title of the Podcast was "Welcome To 5th Grade". It was created in June of this year by Mrs. Sawotka's 5th grade class. The transition from elementary school to middle school can cause some apprehension for the students. So, Mrs. Sawotka and her class created the Podcast so last year's 5th graders could offer some advice to the incoming 5th graders. The Podcast was posted on Mrs Sawotka's eboard as well as the Pawling School District website. Incoming 5th graders could either listen to the Podcast on their computer or download it to their iPod or mp3 player.

Complete with appropriate sound effects, the students offered their words of wisdom on the areas of waking up earlier, lockers, AB days, getting to your next class, school clubs and trips, etc. They rounded out their Podcast with a few school related jokes.

Pawling CSD Technology Coordinator Joan Roberts helped the students with the technical end of the creation of the podcast; recording their voices, helping them to find appropriate sound effects and inserting them, and locating "podsafe" music. Mrs Roberts explained to the board that the podcast was created very inexpensively with a laptop, a $10.00 microphone, the Open Source (FREE) software program Audacity, Free sound effects and some podsafe music.

Mrs. Sawotka and Mrs. Schmidt helped the students organize their ideas and helped them to storyboard and then script their podcast. As this was also a writing project the students wrote their scripts.

During the board meeting, the students were introduced to the board, the board listened to the Podcast and then the students answered questions from the board.

Mrs. Roberts also mentioned to the board that they hope to post many Podcasts this year as other schools have done. In the spirit of Edward R. Murrow, it seems appropriate that our students report on what they are learning at school.

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Parties consider impact of possible wave of development on the Pawling Joint Sewer District
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Village of Pawling

Water District

Public Notice

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Pawling Central School District

Suspends use of public water supply for consumption or cooking.

Mayacama Golf & Lodging Club in California
Proposed Development Could Mirror This Development
On Property of the Former Starkdale Farm in Dover and Pawling

mayacama

Partners Made Presentation Of The Concept
To Joint Meeting of Pawling and Dover
Town Boards and Planning Boards On August 30, 2007

Local Youth & Graduates Page
To have an entry for your favorite local friend or family member on the Local Youth & Graduate Page, please submit text of up to 150 words and a photo in jpg to harlemherald@optonline.net

Dan Piazza

Dan Piazza
Pawling High School Class of 2006
Dan Piazza, a Peer Leader, top student and holder of the pole vault record at Pawling High School, has completed the first phase of the Indoctrination/Regimental System training that will continue through his four years at SUNY Maritime College. Piazza plans to enter the United States Coast Guard upon graduation from Maritime College. Senator Vincent Leibell obtained the prestigious scholarship to Maritime College for Piazza through the Cadet Appointment Program of the New York State Legislature. The purpose of the Regimental System training is to develop the individual's potential through discipline, poise, confidence, obedience, pride, an unyielding sense of duty and moral and ethical responsibility, physical fitness and mental agility, leadership, and an ability to perform well under varable and stressful conditions.

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Pawling & Millbrook
Youth Champions

Dutchess County Fair

Holstein & Brown Swiss
Competition

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Pawling

Castagna & Westage

Plan Medical Complex &
Continuing Care Retirement Community

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Rupert "Rup" Winters

World War II Hero
Honored Posthumously

Pawling Resident Philip Fennell helps his uncle receive recognition

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County Executive William Steinhaus

Moves to link regional trails in

Dutchess County

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Village of Pawling

$225,000
Federal Highway Funding

Liffland, Osborn ensure the Village will receive the funding

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Town of Pawling
Parkland & Facilities
Master Plan

Town Board Committee
Submits First
Recommendations

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Former Starkdake Farm
West Dover Road in both
Pawling and Dover/Wingdale

Pawling & Dover Meeting August 30

Legal Notice Released
August 20, 2007

Boards will meet for potentially historical informational meeting on August 30 in Lathrop Center at Lakeside Park in Pawling

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New Sidewalk
On East Main Street
Village of Pawling

Will Accentuate

Flagpole Donated by
Pawling Bicentennial
Committee in 1976

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Village of Pawling
Street Crew

Renovation of Reservoir Road Using $20,000 State Grant

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Helen G. Daniels

Historical Facts of
Pawling, 1963

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Pawling Beekman Roller Hockey

Amazing Grass-Roots Community Success Story
In 11th Season

Dykeman Farm Sweetcorn
West Dover Road in Wingdale

Story and Photos

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Lakeside Sharks

Pawling Recreation Department

Suzanne Mayette Leads Sharks Into Fourth Season

Story and Photo Gallery

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Supervisor Coursen
Invites Cooperation on Economic Development

Recommends allowing convenience store at Route 22 and River Road gas station

Read Story

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Mercury (Hg)
content of the lightbulbs is indicated on both the packaging and the product.

Steinhaus asks the public to dispose of these lightbulbs at county's Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Days.

Read Steinhaus Press Release

Adopt A Thoroughbred

Exceller Farm
Open House 2007
in Poughquag

Parade of adoptable Thorouhbreds

Lipizzan Show

At Exceller Farm
Fifth Annual Open House

Story & Photo Gallery

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Samantha Turner
Graduates from
Plymouth State University

Story and Photo

Read how to send your graduate
story and photo to the
Harlem Valley Herald

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Pawling High School

Valedictorian
Michael Mascarenhas
Salutatorian
Adam Bogert

Interviews

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Top Three Students: Michael Mascarenhas, Jen Hand, Adam Bogert, Pawling High School Class of 2007.

Pawling High School
Local Scholarships

Community Donates Record $61,850 in Scholarships for Students

Complete List of
Scholarships