The Kent Police Department offers what it calls a “dark house” program. A homeowner who plans to be away can go to police headquarters; in the lobby is a Dark House form. A filled-out form will lead officers to regularly check on one’s house. The department is the building just to the left when one […]
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The New York State Federation of Lake Associations offers an interesting guide to taking care of lakes such as ours. One can click below, where the letters state, in blue, “Diet for a Small Lake,” to view it as a PDF. And, yes, that is the name! Diet for a Small Lake
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The Highlands Current, itself a donation-funded nonprofit, presents a list of community organizations to which one might want to donate funds: Last-Minute Giving Guide 2022 Thanks to Judy Rosenbaum for finding this.
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An orchard/farm with a view that reaches west and north across the Hudson Valley all the way to the Catskills, Fishkill Farms is in the neighborhood. There’s a farm store that makes available what’s coming in from the fields. There are spectacular baked-there pies and mostly ever-present cider donuts and coffee with which to enjoy
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Fiscal Year July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022 CASH ACCOUNTS HOLDINGS ON 6/30/22 $67,527.25 Checking $41,336.72 CD (mat. 3/27/2022) – 0.496% 1.781% APY $44,339.25 CD (mat. 10/30/21) -0.496% APY $0.00 Current Dues Receivable $0.00
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Trader Joe’s opened a new store this past August — it’s right there, just off the Taconic — at exit 17a (Route 202), in Yorktown Heights. It’s across a parking lot from a Lowe’s Hardware, and next to a large Starbucks. Across Route 22 is a gas station. According to Google Maps, the TJ’s is
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“Our new Thrift Shop to benefit people with disabilities is a great place for the guys in our Ambition In Motion (AIM) program to learn job skills like setting up a sales floor and stocking shelves. We’re open Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 208 Route 52 in Carmel. Stop by
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There are many hemlock trees around the lake. If you noticed that several branches are loosing their needles and, in general,the hemlock tree looks unhealthy they may infected. Around the lake the two most common and deadly pests are the Woolly Adelgid and Elongated Henmlock Scale. The Woolly Adelgid looks like little white woolly attachments
Deer present one of the greatest challenges to maintaining a garden in our area. Fences and sprays are often used to discourage them from devouring our plants. It is also possible to select plant that are deer resistant — although everyone will tell you that deer have an evolving palette that often expands to so-called
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