| 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 |
05/01: Hillsdale Hamlet Committee Meeting
9:00 am @ Town Hall
5/5: Friends of the RJ Library Meeting. 10:30 at the Library |
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 unfolds in Hillsdale there are lots of things to put on your to-do list. For starters, this weekend is Clean-up Day and the Town Highway crew will be available on Saturday at the Town Garage to discard your unwanted items. Also, volunteers are wanted to tidy up the Roe Jan Park this weekend.
While you're marking your calendars, don't forget to note Opening Day at the Hillsdale Farmers Market and the 3rd Annual Hillsdale Flea Market. Both of these events will share the Hamlet Park on May 28. These and many more events are included below.
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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 Registration Open!
Now is the time to register your kids for Hillsdale's popular six-week summer program in the Roe Jan Park. The beautiful setting has inspired a program that's grounded in the great outdoors - trails, stream, fields, covered pavilion and all that glorious sand in the sand volley ball court!
Joseph Raco is the new program director and is looking forward to building on the success of the last two years. Forms and more information are located here and in Town Hall. The deadline is May 15 |
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 The Hillsdale Farmers Market Opens on May 28
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
In the Hillsdale Hamlet Park
The Hillsdale Farmers Market is pleased to post our vendors for this coming summer. Opening day is May 28 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. We will be joined on this date with the Hillsdale Flea market. What a great way to launch the summer season.
So far the line up is ...
- Berkshire Mountain Bakery -Bread
- Bill's Busy Bees - Local honey
- Calico Studio Simple Soaps - Hand made soaps
- Earthborn Garden -Vegetables
- Fox Hill Beef - Grass feed beef and Papa dogs.
- Honey Dog Farms - Garlic, Honey, Sunflowers and more
- Your Spice for life - Spices
- Little Apple Farm - Locally grown apples
- Markristo Farm -Bedding plants, vegetables starts, pre-washed lettuce mix and vegetables
- New leaf farm - Vegetables, starter plants and cut flowers
- Pleasant view Perennials -Bedding plants, potted arrangements
- Ry-Ky Ranch -Grass fed lamb,pork
- White Oak Farm -Veggies, Berries , garlic and much more
Along with guest chefs, book signings and sales of rain barrels, the Market will still have our favorite local musicians "The Hillsdale Hillbillies" and this season we will have guest musicians as well. We are looking forward to a great summer in Hillsdale so mark your
calendars!
May 28: The Hillsdale Hillbillies, Marilyn Miller, Bob Alonge,
Betsi Krisniski, Eva Cappelli and the Watershops Band, Chrissy Budzinski
June 4: The Hillsdale Hillbillies and Marilyn Miller
June 18: The Hillsdale Hillbillies and David Hodge
July 2: The Hillsdale Hillbillies
July16: The Hillsdale Hillbillies, Eva Capell and Bob Alonge
July 30: The Hillsdale Hillbillies
August 6: The Hillsdale Hillbillies
August 20: The Hillsdale Hillbillies, Chrissy Budzinski
Sept 3: The Hillsdale Hillbillies, Chuck Williams
Sept 17: The Hillsdale Hillbillies
Oct 1: The Hillsdale Hillbillies
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Plan Ahead for the Hillsdale Flea Market
Hillsdale's Third Annual Flea Market will take place on Saturday, May 28 with a rain date of Sunday, May 29.
Plan ahead to reserve a space (email: hillsdalenyflea@gmail.com)
You can also donate items to be sold.
Drop Off Saturdays:
April 16, April 30 or May 14 at
37 Maple Street (Red Barn behind the Hamlet Park).
You can also call Steve Tiger (325-4664) to arrange a drop off.
Proceeds from the Flea Market benefit the Hillsdale Hamlet Committee and their efforts to improve the town's center.
Updates regarding this event will be posted to the Hillsdale website here. |
Events
For more information on town events, use the links at left, under "Town Events Quick Links."
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 Roe Jan Park Spring Clean-Up Days
Saturday, April 30, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Rain Date: Sunday, May 1, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Roe Jan Park
Help get the Roeliff Jansen Park ready for a busy warm weather season. Join other volunteers to help clean and prune along trails, prepare the dog run for the season, paint the barn, prepare the farmhouse and community gardens for planting, etc.
Many hands make light work! And as a thank you to volunteers for their hard work, on Saturday the park will even serve lunch for all volunteers! |
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Town Clean-Up Day
Saturday, April 30
9:00 am - Noon
Hillsdale Garage on Old Town Road
It's a sure sign of spring (believe it or not) when Clean-up Day is
announced. Later this month, Saturday, April 30th, the crew from the
Highway Department will be available to help unload your car and
trash your old stuff at the Town Garage on Old Town Road. We'll be
open from 9:00 am to noon.
Donations will be gratefully accepted to support our summer youth program.
Remember - no household garbage, no toxins
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Upcoming Film Screenings at the Roeliff Jansen Library
Roe Jan Library
Movie nights are free of charge
Animation Night: Tangled
(2010, PG, 100 min)
May 5, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
When the kingdom's most wanted - and most charming - bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair.
Moms: A Celebration of Real Mothers, with talk by producer Peter Odabashian
(1998, NR, 56 min)
May 7, 7:00 pm
This documentary celebrates the spirit, strength, and diversity of motherhood. Viewers hear stories from mothers from all walks of life. These strong women give candid advice, confess frustrations, share proverbs, describe lovely memories as well as silly anecdotes, and dish out wisdom.
Kolya
(1996, PG-13, 105 min)
May 13, 7:00 pm
In Soviet Czechoslovakia, middle-aged concert cellist and bachelor Frantisek Louka (Zdenek Sverak) is strapped for cash, reduced to playing funerals, when a chance relationship results in his caring for a 5-year-old Russian boy, Kolja (Andrei Chalimon). Political turmoil is imminent on the eve of the Velvet Revolution, while Louka's own emotional upheaval is just as unpredictable in this heartwarming, Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning tale.
Learn more about the library's free film screenings by visiting the website. |
| May Events at Hawthorne Valley
Hawthorne Valley Farm
The are many great events for adults and kids alike in May at Hawthorne Valley Farm
Sunday, May 1, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
$65
Spring Herbs at the Farm
Join in gathering herbs from Hawthorne Valley Farm's cultivated garden and from the wild. Learn to transform these herbs into practical, helpful plant-infused oils. Price includes lunch. Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center. For more information: 518-672-7500 x 231 or margo@hawthornevalleyfarm.org.
Wednesday, May 4, 7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation
FILM SCREENING / U.S. PREMIERE: Milk War
An organic dairy farm in Canada raided by armed officers, products destroyed, and the farmer charged with 20 criminal offenses for distributing unpasteurized (raw) milk. This documentary tells the story. Q&A with the director to follow. A James Beard nominee. Hawthorne Valley School Hall. For more information: 518-672-5808.
Friday, May 6, 7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
FILM SCREENING: Queen of the Sun: What are the bees telling us?
A critically-acclaimed, award-winning examination of the global bee crisis featuring Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, Gunther Hauk, and beekeepers from around the world. Hawthorne Valley School Hall. 518-672-5808.
Saturday, May 7, 12:00 to 4:00 pm
Hawthorne Valley Spring Fair
Celebrate Spring and honor the honeybee with music, games, puppet shows, children's activities, beekeeper demonstrations, delicious food, and more! Free admission.
Puppet shows ($4/ticket) at 1, 2, and 3 pm. For more information: 518-672-5808.
Saturday, May 7, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Farmscape Ecology Program Spring Flower Walk
A celebration of the amazing diversity of wildflowers in our own backyard! Come explore Phudd Hill and the Floodplain Forest at Hawthorne Valley. The walk is free, but please register in advance: 518-672-7994 or fep@hawthornevalleyfarm.org.
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Hudson Valley Choral Society Spring Concert
Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1st
9:00 am - Noon
The Hudson Valley Choral Society will present its spring concert Saturday evening, April 30 and Sunday afternoon May 1.
Randall Thompson's "The Peaceable Kingdom" will be presented along with an amazingly beautiful rendition of "Shenandoah" and other pieces. Conducted by Gretchen Rueckheim. For more information click here. |
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Early Spring Bird Walk
Sunday, May 1
Meet at the Bookbarn on Rodman Road
08:00 am
Susan Schreck will lead this walk. Birders can meet at the Bookbarn on Rodman Road at 8:00 am. We will walk up Rodman Road to the swamp which is just south of Wolf Hill Road where we hope to see heron nesting as well as other migrating birds. |
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 Wildflower Walk
Sunday, May 15
Roeliff Jansen Park
10:00 am
Join two local wildflower experts for a walk along the Roe Jan Kill on the west side of the Roeliff Jansen Park to find spring blooms. You are sure to see things you wouldn't find on your own and to learn lots about wildflowers. Our guides, Edward and Janice Goldfrank, have spent 35 years studying and documenting wildflowers. Meet at the kiosk by the parking lot on the east side. Wear foot gear that can get muddy. |
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Let Loose the Dogs of War: NY in the American Civil War
Tuesday, May 17
Roe Jan Historical Society
At the museum in Copake Falls - Rte 344 and Miles Road
7:30 pm
A lecture by Robert W. Arnold III
New York supplied more men, money and material in the Civil War than any other state North or South, but New Yorkers responded to the Civil War in diverse and often contradictory fashions. Concentrating mainly on the home front, this presentation will examine a sample of those responses and some individuals who exemplify them, put in the political, social and military contexts of the war. It will look at the social costs of the war as they played out in the farms and cities of the Empire State, in families, workplaces and neighborhoods and the transition that went with it from an era of reform to the Gilded Age. |
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 Kite Day at the Roe Jan Park
Wednesday, May 21
Roeliff Jansen Park
10:00 am
Rain date: May 22
Catch the wind!
Fly your kite in the wide open fields of the park. Meet other kite flyers. Learn about the wind from outdoor educator Fran Martino. A limited number of kites will be available for purchase. |
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Friends of the Library Speaker Series
Sunday, May 15
Roeliff Jansen Library
2:00 pm
Local award-winning author and illustrator and Chatham resident, Emily Arnold McCully will discuss illustration as a narrative tool, picture books, story and history.
Sunday, May 22
Roeliff Jansen Library
04:00 pm
Science writer and Hillsdale resident Jeff Wise will speak about his latest book, Extreme Fear, the Science of Your Mind in Danger.
Learn more about the Library Speaker Series here. |
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Plan Ahead
Hillsdale Farmers Market Days Anounced
In the Hamlet Park
May 28
June 4,18
July 2,16,30
August 6,20
Sep 3,17
Oct 1
Roe Jan Community Library Benefit Golf Tournament
Sunday, June 12
Undermountain Golf Course, Copake
Dual shotgun 18-hole 2-person scramble. Men's women's, mixed teams. Great prizes. Breakfast goodies, lunch, chicken BBQ.
3rd Annual Hillsdale Historic House Tour
Saturday, August 13
10:00 am
Tour 4+ houses in the area that was once the lands of early resident Peter Crary.
Roe Jan Library Benefit Walk-a-thon and BBQ
Sunday, August 28
5K walk-a-thon ending in the park, folowwed by BBQ with pulled pork, chicken and lots of side dishes. Live music.
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Around the County and Nearby
Hudson Valley Songest 6
Club Helsinki
Hudson, NY
Saturday, May 14, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
The 6th annual Hudson Valley SongFest is scheduled for May 14 at Club Helsinki in Hudson. Produced by Columbia Arts Tea, a locally-based not-for-profit performing arts company, the Songfest enables area songwriters, musicians and performers to have access to major music industry professionals and hit songwriters, and learn about the latest trends and changes that affect the music business. To learn more click here.
Flying Deer Nature Center Benefit
At Sundog Solar, 343 Route 295, Chatham, NY
Saturday, May 14th
Come celebrate with Flying Deer our local heroes, Mary Hyman MD, Claudia and Conrad Vispo of Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology, Michelle and Devin, marking their 10th anniversary as Flying Deer Co-Directors. Music by Members of Gaia Roots. Learn more and register here. |
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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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