photo Robby Whitstock
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A promising local project, The Palisades Market on Route 9W, is closed for the foreseeable future in a legal duel between landlord and tenant over claims of ground and air contamination and rent payments.

Palisdades Presbyterian Church, 1900
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Washington Spring Road, (845) 359-3147
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesdays & Fridays, 9am to 1pm
Pastor: Reverend Angela Maddalone, www.ppc10964.org.
Sunday worship service, 10 am; Sunday School, 10 am; Bible study, Wednesdays 12:15 pm; Parish House Choir Rehearsal, Thursdays 8 pm.

We are an open and affirming congregation who welcome all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or previous faith commitments. All are welcome and all will find a loving and safe community of faith within our sanctuary. We seek to enhance the experience of God through worship, educational offerings and spiritual fellowship.

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Ancestry Library Edition on Library Computers
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Farmer’s Market

School House 1918. This building, now the Palisades Community Center, was built in 1870 and used as the Palisades School until 1930.
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The Palisades Indoor Winter Farmers’ market was again successful. It will return in February.

Buzz Baumgold, 1946-2010
Buzz Baumgold, born July 26, 1946, died on August 15. He lived for his family: his wife of 41 years, Mary Anne; his children, daughter Rebecca Baumgold Prenner and her husband Dr. Jonathan Prenner, and son Joseph Nicholas Baumgold and his wife Jennifer Baumgold; his grandchildren, his great joys, Sofia and Maxwell Prenner; and his dogs. He was the fourth generation of the Baumgold diamond business that his son Nicholas continues. He lived in Snedens Landing where he was a legend on the tennis court. He was captain of the Columbia University tennis team, president of Buzz Baumgold, Inc., and president of the Snedens Landing Tennis Association.

I am not a night person but Open Mic at The Palisades Market on 9W changed all that. Open Mic is the brainchild of John Bruton, musician, front-of-house man, and master of ceremonies every Saturday night on the back patio.

Jon and Dana with daughters Kiki, Lucy and Emma at Stratford-on-Avon
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The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre (CST) played an important role in Dana Stangel-Plowe and her family relocating to Palisades. “We had decided to move from New City to one of the river towns. I saw a sign for one of the plays the CST was producing and attended a performance with my three daughters. I was delighted they enjoyed it so much. We decided Palisades was where we wanted to be and moved here in 2008.”

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The devastating gas line explosion in California triggered renewed concerns about the Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) that runs through our community. Over the last few years, it was a hot discussion item during the O & R Tappan Substation talks and during the development of the Rte. 9W Snedens Pointe. The TGP is 14,200 miles of pipeline that stretches from the Mexican border to Canada that brings natural gas close to cities. Smaller local distribution lines then deliver gas directly to homes and businesses.

Panthers: Although there haven’t been any recent sightings, the cameras continue to be monitored. On September 8, a woman in Pomona unaware of our sightings, reported she saw a large black shiny feline animal, 3 feet high, 4 feet long, with a long ropey tail in her yard and has heard that other people have seen such an animal as well.

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Prime Burglary Season is October through March Over the year, there have been four burglaries in Palisades, as recent as an incident in broad daylight this summer. Three of the cases were carried out by a sought-after New Jersey crime ring which was responsible for thirty burglaries in Bergen County.

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Board Members: Carol Baxter, President;
Carol Knudson, Vice-President;
Jill Wecht, Treasurer;
Sheila Chin, Secretary;
and Michele Baum, Alice Buchanan, Lyn Fowler, Dr. Leo Keegan, Michaeil Tersigni, and Honorary Board Member Dr. Virginaia McCauley.
Rental Coordinator: Eileen Larkin
Mailing Address: PO Box 222, Palisades, NY 10964
Phone 398-2521 during business hours
e-mail: PCC@palisadesny.com
website: www.palisadesny.com

At the end of Woods Road, even before the weather extremes of the last several years, we lost power frequently, and for us that means losing water as well. We bought a trifuel generator years ago; back then, it wasn’t easy to find one that ran on natural gas. Over the years our generator came in handy, but it was a primitive model, very loud, and difficult to start, particularly while standing out in the rain or snow, which is usually when the power went out.

BEAUTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Larry Tabor
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Above is a picture of Larry Tabor, who has been working at beautifying Oak Tree Road near Horne Tooke Road. He has planted pear and apple trees, blueberry and strawberry bushes and lots of tulip bulbs. He has incurred the cost for this and of course the labor to clear the area and plant. He lives on Horne Tooke Road with his wife, Catherine and their daughter, Logan.

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PO Box 687
117 Washington Spring Road
Palisades, NY 10964 Phone:(845) 359-3147
Website: www.ppc10964.org
Sunday Worship Service and Church School, 10 AM, All are Welcome!

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Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road Palisades, NY 10964
845-359-0136, Fax 845-359-6124
pal@rcls.org, www.palisadeslibrary.org
Hours: M-Thu 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-5, Sun 1-5
(closed Sunday June 20-Sept.12)
Closed: May 9, Mother’s Day; May 31, Memorial Day;
July 5, Independence Day observed; Sept. 6, Labor Day

Director Maria Gagliardi

Our local newsletter, 10964, has survived for the past 33 years largely through the support of advertisers. The generated funds cover the cost of printing and mailing, allowing us to send 10964 out free to everyone in Palisades. As we head into the tenth year of a new century we would like to take this opportunity to extend a warm and grateful thanks to the following advertisers who have been with us for ten years or more.

On Saturday, March 13, Palisades was hit by a powerful nor’easter bringing heavy rain and hurricane-force wind gusts of over 70 miles an hour. Many large trees crashed down, their roots unable to hold firm in ground saturated with snow melt from the last big storm. Some landed on power lines, houses, and automobiles. The storm caused havoc throughout Palisades; Orangetown had more damage than any other area in Rockland County.

The Palisades Community Center in spring 2008
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For one hundred years, the sounds of children playing and school bells ringing could be heard from the Palisades Schoolhouse located at 675 Oak Tree Road. Built circa 1870, the children of Palisades were educated in the Schoolhouse until 1936 when the student population outgrew the building and the red brick school was built across the street. From 1936 until 1970, the Schoolhouse continued to serve an educational purpose. In the late 1950’s, when the student population eventually outgrew the red brick building, kindergarten was held in the Schoolhouse and in the 1960’s both the kindergarten and 6th grade were housed there. Children walked across the street to the Schoolhouse for lunch prepared by the “Hot Mamas.”

Palisades Community Center
Board members: Carol Baxter, President; Carol Knudson, Vice President; Jill Wecht, Treasurer; Sheila Chin, Secretary; and Michele Balm, Alice Buchanan, Lyn Fowler, Dr. Leo Keegan, Michael Tersigni and Honorary Board member Dr. Virginia McCauley

Mailing Address:
PO Box 222 Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: 398-2521 during business hours
e-mail: PCC@palisadesny.com
Website: www.Palisadesny.com

We are pleased to announce our two newest board members: Lyn Fowler and Michael Tersigni. Lyn has a MBA and has worked in publishing for over twelve years. Michael has been a leader in the international design industry for over twenty years specializing in creative development and implementation of design concepts. We welcome their experience and enthusiasm and look forward to their contributions as we move forward.

Palisades Free Library
Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road, Palisades, NY 10964
845-359-0136, Fax 845-359-6124
pal@rcls.org www.palisadeslibrary.org

Hours: Monday to Thursday 11-9, Friday to Saturday 11- 5, Sunday 1-5 Closed: April 12, Easter

Director
Maria Gagliardi

Board of Trustees
Sabelle Frasca, Lisette George, Mary Ellen Ledwith, Gerry Miras, Susan Nemesdy, William Saum, Holly Seeger, Kathryn Shattuck, Charles Shimel, David Shire and Dr. Lynn Sykes