| Town of Hillsdale
The Hillsdale website
has a comprehensive list of departments, hours and town meetings. Go to:
Hillsdale Directory
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| Town Meetings |
Third Tuesday of the month @ 7:30
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| Committee Meetings |
03/06: Hillsdale Hamlet Committee Meeting
9:00 am @ Town Hall
03/06: Farmer's Market Meeting
3:30 pm @ Town Hall |
Town Events
Quick Links
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Click on an underlined event for full details.
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| Transfer Station | Wednesday 7:30am-12noon
Saturday 7:30am-4:00pm
65 Holm Road
(518) 325-3844
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| Town Historian | Jay Rohrlich
jay.rohrlich@verizon.net
518-325-4956
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| Volunteer in Hillsdale | You can help, meet people and have fun!
Roe Jan Community Library
Roe Jan Park
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| Taconic Hills School Aquatic & Fitness Center | Hours for community use
Monday-Friday
6:00-7:20 am
5:30-8:30 pm
Saturday 9:00am-2:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm- 5:00pm
more info
Call 325.0432 for holiday hours and schedule updates
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| Resources | Cornell Cooperative Extension
(gardening, pest questions)
828-3346
Hawthorne Valley Farm
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Greetings!
As spring approaches Hillsdale is once again a hub of activity with many programs and events in the community. The Town Board is now busy preparing Hillsdale's 2010 Annual Report which will be published to the Hillsdale website shortly. In advance of the Annual Report we bring you a preview of Art Baer's Supervisor's Letter summarizing the many accomplishments of 2010 as well as a link to Hillsdale's 2010 Financial Statements. The Town Board: Art Baer, Town Supervisor, and Carmen Barbato, Peter Cipkowski, Augie Sena and Jill Sims-Elster. PS Please note that some e-mail servers cut off the end of the calendar and the newsletter. So if yours does not end with a little note from us, go to the very end and click on "view entire message." |
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Hillsdale Supervisor Issues Statement and Financials in Advance of the 2010 Annual Report
Following is the letter from Town Supervisor, Art Baer:
"2010 ended another great year of accomplishments for the Town:
- Town tax increases were again kept to 4 percent despite significant increases in mandated pension fund contributions and health insurance premiums, as well as reduced revenues from building permit fees.
- The Town acquired the former Roeliff Jansen Community Library for a price of $245,000. This was made possible by building funds previously set aside for the purchase and planned renovation.
- A comprehensive Hamlet Design & Development Plan was completed with significant input from a large group of residents.
- As a result of work by the Historic Preservation Committee, the historic hamlet of Hillsdale was placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
- In an effort to operate more efficiently, the Town entered into a joint service agreement with the towns of Canaan and Austerlitz for shared building inspection and zoning enforcement services.
- Our community parks continue to flourish:
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A dog run was opened at the Roe Jan Park in July.
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The Hamlet Park resurfaced the ball field.
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60 children participated in our Summer Youth Program.
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Feature length movies were shown at the Hamlet Park.
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Fund raising activities generated over $20,000 for park development.
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The Town received a $5,000 donation from the Hawthorne Valley School to help offset our fire protection costs in the northwest area of the Town.
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The Town hosted a conference of elected officials and engineers from across the state who are interested in building a sewer system similar to ours.
Many of the above activities will be discussed in more detail later in this [ed: the 2010 Annual Report] report. As always, the Town Board would appreciate your feedback and input on our efforts to continue to better serve our residents."
The Hillsdale 2010 Financial Statements can be view here.
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Events
For more information on town events, use the links at left, under "Town Events Quick Links."
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  March Events at Hawthorne Valley
Hawthorne Valley School
330 County Route 21C, Ghent
There are many events taking place in March at the Hawthorne Valley School for adults and kids alike:
Bread Baking for Parents and Children
Saturday, March 5th at 9:30 am
"The Flow of Life Between Forest and Field"
Part of the series "Knowing Your Farmscape"
Thursday, March 10th at 7:00 pm
Author Maggie Jackson: Finding Focus in an Age of Distraction
Friday, March 11 at 7:30 pm
"Billy Goats Gruff" at The Magical Puppet Tree Theatre
Saturday, March 12 at 1:00 and 2:00 pm
Screening of "Mother Nature's Child
Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30 pm |
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 Farmers Market to Plan for Season
Sunday, March 6
3:30 pm
Hillsdale Town Hall
The Hillsdale Farmers Market will hold its first meeting of the season on March 6. Any area vendors, entertainers and cooks wanting to be part of our wonderful market are welcome to email Willa Horton at willazoo@fairpoint.net |
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Roe Jan Historical Society Presents: A Victorian Program
Sunday, March 15
7:30 pm
At the Museum on Rte 344 and Miles Road, Copake Falls
Trunks and Travel: A 19th Century Journey in New York State
A lecture by Mary Jeanne Bialas.
The audience is part of the program in this lecture, which brings to life the customs, sights, and sounds of travel in late-19th-century New York State. To learn more click here. |
 Margaret Roach to Speak at Friends of Taconic State Park Benefit
Saturday, March 19 4:00 pm Copake Grange Join Friends of Taconic State Park and author Margaret Roach at a benefit in support of our Copake Iron Works furnace cover project. Margaret, the gardening blogger at A Way to Garden and former editorial director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, will read from and sign her new book, "And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road." She'll also present a slide presentation of her very special garden in Copake Falls. March 19th, 4:00 - 7:00 PM |
| Spend an Afternoon with Author Emily Rubin
Sunday, March 20
2:00 pm
Roeliff Jansen Community Library
Emily Rubin will read from her debut novel Stalina. Rubin's fiction has been published in the Red Rock Review, Confrontations, and HAPPY. She is a past nominee for the Pushcart Prize for her short story "Birthday 1953." In 2005, she began producing Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose, a reading series that takes place in Laundromats around the United States. She divides her time between New York City and Columbia County, New York with her husband, Leslie, and their dog, Sebastian |
| Free Family Book Discussion Series at the Roe Jan Library
Thursday, March 24
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
(this series runs through May 26th)
Roeliff Jansen Community Library
In a unique collaboration, the New York Council for the Humanities has joined forces with the Roeliff Jansen Community Library to offer Together-Book Talk for Kids and Parents, a family reading and discussion series that runs select Thursdays from March 24th to May 26th at the library.
The Together program is designed to promote lively, thought-provoking intergenerational dialogue between children ages 9 to 11 and their parent(s)/guardian(s). The program is free and open to the public, though pre-registration is required. Childcare and dinner is available at each session for participating families. The dates for the Together series are Thursdays, March 24th, March 31st, April 7th, April 28th, May 12th, and May 26th from 6:00-7:30pm. For more information click here. |
| Plan Ahead
April is Poetry Month at the Roe Jan Library
The Roe Jan Community Library will celebrate National Poetry Month in April with a wide ranging series of events, including poetry readings, speakers, films, and a poetry workshop at the Library's new facility. To learn more, including the full range of events, click here.
Columbia County Trails Conference
Saturday, April 2nd
Columbia-Greene Community College
Columbia Land Conservancy will host the first countywide trail conference for Columbia County on April 2, 2011. Town officials, volunteers, and residents interested in developing a trail in their own community will meet, discuss, and learn from experts in the field.
Conference highlights include a keynote presentation by Jeff Olson of Alta Planning, an internationally known trail planning firm; a panel of speakers from established, successful trails in Ulster and Saratoga counties, and the Champlain Canal region; and an update of activity by Columbia County trail groups. For more information contact Ellen Jouret-Epstein, Columbia Land Conservancy's Land Protection Manager, at 518.392.5252, ext. 208 or ellen@clctrust.org.
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 17, 1:30 pm
Hillsdale Hamlet Park
The Easter egg hunt will follow the breakfast at the Hillsdale Firehouse
Town Clean-up Day
Saturday, April 30, 9:00 am - noon
Hillsdale Town Garage on Old Town Road
Donations for Youth Programs accepted.
No household garbage -- no exceptions!
Roe Jan Park Spring Clean-Up Days
Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1
Roe Jan Park
Put it on your calendar! Experience spring in our gorgeous park with other Hillsdale neighbors, get some exercise, have some fun, and help the park! Refreshments will be served. More details to come.
Hudson Valley Choral Society Spring Concert
Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1
Locations and times will be posted at a later date on HVCS posters scattered around town. To learn more, click here. |
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Around the county and nearby
Winter Exploration tentatively at High Falls Public Conservation Area, Philmont.
Saturday, March 12, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Hawthorne Valley Farm
Join us for the last winter exploration of the season - we hope the ice will have melted by then and allow for reasonable footing in this steep ravine. If we are very very lucky, we might catch a glimpse of the earliest spring flowers. Most likely, we'll just observe the buds of trees and shrubs as they get ever closer to bursting... Please register with Claudia (fep@hawthornevalleyfarm.org) if you plan to come, so that we can give you last minute notice should a change in location become necessary.
Project Native Film Festival
March 27 at the Triplex, Great Barrington
A collection of award-winning features and short films to educate, inspire and enrage and engage.
In honor of Project Native's 10th anniversary attend a one day 'environmental film festival." A variety of films will be shown on a wide range of environmental topics. Films will range from 90-minute features to a series of short films. To learn more click here. |
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A Thank You and Request for Volunteers
And last but certainly not least, the Town Board and the Communications Committee would like to thank Iona Lutey for her years of work and creativity as creator and editor of this eNewsletter and calendar. Iona is moving on to other projects and will be missed in this role.
Thanks Iona!
Volunteers?
Production of the newsletter typically involves 3 days of work (a few hours each day) to post and edit content as it comes in at the end of the month. More importantly, we need your ideas to move Hillsdale into the 21st century. Some computer aptitude is required but we'll train you on our newsletter publishing software, Constant Contact. Plus, you get to do something great for the community!
If interested, please email us here at: hillsdalecalendar@gmail.com
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Hello!
We want this newsletter to be useful to you, so please tell us what we can do better and tell us about your events! Contact us at hillsdalecalendar@gmail.com by the 15th of the month before your event, or as soon as you know about it.
Sincerely,
Peter Cipkowski, Communications Chair, Town Board
Christopher Ross, editor
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