Announcements

<>The Town Board will hold a Special Meeting on Monday,July 21, 2008, 6:30 pm at the Town Hall, 80 East Market Street.

Updated draft Privacy Policy and draft E-Mail Subscription Policy have been posted online and are available for public comment and Town Board review.

Subscription Policy (pdf/46kb)
Privacy Policy (pdf/49kb)

To submit comments please:

Do you have background or interest in technology and want to get involved helping out your local government?  Come to our next meeting on October 8th!

The Rhinebeck Technology Committee assists the town and village governments in evaluating and implementing technologies that impact the municipalities, and makes recommendations on information systems policy.

The Town is seeking volunteers to help at the Waterfront Day celebration at the Dock on Aug 16^th . Set up is from 8am to 10:30am Celebration to start at 11am and go to 4pm with clean up/break down from 4 to 5:30 pm. Any one interested can contact Cathy Washburn at 876-2244 or cathyw876@aol.com

RHINEBECK TOWN SUPERVISOR TOM TRAUDT

Announces a summer program aimed at providing services to families of our community in collaboration with the DUTCHESS COUNTY SHERIFF and the DUTCHESS COUNTY TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD. Throughout each month of the summer, the Town of Rhinebeck will host a number of services including CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT INSTALATIONS, CHILD IDS and other developing services. Thus far services scheduled are as followed:

We're working on improvements to our events calendar and have temporarily taken it offline. For information about Town or Village events please call:

Town Hall
(845) 876 3409

Village Hall
(845) 876 7015

Thank you for your patience!

The Town Recreation Committee is interested in expanding the array of recreational activities available for adults in our community. Recreation is not just for the young…adults need fun in their lives too.

The Village of Rhinebeck Board of Trustees is seeking suggestions on naming the road into the Starr Library and Thompson-Mazzarrella Rec. Park. Please send suggestions by 4:00 pm June 10, 2008, to Village Clerk Gail Haskins at village.clerk@rhinebeck-ny.gov. Thank you.

2008 Rhinebeck SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM INFORMATION

YOU CAN REGISTER WITH THE POOL CASHIER (PROVIDED SPACE IS AVAILABLE)

The Village Board budget hearing will be on Thursday April 24, 2008 at 6:15pm at the Village Hall, 76 East Market St.

The Village Highway Department has posted a new guide to its Solid Waste Program. Here's what you'll find:

• Advice on what to recycle and what not to recycle
• Battery and paint recycling updates
• Info on sale of bags and recycling buckets
• Info on special newspaper and cardboard pickups
• Link to Dutchess County Household Chemical Cleanup Days

Download the file here.

PLASTIC
LDPE #4, PP#5 (i.e.: yogurt, cottage cheese and some take-out containers) and OTHER #7
Please discard the cap or lid in the garbage and rinse the container before putting it in the collection bin.
NOTE: #4, #5, and #7 are now collected in addition to the previously collected PETE #1 and HDPE #2 plastics.

BATTERIES
(Dry cell, non-reactive)
AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, NiCad/NiMH, Li, CR
Please bring these to the TS/RF Office for proper collection and disposal.
Cell Phone Batteries are collected at Rhinebeck High School and at Williams Home Centers.

Monthly Village Board Meeting Tuesday April 8, 2008 7:00 pm Rhinebeck Village Hall 76 E. Market St.

The Conservation Advisory Council is helping Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess County promote two local events in April:

The Conservation Advisory Council is pleased to announce that the Rhinebeck Central School District has recently adopted a NO-IDLING policy.

Please be aware of this new regulation and turn your engines off while waiting or parked at the RHS/BMS or Chancellor campus.

Remember: IDLING GETS YOU NOWHERE

Photo credit: Flickr user mag3737.

Comments are invited on the new draft Privacy (pdf/58kb) and E-Mail Subscriptions (pdf/82kb) policies. Please use the CONTACT form and select "Website Feedback."

The Town of Rhinebeck Town Board will hold a Special Executive Session Meeting on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm for the sole purpose of conducting attorney interviews.

The Village Board of Trustees will hold a budget workshop meeting 3/3/2008 at 6:15pm at the Rhinebeck Village Hall

76 East Market St. Rhinebeck.

Contact: Sue Hartshorn at 845.876.0543, suehartshorn@frontiernet.net, for more information.

February 21 – February 23, 2008
– The galleries and exhibition spaces located in Rhinebeck are
sponsoring an Arts-Walk-About. Events – readings, live music, and
artist receptions – will be held over a three day period beginning
Thursday evening with an author reading at Oblong Books and Music and
continuing through Saturday evening with live music at Starr Place.

As we are facing the environmental challenge of our civilization, Focus the Nation, a national educational initiative, is striving to find global warming solutions for America.

Focus the Nation will stream a free, live, interactive webcast of "The 2% Solution" being shown locally:

WHERE: Rhinebeck High School Auditorium
WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 30
TIME: 8-9pm.

The webcast revolves around the question: Can we as a nation cut our current global warming emission levels by 2% each year for the next 40 years, resulting in an 80% reduction of current levels by 2050?

Experts on climate and sustainability will discuss global warming solutions.

Visit www.FocusTheNation.org for more information.

Bring your cell phone so that you may vote on issues during the webcast.

Please join us and help change the course of history.

Please take notice that at the regular monthly board meeting of the Village Board of Trustees, for the Village of Rhinebeck, N.Y., held on January 8, 2008, the following resolution was offered by Trustee James Reardon and seconded by Trustee Brenda Klaproth and unanimously adopted:

The next general Village election for officers will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. No person shall be entitled to vote in this election unless they are registered with the County Board of Elections and on the County Voter Registration List. Residents of the Village of Rhinebeck must register with the County Board of Elections by March 7th, 2008 to get on the county list for the March 18th, 2008 Village election. If you are already registered with the county at your current address, you do not have to register with the county to vote. The Village of Rhinebeck no longer holds a Village Registration Day.

Voting for the forthcoming election shall be conducted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 from noon to 9:00 p.m., at the Rhinebeck Town Hall, 80 East Market St., Rhinebeck, N.Y. The Town Hall is handicapped accessible.

The January edition (pdf/210kb) of Growing Older in Rhinebeck contains dozens of meetings, trips, health-related activities and other events of interest to seniors.

Kathy Kinsella, Superintendent
Bob Wyant, Foreman

In this issue:
Superintendent's Message
New DWI Laws in New York State
Mt. Rutsen Road Update

The garbage pickups for the holidays are as follows:

• Garbage will be picked up on Wednesday, Dec. 26, and on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
• Newspaper pickup will be done on Thursday, Jan. 3.

Thank you,

Village Clerk

Photo credit: Flicker user Locator.

The Village of Rhinebeck Code is now available online! To browse or search the Village Code, follow this link.

The Committee on Aging has updated its December newsletter with new events. Read the current version of the newsletter here (pdf/219kb).

The Village of Rhinebeck Village Hall will be closing on Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, at 12pm. The office will reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007, at 9am.

The Town Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) and Town Board present Significant Habitats in the Town of Rhinebeck, a.k.a. the Biodiversity Study. The study and maps are available on the CAC home page (scroll down to the "Files" section).

From the Executive Summary:

The 2008 Adopted Town Budget is available here (pdf/635kb).

The draft budget is available here (pdf/42kb).

The Village Water & Sewer Department announces new sewer rates effective Dec. 1, 2007.

December's edition of "Growing Older in Rhinebeck" includes activities and support services for seniors. Here's an excerpt:

Home Repairs
Rebuilding Together Dutchess County (formerly XMAS in April) is beginning its 17th year of providing home repairs for low income homeowners in our county. Applications are available in the Town Clerk’s office and must be filed by Nov. 30, 2007. Please call Barb Cunningham, 876-3409 for further information.

The full newsletter is available here (pdf/208kb).

Photo credit: Rebuilding Together Dutchess County.