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February 2013

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February Meeting Notes

Highlights of the February FleischmannsFirst Meeting:

Meeting was called to order at9:30am.

Bridge Committee reported that it willbe meeting with Assemblyman PeteLopez to discuss the need for a ve-hicular bridge-see article on page 1.

Maple Festival plans are under way-Save the Date below. Please notethat candidates for Maple Princess orPrince must be 7- 12 years of age.Contact Peg Kearney or Jeanine Pas-carella for applications for Maple Prin-cesses/Princes. Baker applications forMaple Bake Off are available atwww.markproject.org

Community Garden application toDEP in progress.

Fleischmanns Theater-the contractfrom the State for the $200,000 grant

has come through. Committee meet-ing to be set up shortly.

Memorial Street Fair-May 25, 2013-email notification sent to vendors.Contact Yvonne Reuter for informa-tion

Meeting was adjourned at 10am; Fleisch-manns Forum, Park Presentation fol-lowed-see article page 3.

March Fleischmann First Monthly Meet-ing-March 9th, 9:30am La Cabana

***CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS***

Assemblyman Lopez Visits Fleischmanns

Mayor Todd Pascarellainvited Assemblyman PeteLopez to visit Fleisch-manns on Friday, February8, 2013. Despite the pre-dictions of high winds andblizzard-like snow condi-tions, Pete Lopez kept theappointment and toured

the Village with Todd Pas-carella, Larry Reilly, Chairof the Planning Board andVillage FEMA liaison andTrustee Harriet Grossman.

The focus of the tour was on those areas adversely affected by HurricaneIrene and for which applications for FEMA funding are still pending. This,of course, includes the park. It was cold and windy and the snow was be-ginning to fall during the walk through town. Assemblyman Lopez listenedto the issues and asked pointed questions. A meeting with representativesof Fleischmanns Firsts Bridge Street Bridge Committee took place at theVillage offices.

Assemblyman Lopez is no stranger to devastation caused by flooding

streams. He lives in a small town in Schoharie County which was also ad-versely affected by the Hurricane. He is familiar with the detail and intrica-cies of FEMA and most importantly agreed to work with Fleischmanns Vil-lage leaders to move the process forward.

With regard to the bridge replacement he is wondering about the length of

the span of the bridge that Department of Public Works says is required.

He understands the Villages strong desire to have vehicular access be-

tween Wagner Avenue and Main Street via Bridge Street and appreciates

the difficulty that the lack of direct access is causing residents and busi-

nesses as well. Assemblyman Lopez seems a worthy advocate for our

Village! We thank him for his visit and attentiveness to our issues.

SAVE THE DATE

March 22 Crowning of the Maple Princess-Skene LibraryMarch 23 Pick up a Maple savory meal from Ate O Ate Food Truck, parked from

1-6pm at The Maple Bake-Off Caf, Main Street.

Maple Bake-Off Caf returns to Main Street, 4-6pm, $15 entrance feeincludes music, coffee, tea, maple sugar cookies, maple walnut ice creamcourtesy of Pine Hill/Fleischmanns Rotary-bake off Judging and Ribbonawards at 5pm

March 24 Maple Pancake Breakfast, in conjunction with Fleischmanns CommunityChurch, 8-11am, $7 adults, children 12 and under free


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Page 2 - FLEISCHMANNS FLYER - February 2013

March Calendar

March 9th Saturday, Fleischmanns First Monthly Meeting at 9:30am, La CabanaCome & meet your neighbors and support your village.Saturday, Village Election Voter Registration at the Skene Memorial Library

March 11th Monday, Village Board Meeting at 6:00pm at Skene Memorial Library

March 16th Fleischmanns Playground Fundraiser

March 19th Village Elections

March 22, 23, 24 Maple Festival

The Village Planning Board Meeting, as needed, (1st Tuesday) @ 5:30 pm, Skene LibraryZoning Board Meeting, as needed, (3rd Thursday) @ 6:30 pm, Skene Library

Check with Village Clerk regarding meeting statuses & agendas.

For Village info, please contact the Village Clerk, Lorraine DeMarfio @ 845 254 5514To have your activity listed here, contact the Flyer @ [email protected]

Calling All Street Vendors! - Memorial Day Street Fair Saturday May 25th

Yes, plans are underfoot for Fleischmanns 2013 Annual Memorial Day Street Fair.

The Fair takes place from 10 AM to 4 PM on Main Street from our Post Office parking lot through Bridge Street. As inyears past there will be all sorts of wonderful stuff on hand, wonderful food selections, Antiques, Arts & Crafts, Post

Cards, Books, Maple Syrup, Clothing, Jewelry, Plants and used goods from our basements and attics as well as furniturefrom the Fleischmanns Estate for folks to browse and purchase.

Vendor spaces are $40, $10 for non profit organizations and $30 for current Fleischmanns First members. All spaceproceeds go to advertising and promotion and of course a day of wonderful live entertainment at our Gazebo.

If you know of someone or would like to participate yourself and market your wares at the Street Fair please forward yourname or theirs on to Yvonne Reuter at [email protected] or call 254-3030 and leave a message and well get backto you with an application.

Remember those who commit first get the best spaces!

Plan to make a day of it! Come out and support your community!

See you at the fair.

Notes from Skene Memorial Library

Skene Library is beginning a series of rotating exhibits for2013; each month, a different topic will be featured, with adisplay highlighting books from Skene's collection, as wellas a poster or other display giving more information. Thesubject for February is National African American HistoryMonth. For March, we will focus on Catskills Maple Sugar-ing. (In conjunction with the Fleischmanns First Maple

Week-end events) April's topic will be Earth Day. Comevisit our historic library and check out each month's display.


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Fleischmanns Forum- Park Presentation

Over thirty Fleischmanns residents and interested parties attended a presentation on therenovation plans for Wagner Avenue Park at the fourth Fleischmanns Forum held Febru-ary 2nd. The presentation began with a visioning statement made by Mayor Todd Pas-carella who also described the progression of the plan from 2009, pre flood, to the cur-rent plan for the new playground, tennis courts, basketball courts, running and fitnesstrack and ball fields. More detailed presentations were made by Sindy Becker on the ten-

nis courts, Jeanine Pascarella on an inclusive playground, Kathleen Rostad on an adult fitness circuit and Peg Ellsworth

on the finances for all the foregoing. Some grants are already in place. Anyone interested in reviewing the full budgetand revenue already received, should contact Peg Ellsworth at Mark Project.

Sindy Becker announced a $50,000 matching grant for the tennis courts from the Pasternack Family Fund and the hopethat even more individuals will join those that collectively donated close to $20,000 to date.

Escrow accounts for the playground and the tennis courts have been established and are growingdaily. A Justin Kolb Musicale Evening is taking place on March 16th- see the invite herewith. Sojoin in with enthusiasm and make a donation today!

The plans are exciting and offer some form of athletic or exercise option for one and all. The pre-flood park was used extensively by residents of the surrounding community, the new park when itis completed will certainly bring even more people to Fleischmanns. "If you build it, they willcome !"

SKENE HOURS

Weds, Thurs, Fri 15 pmSaturday 10 am2 pmSun, Mon, Tues Closed

Fleischmanns Factoid

The building known today as the CommunityBank building has always been a bank; built in1911, it has a keystone at the top of the facadeshowing the year of construction, instead of acornerstone. Many different banks have occu-pied the space over the years and at times partof the building was used by other businesses,such as a drug store, and medical offices.


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Fleischmanns FlyerEditors

Rob AlversonLinda AndersonEzra Birnbaum

Paula DeSimoneJohn Duda

Joyce Greenberg

Jeanne MalaxosMichelle Sidrane

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Letter from Mayor Pascarella..

Greetings to Everyone in the Fleischmanns Community,

Even though we are in the dead of winter, spring is just around the corner. That means thewheels are already in motion as we are shaping another busy year for our Village. The won-derful events that Fleischmanns First sponsors draw attention to the many good things wehave to offer. The Village government is continuing the process of planning and rebuilding inthe wake of the devastation from hurricane Irene.

We are also preparing for another important function of our democracy, Village Election Day.This year there will actually be four out of the five Village elected positions on the ballot. Nor-mally there would have been just three including two trustees and the mayor's seat. Howeverdue to an early resignation last year there will be an extra position on the ballot to fill the re-maining year in that term. The bottom line is that there is a lot on the line this year. If you are avoter in the Village of Fleischmanns you will help shape the future of this year and years tocome. Village Election Day is Tuesday March 19th between 12 and 9 pm so be sure to make itdown to the library to exercise your right to vote. If you live in the Village but are not registeredto vote in the Village election you have one last chance to do so. On Saturday March 9 be-tween 12 and 5 pm you can go to the library to register. Regardless of who you support, cast-ing your vote helps strengthen our great democracy so we need to hear from you!

Sincerely,Todd Pascarella, Mayor

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