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Sybil Ludington was a teenager during the Revolutionary War and may have taken a ride more dangerous than Paul Revere's. As part of our summer road trip series, "Honey Stop the Car," we visit a statue to Ludington in New York's Hudson River Valley.

               

      

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Wood Pellets, Ice Melt, Beer Moves From Shelves in New Milford as Storm Sweeps In

New Milford center around noon Friday, before the storm really got rolling in town

NEW MILFORD—At noon, the town’s public library closed five hours ahead of schedule, and that’s about the same time that local businesses in the town center and along Routes 7 and 202 began a systematic shut down.

By then, many had gotten what they needed and weathered the rush of people readying for the potentially historic Friday-into-Saturday winter storm some are calling Nemo.

At the Agway of New Milford on Housatonic Avenue, manager Chris Shaw said that within 24 hours the store sold somewhere near 15 tons of wood pellets, as well as half of its inventory in fire logs, ice melting agents, snow shovels and snow tubes “for the kids.”

“Pretty much anything you can buy to keep warm we’ve been selling out of,” said Mr. Shaw, though neither of the two New Milford Agway locations had generators in stock despite the demand.

Meanwhile businesses that specialize in a different kind of winter storm stockpiling experienced a notable but predictable rush during the morning. At Midway Liquor on Park Lane Road, owner Sharon Jalbert said in a weather big event there isn’t one particular thing that movest fastest.

“We were quite busy yesterday and first thing this morning,” she said, “with everything: beer, wine and liquor.”

Back in the center of town, Caitlin McAvoy, who co-owns the Bank Street bake shop Sugar Hoot, said the lack of foot traffic in blizzard conditions gives her little reason to stay open.

She did, however, have five cake orders for this weekend, so there was a demand for her to be present.

The Bank Street Book Nook does estimable business during winter storms as the desire to hunker down with a good book increases. But here’s the kicker: According to owner Janet Olsen Ryan, that demographic skews toward people of the male persuasion.

“There’s usually a rush, and it’s usually men,” said the owner, before peering down an aisle at a woman with two children free of the demands of school for the day. “But we do also get moms with kids.”
 

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Carter's Trading Post wants your stuff

When Tom Harding is looking for hunting and fishing equipment, his first stop is Carter's Trading Post on Park Lane Road, Route 202 in New Milford.

Harding is a regular, stopping in nearly daily to get first dibs on a vintage duck decoy or nearly new rod and reel.

"I shop at the Trading Post and put some items in there for sale," Harding said. "I sell at the flea markets, myself."

"In all my dealings with Kelly (owner Kelly Carter), he's been very fair. He'll always give you the best deal he can," Harding added.

Carter's Trading Post is by the Midway Market. Carter calls it "a store of the people." Folks seem to like it and business is thriving, he said.

From an authentic butcher's block for $300 to a National washboard of glass and wood for $13, the Trading Post offers a range of items both vintage and new.

"What I ask is for folks to take stuff they have around the house and don't use and let us make money on it for them," Carter said.

If a local buyer can't be found, Internet sales through Carter's often bring buyers from Brazil to Bangkok, he said.

"We can help collectors find items. We have one collector whose interest is cameras. As soon as a new camera comes in, we contact him to give him the first look," said Carter, noting that more than 100 collectors are registered with the store.

Rachel Bennett, who works at the Trading Post, said Carter's is not just a consignment shop, nor just an antiques shop. It's a trading post in the old-fashion sense of the term. They buy, sell and trade just about anything.

Although items can be found like a vintage Hofbauer bird collection cut-glass oval bowl, even those go for reasonable prices, she said. Asking price for that bowl is $85.

"If it's old, new or cool, we want it," Bennett said. "We've even sold some classic cars for people."

Fliers are handed out to shoppers stopping by the Trading Post, letting them know what items people are looking for. Find an item for which the Trading Post has a buyer, and you make money, too, Carter said.

"My grandmother Ethel Prince had the Browse Around Shop in New Milford for years," Carter noted. "This has always been a passion for me. I love doing it."

Carter's Trading Post, 92 Park Lane Road (Route 202), is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Email photos of items for consideration for sale to carterstradingpost@yahoo.com or call 860-671-8305 to arrange viewing.

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Webster Bank robber faces sentencing

The last of three suspects in a January 2011 Webster Bank robbery will be sentenced March 1.

Micah Joel Thaisz, 26, of New Milford, pleaded guilty to first-degree accessory to robbery on Dec. 18, 2012, in Superior Court in Litchfield.

Thaisz was facing a series of accessory and conspiracy charges in the Jan. 18, 2011, armed robbery of the 53 Main St. Webster Bank branch in New Milford.

His attorney, Chris Cosgrove, declined Wednesday to comment on details regarding any possible plea deal Thaisz may have accepted from the State Attorney'sOffice in Litchfield.

Thaisz was the roommate of Preston Hanlon, 29, who held up the bank with an air gun, escaped by HART bus and then engaged New Milford police in a five-hour stand-off at the apartment he and Thaisz shared.

Both Hanlon and Thaisz gave police sworn written statements implicating one another's role in the robbery, court documents show.

Thaisz acknowledged that he knew and helped Hanlon plan the robbery and subsequently provided Hanlon with a air soft handgun, a white Adidas sweatshirt and black ski mask used by Hanlon in the robbery, according to court documents.

Hanlon was sentenced in October 2011 to 15 years in prison, to be suspended after 5 years on a first-degree armed robbery conviction in the crime.

As part of his plea deal, Hanlon agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of his two co-defendants, Thaisz and Serena Viccaro.

Viccaro, 22, a teller at the bank who Hanlon said was an accomplice in the crime, was found not guilty by a jury in October 2012.

     

New Milford board approves $60.21 million budget

In a show of support for fully funding town schools, the Board of Education approved a $60.21 million proposed budget Wednesday.

In a vote of 6 to 1, with one member absent, the board approved the full amount proposed by Schools Superintendent JeanAnn Paddyfote.

The $60,214,148 budget represents a 4.62 percent increase over the present year.

"We don't know where this budget will go," said Board Chairman Wendy Faulenbach. "If we do get drastic cuts, we will be making an impact on the system that I will not be proud of. We will be going backwards."

The sole vote against the proposal came from board member David Lawson. He argued for the elimination of pay-to-play and to add one full-time social worker at the high school.

The budget increases pay-to-play from $75 to $125 -- a one-time, annual student fee to participate in sports. New Milford High School now has two social workers.

"One social worker to every 700 students at the high school is not acceptable," Lawson said. "I hope we don't have more than one crisis on any given day."

He added, "I will support the budget as approved by the majority of the board members, even though I don't feel it is fully meeting the needs of our district."

Board member William Wellman was absent for the vote, but said Tuesday that he felt the budget should be "returned to the superintendent for cuts to bring the increase to zero."

Wellman said the economic situation has not improved for many members of the community and has worsened for others.

The $2.65 million increase breaks down as a 3.79 percent increase in operating expenses and an additional $473,115 increase in capital expenses.

A total of $100,000 in the capital budget is undesignated, leaving money to be used for security enhancements still to be determined.

Five school security guards are included at a cost of $112, 500 -- one for each of the three elementary schools and one each at Sarah Noble Intermediate School and Schaghticoke Middle School. They will be stationed at the schools' entrance.

The security guards will not fill the same role as the two school resource officers supplied by the police department, Paddyfote said.

Other factors in the budget proposal are increases to the medical insurance account of $1.87 million; the special education account of $345,902; and non-certified salaries of $151,794.

State mandated common core standards for education and for teacher and administrator evaluations, also drove budget increases.

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 Willie Wright never really played the lottery, his family said.

Fortunately, his fiancée did.

Karlissa Stroman’s gift of a $5 scratch-off ticket made the 34-year-old Wright a $1 million winner. She bought him the New York Lottery 20X the Cash scratch-off game that ended up being worth the top prize.

“He doesn’t like scratch-offs; he hates when I do them,” Stroman said.

The 25-year-old gave her fiancé the ticket on Jan. 22, after she got home from running errands. She bought it at the Smokes 4 Less on Main Street in the City of Poughkeepsie.

Her decision “changed his life,” said Willie’s brother Shawn Wright, 32.

“They were in their room and suddenly … I heard, ‘Oh my God,’ ” Shawn Wright said. “At first, I didn’t believe it when they showed me.”

Looking at the winning ticket was surreal, Shawn Wright said.

“She (Stroman) came out of the room shaking,” Shawn Wright said. “I was overwhelmed actually.”

The prize money is paid out at $50,000 a year for 20 years. After taxes, the annual check will be $33,090.

The Town of Poughkeepsie man still seemed surprised about the big win when Jina Myers of the New York Lottery presented him and two other Hudson Valley winners with ceremonial checks on Wednesday at the lottery’s Customer Service Center in Fishkill.

“I don’t have any big (spending) plans right now, I might give some to the family,” Willie Wright said. “I’m pretty shocked, too.”

The other Hudson Valley lottery winners are from Westchester County.

Tawanna Turner of Hartsdale won $2 million playing Powerball with the Power Play option. She’ll get a lump sum payment of $1,323,600 after taxes.

Michael Hurley and Sandra DeRaffele of New Rochelle won $1 million playing Powerball and chose to split the winnings. Each will get a lump sum payment of $330,900 after taxes.

Shawn Wright and his family are very happy for his brother, he said.

“Everyone’s shocked. ... They’re kind of quiet,” he said of the couple.

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Stroman said she’ll keep playing the lottery, especially the scratch-off tickets.

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 AARP defensive driving course to be held; more Grinnell Library will host an AARP defensive driving course 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 21 at the library, 2642 E. Main St.

Participants will learn current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate a vehicle more safely as well as how to accommodate common age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.

After completing the course, participants will receive a certificate to be presented for a possible reduction in insurance premiums.

Registration will cost AARP members $17 and nonmembers $19.

Visit the library to register or call 845-297-3428.

Beekman seeks road item bids

BEEKMAN – The Town seeks bids for highway materials and supplies for 2013.

Bids will be accepted for providers of cast-iron grates and frames and concrete basins to be delivered f.o.b., tar and latex bituminous road materials, bituminous mix hot and cold and bituminous concrete (blacktop), both hot and cold, blue quarry stone, tailings, R.O.B. gravel, washed sand and gravel, grits, washed stone, Item 4, ice control sand and topsoil, screened and unscreened recycled crushed aggregate, and tree work, according to the town.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Bids must be marked clearly for each item, sealed and received by 11 a.m. Jan. 3.

Bids must also include a non-collusion certificate.

Town Hall is at 4 Main St., Poughquag.

Call 845-724-5300, ext. 221.

Groups support shoes for kids

NEW PALTZ – The Susie Reizod Foundation announced it has received several grants to assist in its mission to provide new shoes to children who need them.

Grants awarded include $8,000 from the UPS Foundation to help children in Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Columbia and Greene counties three times per year; $4,000 from the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust to benefit children in the western region of the United States; and $1,500 from the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation to help children from low-income families in the Midwest region who were impacted by tornadoes in March.

For more information, call 845-255-9708.

2 children 'caught' helping others

WAPPINGERS FALLS – The Kiwanis Club of Poughkeepsie presented its first elementary school Catching Kids Caring awards recently, honoring two students from LaGrange and Myers Corners elementary schools for significant actions on behalf of fellow students and their community.

Shelby Harvey was recognized for donating $100 of her household chore and allowance money to the Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Sean Mahoney was recognized for befriending, mentoring and tutoring a student from Egypt.

The club held a ceremony at DCH Wappingers Falls Toyota and awarded $25 Barnes & Noble git cards to each student.

For more information, call 845-486-7100.