New Fire Substation Proposal
The Board of Fire Commissioners of the Brewster-Southeast Joint Fire District is pleased to announce that its proposal for a new fire substation at 390 Milltown Road is scheduled for a vote at the Brewster Fire Department’s Charles K. Doyle Station One located at Route 312 and North Brewster Road from 6pm to 9pm on April 27, 2010. Full Story
One in a million
Aparna Nair-Kanneganti is one in a million.
The student at the Henry Wells Middle School in Brewster has taken secondplace honors in the New York State Geography Bee—a contest featuring one million school children from around the state. Full Story
Brewster kids excel in the arts
Children enrolled at the C.V. Starr Intermediate School are “strutting” their stuff this week after returning from the statewide Olympics of the Visual Arts competition in Saratoga with a gold and silver medal. Full Story
Civics
Upcoming Meetings
THURSDAY, APRIL 22 Southeast Town Bd. Work Session - 7:30pm – Town Hall Carmel ZBA – 7:30 PM – Town Hall
SAtURDAY, APRIL 24 Lake Carmel Park District’s Annual Spring Clean Up Day
MONDAY, APRIL 26 Kent Recreation Master Plan Public Workshop - 7pm – Town Hall
Southeast Planning Bd. Meeting - 7:30pm – Town Hall Full Story
Survivor Game a big hit at Carmel Middle School
The popular Survivor Game has taken on a new twist, thanks to the staff at the George Fischer Middle School library.
Students have discussed 16 books in recent weeks and voted for their favorites, which prevented them from being booted off the “island.” Full Story
Read and Share at Fulmar Road School
Reading role models from a variety of occupations traveled to the Fulmar Road Elementary School in Mahopac for an event tabbed “Read and Share.”
Two dozen adults volunteered their time and effort last week by reading a book principally about the spirit of wildlife, which is the school’s theme for the 2009-2010 school year. Full Story
Sifting Through the Sands of Time
Courier Archives
80 Years Ago 2 April 25, 1930
The State Should Bear the Burden
It is the evident purpose of the state to rebuild all main trunk highways so that traffic will not be delayed but expedited by the removal of curves and where possible avoid any local traffic to congest them. Against this we have no complaint. Full Story
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