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Hi Birches Neighbors,

I’m looking for ideas and recommendations about air conditioning.

I have the original ac system from 1987 when the house was built and it’s seems to be working fine.

However, First Fuel, told me I should update my system and get something more up-to-date, energy efficiency, etc. They are telling me parts aren’t available for what I have, and I need to change over the whole house to propane.

I would like to know:

What kind of ac system are you, my neighbors using?

My son and i saw a mother bear and a teenage bear in front of 95 Julianna last night at 6pm.

they were eating or trying to eat from a garbage dumpster they had turned over.

we walked away quickly and carefully. the bears turned away.

600 pounds maybe for the larger bear and 200 lb for the smaller bear?

both black bears as i don't think we have brown bears in NY state.

Thoughts: maybe all dumpsters should be required to be in Bear-Proof containers?

https://mailchi.mp/sensiblesolarny/public-hearings-announced-6250518?e=b7fc130f65

Sat Aug 17 2:30pm - 8:00pm (EDT)

Bicentennial Parade Picnic Copake

The finale of the bicentennial celebration will be the parade and picnic on August 17. The parade will take place in the Hamlet of Copake, followed by a celebration at Catamount Mountain Resort. The parade will line up at 2:30pm by the Copake Fire Department on Center Hill Road and will step off at 3pm. All local organizations and businesses are invited to participate.

The grounds at Catamount will open at 5pm. Attendees are welcome to bring picnic dinners or may purchase food and drink at Catamount. There will be live music and chairlift rides, and the evening will conclude with fireworks.

The road maintenance that was scheduled to begin Monday has been postponed until Monday, August 12th.

REMINDER: August Town Board Meeting is on Saturday, August 10, 2024

Every year, the August Copake Town Board meeting is at 9:00am on the second Saturday of August. This year the meeting will be on August 10.

At the July Town Board Meeting, the Town Board talked about changing the Saturday meeting back to Thursday evening depending on attendance as it has not been well attended in the past.

This meeting will be held in person at the Copake Town Hall, 230 Mountain View Rd., Copake, NY 12516.

Interested persons can also attend remotely via GoogleMeet. You can find the link here and on the Town of Copake Website at townofcopake.org.

Please note that road maintenance is scheduled to begin on Monday, August 5th.  The speed bumps have been temporarily removed, so please keep your speed down in their absence to ensure pedestrian safety.  

Yesterday at about 4 pm , I was almost hit by one of Herrington's trucks as I was walking my dog who was on a leash. if I hadn't jumped into the weeds with my dog, it could of been a horrible accident. It has gotten very scary and these trucks can injury or kill someone - a child - our pets.

I then sent an email to Herrington's and Rich Herrington called me to discuss in more detail. It seems they have monitors in all the trucks to track them for speeding, etc. and they would look into what happened. And take the appropriate steps.

I urge anyone using any vendor to remind them to SLOW down. As well we all need to SLOW down please.