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May 2015
Fleischmanns First
Highlights of the Fleischmanns First Monthly Meeting-
Meeting was called to order by President Yvonne Reuter
Financial Report-Winifred Zubin reported that the finan-cial
status was positive. New revenue from MemorialDay Street Fair is
coming in strong.
Memorial Day Street Fair- Yvonne stated, in order tominimize
expenses, entertainment has been modifiedand will include Country
Express and Top Dog DJ. Adswill appear in CMN, The Almanac, Daily
Freeman, Dai-ly Star and Watershed Post. Over 40 vendors are
ex-pected!
Membership Committee-Marilyn Ringel and Anita Ru-bin have been
instrumental in getting new members andlapsed members to renew.
Fleischmanns Pool was not funded by the Village. Aspreviously
reported, an excavation of the relay lines isforthcoming and will
hopefully locate the leak so thatrepairs can be made and the pool
opened this summer.
Pumpkin Patch will move to a plot adjacent to theFleischmanns
Community Garden this spring/summer.DEP has given its permission to
expand the use of theproperty.
Route 28 Scenic By-Way has been approved and mar-keting
resources will be available to each Village forevent promotion.
Mark Project contract has been renewed by the Villageand will
continue to support the Village of Fleischmannswith Grant writing
and Economic Development initia-tives.
Mayor Kearney has invited FF to participate in the Me-morial Day
Parade.
Fleischmanns First Nominations for FY 2016 are as fol-lows:
Winifred Zubin: President Yvonne Reuter: Vice President
Treasurer: Vacant Secretary: Irene / Isabel Vazquez
Leadership Committee: Rob Alverson, Michelle Sidrane, Carole
Birnbaum, Todd Pascarella, Peg Ellsworth, Mark Project, Carole
OBeirne, Central Catskill Chamber of Com-merce, Janet Steighliner,
Don Kearney, Mayor
Next Fleischmanns First Meeting- June 6th 9:30am at La
Ca-bana
***CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS***
2015 Flower Barrel Campaign-May 22nd, Planting Day
It has been a long and very hard winter but happily spring is
here and the daffodils have pushed through, forsythia are budding
and it is
time to start planning for our Summer Flower Barrels along Main
Street. Flower Barrel Planting Day is Friday, May 22nd , 10am at
the Gazebo. Come join us in this fun and beautifying activity!
We will plant around 30 barrels throughout the Village. A new
barrel with potting soil and flowers cost approximately $65. Just
soil and flowers to refurbish an existing barrel is approximately
$35 each.
Please consider sponsoring a barrel or contributing to the
cam-paign by sending a check made out to the Village of
Fleisch-manns, PO Box 339, Fleischmanns, NY 12430 and annotate it
for the flower barrels.
For more information or to help with the planting, please
contact Pam Grocholl, 254-4325.
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Fleischmanns Then
Making a Living in Fleischmanns
The first Post Office in our area opened in Clovesville in 1824.
By 1851, Grifffin's Corners had its own Post Office, with Matthew
Griffin as Postmas-ter. In 1888, a separate Fleischmanns Post
Office opened at the Depot, to handle the business from the
Fleischmann Family Estate and nearby. These two offices combined in
1915. There was a Post Office in Bedell from 1903 to 1961, and one
in Halcott from 1862 until the early 1990's. For many years, postal
work provided one of the few steady year-round sources of work. The
last Postmaster of Fleischmanns to LIVE here was Jim Fuller, whom
many will remember. A number of postal clerks and carriers still
call Fleischmanns home. The card depicts the Post Office, next to
the Movie Theatre, where it conducted business from 1978 until the
late 1990's when it moved to its present location.
Scenic Byway Advances On Friday, May 1st, members of the Central
Catskills Collaborative went to Albany to pre-sent the case for the
creation of The Central Catskills Scenic Byway. The New York State
Scenic Byways Advisory Board had reviewed the proposed submission,
and after a brief presentation, voted to approve it. The final,
for-mal step will be ap-proval by the Legisla-ture and Governor,
but this was the big step. In the works for seven years, the Byway
will soon be call-ing increased attention to our Catskills and the
Route 28 corridor as a tourism destination.
Fleischmanns Museum Opens for 2015 The Greater Fleischmanns
Museum of Memories will open for the 2015 season on Saturday, May
23rd, in conjunction with the Fleischmanns First Memorial Day
Weekend Street Fair. There will be an exhibit of newly-donated
items, and a special exhibit
this year on the Pepacton Reservoir and the towns lost as a
result of building it. Hours from May 23rd to June 28th, and again
in September and early October, will be Satur-days from noon to 3
PM. During July & August, the Museum will also be open
Thursdays & Fridays noon - 3 PM. (Also look for it to be open
some Sundays, by chance.)
As part of this years Headwaters History Days, there will be a
special walking tour of Fleischmanns on Sunday, May 31st, start-ing
at the Museum at 11 AM. (HeadwatersHistoryDays.org.)
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Clean up Day: Thank you to volunteers, (pictured) Derik Donchek,
Cookie Donchek, Jon Frank, Peggy Kearney, Yvonne Reuter, Kathleen
Green, Doug Green, Adrian Todd, Michal Keeley, Alan Powell, (not
pictured) Carol Birnbaum, Don Kearney, Isabel Vasquez
Fleischmanns Community Garden Spring has Sprung! Time to plant
those juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, deli-cious leafy kale,
splendid spinach, and lots more!! The Fleischmanns Commu-nity
Garden, an organic gar-
den, is now accepting applications for planting in our raised
bed garden. The fee for a plot is $10, however assistance and
comradery are free and everyone is welcome to join us. Also
available are 3 plots that dont require bending or stooping over,
and are wheelchair accessible.
For an application, further information and/or a guided tour of
the garden please contact Carol Birnbaum at (845) 254-5616 or
[email protected].
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Fleischmanns Flyer Editors
Rob Alverson Linda Anderson Paula DeSimone
John Duda Joyce Greenberg Jeanne Malaxos Michelle Sidrane
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12430
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May/June Calendar Fleischmanns Events ~ Save the Date!
May 15th FAB Salsa Party, 8-10pm La Cabana
May 21st Thursday, Fleischmanns Alliance for Business, 5:30 pm,
Skene Memorial Library
May 22nd Friday, Flower Barrel Planting, 10am, Gazebo
May 23rd Saturday, Fleischmanns Memorial Weekend Street Fair,
Main Street 10am-4pm
May 25th Monday, Fleischmanns Memorial Day Parade
June 6th Saturday, Fleischmanns First Monthly Meeting, 9:30 am,
La Cabana
June 8th Monday, Village Board Meeting, 6pm, Skene Memorial
Library
The Village Planning Board Meeting, as needed, (1st Tuesday) @
5:30 pm, Skene Library Zoning 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 5514 To have your activity posted here, please
contact the Fleischmann's Flyer