01/30/13 The Raw Verplank News Feed

COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR VERPLANCK, NY

• Peekskill Council Meeting Postponed, Centenarian to be Honored, Congress Passes Sandy Aid_{2013-01-29, 06:07 am}
  ... honor Jessie Ward, who turned 104 in October. 3.) Harbor at Charles Point Hosts Book Signing & After Party Sunday Verplanck resident Peggy S Imm-Anesi is having a signing and after party at the Harbor At Charles Point on Feb. 2 for her book ...
• Eagle Fest is Coming to Peekskill, Cortlandt _{2013-01-28, 07:05 pm}
  ... nal eagle viewing sites located at the Kathryn W. Davis RiverWalk Center in Sleepy Hollow, Steamboat River Park in Verplanck, Riverfront Green Park in Peekskill, and Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison.
• What To Do This Week Around Cortlandt _{2013-01-28, 06:36 am}
  ... the Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones series. The library is at 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose. Eagle Monitoring at Verplanck Dock: 3 to 5 p.m. Continuing Thursdays in January and February, join members of the Sawmill River Audubon at the Verplanck ...
• River life, 1/27 _{2013-01-27, 03:00 am}
  ... degrees. The halos are caused by the refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. -- Robert Anderson Verplanck: We met with other Saw Mill River Audubon members at Steamboat Dock in Verplanck for an eagle monitoring program. We noted ...
• Staniewicz realizing lifelong dream _{2013-01-25, 08:08 pm}
  ... his home on South Street in Union. "I'm a baseball junkie," admitted Zach Staniewicz, who moved to Union from Verplanck, N.Y. in 2008 with his mom, Cathy Staniewicz, in search of a lower cost of living and warmer weather. Staniewicz, 26, began ...

01/23/13 Native Son Of Verplanck, Edward W. Murray of Buchanan, died Jan. 10 at Hudson Valley Hospital Center. He was 98.

Born May 21, 1914, in Verplanck, he was the son of Edward and Anastasia Murray. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan and Verplanck. He was married to Julia Driscoll Murray, who predeceased him.

He worked as a supervisor and later a traffic manager for Standard Brands in Peekskill. After retiring, he worked as a consultant for the Standard Brands corporate office in New York to provide historical information for the legal department.

A Navy veteran, Murray served as a chief boatswain's mate in the Atlantic fleet at Solomons, Md., during World War II. In his retirement, he enjoyed traveling, family gatherings, the New York Yankees, the New York Giants and sitting by the Hudson River.

Murray is survived by two daughters, Sharon (David) Klebe of Monroe, Conn., and Kathleen Harrison of Pine Bush, N.Y.; a grandson; many nieces and nephews; and his friend and caregiver of many years, Cesare Pasquale.

01/22/13 Get Those Kids In School

Wednesday, Jan. 23 - Kindergarten Registration: 1 to 3 p.m. Families can register their children at Buchanan-Verplanck, Furnace Wood or Frank G. Lindsey Elementary School for the 2013-2014 school year. A registration packet and contact information for individual schools can be found on the Hendrick Hudson School District website.
                                                     
http://www.henhudschools.org/