One of the Pawling community’s favorite traditions will be held on Saturday, February 1 when the Pawling Fire Department (PFD) holds the 23rd annual Sportsman’s Night. The evening provides not only a sumptuous banquet of food, but also raffles and prizes and is expected to draw an enormous crowd in support of a worthy cause for the community. The evening’s festivities will take place at Pawling Station 1, located at 25 South Street. PFD Sportsman’s night is held the night bef

Last month, the community gathered on Charles Colman Boulevard outside the Chamber of Commerce building to watch the lighting of the Village Christmas tree as part of the annual Decemberfest Celebration. Following the event, an announcement was made that the thirty-foot Colorado Blue Spruce would no longer be used as part of the local holiday festivities. In the weeks that followed, residents took to social media to discuss the fate of the tree, and the ensuing debate even dr

The Pawling High School Wrestling team has placed top four in four out of five tournaments this season. This includes nine first place individual medals, seven second place finishers, and many more placing third. Mason Watkins leads the team with 22 victories, followed by Alex Santana and Luis Panzer with 18 wins each. Currently, the team has a record of 5 wins and 4 loses. Pawling Ice hockey is currently 4-5-2. The season has started strong one with key wins against some muc

Frosh-Soph Meet - Rockland Community College, December 12 Sophomore Will Mann set a new shot put record with a throw of 37-8 and Sophomore Alyssa Lamberty set a new shot put record of 27-9. Varsity Kick Off Meet - The Armory December, 15 Will Mann sets a new weight throw record with a toss of 36-7.5. Pear River Invite - Rockland Community College, December 27 Sophomore Dante Pena sets a new record in the 55m dash running 6.6. Senior Morgan McCarthy runs a 44.4 in the 300m das

Happy New Year to all the Pawling Record readers! I heard from one of my customers that 2020 is going to be the year of “perfect vision.” (The optical companies are having a field day using this in all their commercials!) This phrase can also lead to all kinds of New Year’s resolutions as we look and see realty instead of what we would like to see, and sometimes even things we never saw before. I decided to tap into this extra focused view and began looking around my own home

Dutchess Tourism, Inc. (DTI) announced the slate of board members who were elected to three-year terms at the board’s annual meeting on January 16. Members are as follows: Brent Caster from Bonura Hospitality; Colleen Cruikshank from Northern Dutchess Hospital; Wesley Dixon from Vassar College; Stancy DuHamel from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy; Elaine Hayes from Mount Gulian; Gaye Mallet from Adams Fairacre Farms; community volunteer Barbara Malley; Debra Pemstein from Ba

It’s true! Recent research from Consumer Reports and tech media like C-Net and Wired magazine shows that so-called smart TVs are watching and recording how you use them and reporting that information back to their masters. If this seems creepy to you, yeah, it is. (Unless, of course, you felt like you were never counted in the TV ratings and always kind of wanted to be.) If you have a smart TV, what you watch is being counted. Basically, they are watching what you watch, incl

Last week in yoga class there was a discussion about waiting. There are all kinds of waiting: Anxious as in waiting for medical test results, waiting for school grades, waiting to hear if you got that ideal job, apartment or mortgage approved for your dream home. Then there is excited anticipation waiting for your vacation, an important package to arrive in the mail, the delicious chocolate cake to come out of the oven. Waiting is difficult, no matter what kind it is. It can

It may be January, but Pawling Recreation is always “Amped for Camp!” What keeps us warm on these cold winter days is thinking about Summer! Summer Camp registration has already begun and spaces are already filling fast. Parents are already talking about signing up for more sessions and registering with friends. We anticipate an even busier season in 2020, so spread the word and lock in the days you want your children or grandchildren to attend camp at Lakeside Park! Here are

Remember when you were a kid? Wintertime meant snowmen and ice-skating, sleigh rides and hot chocolate. There were also those questions adults would ask to bring us down to earth, such as: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Do you recall the answer(s) you gave? Did you realize those dreams or, perhaps dream new ones and make them come true? If the answer is “no” to both, you might blame that for your winter blues. The truth is, nothing about those questions or their a

Pawling High School Senior Alex Petruso recently committed to attend Bryant College in the fall, where he will continue his athletic career in both cross country and track and field. Alex officially signed to attend Bryant in a ceremony surrounded by family and friends.

In the January 15 edition of The Pawling Record, the front page photo caption mistakenly listed only one Town Board member in the above photo. We apologize to Councilwoman Coleen Snow for the error.

At the regular lunch meeting of the Pawling Rotary Club, Shawn Mealey was inducted as the newest member of the local chapter of this international service organization. Shawn is a Senior Developer for Phase2 Technology. His induction on Tuesday, January 14 at the Lathrop Center in Lakeside Park, was conducted by Rotary's Guest Speaker and past District Governor, Louis Turpin. Mr. Turpin spoke about the many ways that individual clubs in the 7210 district, which includes Pawl

New York State Senator Pete Harckham announced today his support for marijuana legalization that includes much needed investments in substance abuse disorder treatment, mental health programs and education efforts aimed at highlighting the risks of marijuana use. Harckham also wants revenue from taxed dispensary sales following legalization to pay for increased enforcement of DUI laws. Harckham outlined his conditional support for marijuana legalization at a press conference

Ed Placke, Jeffrey Hafter and Robert Gosselink. The W.R. Berkley Corp. continues a touching tradition that gifts a spectacular hand-crafted gingerbread house and accompanying donation to the children of Green Chimneys each December. Started by Stefani and Robert Gosselink, a former W.R. Berkley executive, the annual gift has been comprised of a magnificent gingerbread structure created by Stefani as part of a holiday luncheon for W.R. Berkley employees, where the creation wou