08/21/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Verplanck, NY

• What To Do In Cortlandt This Week _{2013-08-19, 06:27 am}
  ... hour. A chance for your young puppy to meet other pups and people. Family friendly. Lots of fun! $15. 260 6th St., Verplanck. Kicked Into Shape Boot Camp: 9:15 a.m. Taught by Ex-Rockette Jennifer Jiles. Feel free to bring your kids with toys, in ...
• Motorcycle Crashes Top Peekskill News This Week _{2013-08-16, 03:00 am}
  A 61-year-old Verplanck man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Thursday morning.
• What To Do Around Cortlandt This Weekend _{2013-08-15, 03:00 am}
  ... pups and people. Supervised play session, socialization and exercise for puppies under 6 months, $15. 260 6th St., Verplanck. Kicked Into Shape Boot Camp: 9:15 a.m. Join ExRockette Jennifer Jiles, get kicked into shape and have fun doing it! This ...
• Italian Festival in Peekskill; Zydeco Music in Verplanck _{2013-08-06, 03:00 am}
  ... Authentic Louisiana Zydeco Music When? 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 18) Where? The Red Schoolhouse , 220 6th Street in Verplanck Why go? How often do you get to hear this type of live music-a mix of blues and rhythm and blues with a heavy dose of ...
• What To Do In Cortlandt This Week _{2013-08-12, 06:45 am}
  ... Walking, Drop, Wait, Stay, Leave It, Release and Polite Greetings. $225. Canine Kindergarten, 260 6th Street, Verplanck. Matinee Movie: "Promised Land": 1.30 p.m. Our weekday matinee film series continues in the Community Room with "Promised Land" ...
• What To Do Around Cortlandt This Weekend _{2013-08-09, 05:58 am}
  ... people. Supervised play session, socialization and exercise for puppies less than 6 months old. $15. 260 6th St., Verplanck.
• Cortlandt Troopers Charge 18-Year-Old with DWI _{2013-07-26, 03:00 am}
  An 18-year-old from Verplanck is facing a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated following a recent arrest in Buchanan.
• Kinder Camp; $400 Million Powerball _{2013-07-23, 03:00 am}
  Learn more, or make an offer, on the Patch boards . 2) It's the second day of Kinder Camp at Buchanan-Verplanck Elementary School for students in the Hendrick Hudson district .
• What To Do In Cortlandt This Week _{2013-08-05, 05:45 am}
  ... pups and people. Supervised play session, socialization and exercise for puppies under 6 months, $15. 260 6th St., Verplanck. Tuesday, Aug. 6 Kicked Into Shape Boot Camp: 9:15 a.m. Join ex-Rockette Jennifer Jiles, get kicked into shape and have fun ...
• What To Do Around Cortlandt This Weekend _{2013-08-01, 03:00 am}
  ... pups and people. Supervised play session, socialization and exercise for puppies under 6 months, $15. 260 6th St., Verplanck.
• Josephine C. Acevedo, 93, Of Verplanck _{2013-07-22, 09:13 am}
  Acevedo was born Aug. 24, 1923, in Verplanck, daughter of Paul and Carmela Morabito.
• Douglas C. Miller, 95, Former Verplanck Resident _{2013-07-08, 01:00 pm}
  ... 1945 to 1946. He was a member of the American Legion Post 1030 - William J. Boyle. He was also a member of the Verplanck Senior Citizens. He worked for many years later in housekeeping at the FDR Veterans Hospital in Montrose. Miller is survived by ...
• 7 charged with DWI in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam _{2013-07-05, 03:00 am}
  ... while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, about 3 a.m. Thursday on Riverview Avenue in Verplanck. Christian J. Swiander, 24, of Cortlandt was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated about 3:35 a.m. Thursday on ...
• Declaration of Independence read at Stony Point _{2013-07-04, 03:00 am}
  ... Battlefield, learning about the period beneath the shade of one of the sites' older trees. Walter Ostrowski, of Verplanck, attended the event with his wife and two daughters and said the reading of the Declaration served as a reminder that people ...
• Dogs Enjoy Play, Stay At Cortlandt's Canine Kindergarten _{2013-07-03, 05:01 am}
  VERPLANCK, N.Y. Canine Kindergarten co-owner Lisa Smith doesn't think there is one particular aspect of her company that her customers appreciate.
• Fun Games Class Starts at Canine Kindergarten _{2013-07-03, 03:40 am}
  ... Canine Kindergarten is a daycare and boarding facility located in Northern Westchester at 260 6th Street,Verplanck, NY 10596. Canine Kindergarten offers 24-hour human supervision, 365 days a year. Services include daycare, boarding, grooming, ...
• Frederick Werner, 44, Of Verplanck, Computer Programmer _{2013-06-20, 03:00 am}
  ... by his mother. Calling hours are Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at The Cortlandt Funeral Home , 97 Broadway, Verplanck. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.m Saturday, at St. Augustine Church, 381 N. Highland Ave., Ossining. Interment ...
• Ronald D. Bleakey, 67, Of Verplanck, Navy Veteran, General Foreman _{2013-06-18, 03:00 am}
  Bleakey was born June 15, 1946, to John and Catherine McCrory Bleakley. He served in the United States Navy from 1965 to 1969.
• Towns briefs: Mount Gulian site to host talk, film _{2013-06-16, 03:00 am}
  ... Born a slave in Maryland in 1793, Brown escaped, made his way north to New York and was introduced to the Verplanck family, who owned Mount Gulian. The Verplancks became his employers and helped him legally acquire his freedom. Brown lived, worked ...
• Cortlandt Man Charged With Impersonating A Cop In Peekskill _{2013-05-21, 04:00 pm}
  ... police said. He was taken into custody without incident and held for arraignment. Albert Criado, 43, of Verplanck, was arrested on May 16 and charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a ...

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/

Two Days After Sandy Cortlandt Still Reeling

Two Days After Sandy Cortlandt Still Reeling

The Cortlandt Daily Voice

... highway system, where larger streets take precedent over small ones. The worst flooding was suffered in Verplanck and Croton. The Riveredge Trailer Park nearly met destruction when the Hudson River rose four feet, leaving carpets soaked and a one ...

Hurricane Sandy Slams Trailer Homes, Boats Around Verplanck

Hurricane Sandy Slams Trailer Homes, Boats Around

The Cortlandt Daily Voice

VERPLANCK, N.Y. Severe flooding from Hurricane Sandy's storm surge batteredVerplanck's Riveredge trailer park and Hudson Valley Marine boatyard, tossing 30-foot boats onto the roadway like toys, scattering debris across Veteran's Park and leaving Steamboat Dock Park partially under water.

Cortlandt Roads Blocked, Wires Still Down After Sandy

Cortlandt Roads Blocked, Wires Still Down After Sandy

The Cortlandt Daily Voice

... Cortlandt were still without power Tuesday following Hurricane Sandy. The Hudson River shoreline of the hamlet of Verplanck was severely flooded by Hurricane Sandy, which struck Monday afternoon and evening. The Hendrick Hudson School District will ...