Hudson Valley Happenings Blog : December 2008

Wow, the coolest thing just happened.  I got a call on both my home phone and my cell phone from the Pine Bush Central School District . Now normally you might be concerned when a school calls you.  Is your child sick?  Is your child in trouble?  But this call was sent to let me know that all after school activities were canceled due to the expected icy conditions later this afternoon and evening.  

I happened to see our new superintendent, Philip Stienberg at a meeting for our district's Focus on Youth Initiative yesterday and he was explaining a new notification system that he was able to contract for the district to make notification on school closings and other things more efficient.  The service is activated by a call from Mr. Stienberg and within minutes a call goes out to a specified list of phone numbers which can include all parent's home and cell phones, emergency notification phones for children, staff, specific students or faculty from any individual school or even a team within the school.  

Pine Bush Central School District is in for more wonderful changes with this superintendent in charge.  I think we have the right man at the right time.  With the coming budget crunch that the whole state is facing; Mr. Stienberg is encouraging our school administration to think outside the box to make things work more efficiently and to keep giving our children a well rounded education in spite of these budget shortfalls.  I look forward to the future with hope that we will be able to maintain all the great programs that our children have within this district.  We will all need to work together though help our community through this crisis but I believe we can do it.

If you are looking to move to a community that cares about what's best for children then you may want to consider one of the towns that are part of the district.  If you would like to know more about real estate opportunities in or around the Pine Bush area of the Greater Hudson Valley please give me a call or send an email.  I would love to help you find your way home.

We had a special Saturday night in Pine Bush this past weekend.  It was the annual Festival of Lights with a whole bunch of great entertainment that started at 4:30 and ended with the tree lighting at 7:30 or so.  (The moment of the lighting was a bit flawed by a technical glitch but the celebration continued and the tree was eventually glowing)  

Here is the 1/2 A Karet Performance Group in front of the tree ready to start



Step was a real crowd pleaser even with gloves on!



Here they perform African dance with the able assistance of drummer, Mr Batiste.



Happy Holidays!  
The performers in front of my real estate office.

Pine Bush is a great town for celebrations.  Main Street was closed down for 2 blocks for the festival on Saturday.  If you would like more information about this great area and the wonderful real estate opportunities that are available right now, please give me a call or send me an email.

The Dance Diamond is located in Middletown NY and is a great place for young people and adults to learn to dance.  New classes are forming in January so check out the website by clicking on the link above and come on out to dance.

I'm Paddy Pizappi- Work with Me and You'll be Happy!