August 18, 2014 - Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes

August 18, 2014

A meeting of the Roxbury Historic Preservation Commission was held August 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Roxbury Town Hall.  Present Lewis Wendell, Chairman, Commission Members, Philip Lenihan, Nicole Haroldson, Martin Lerner

Due to a conflict with Darrell Slater Lewis Wendell has rescued himself from his application.

On motion by Philip Lenihan seconded by Martin Lerner, to send letter to Darrell Slater (unless we have received a completed application from him that we were unaware of) asking him to comply with the application process and to provide the Commission with plans for the project for Commission review.

AYES-3 Philip Lenihan, Martin Lerner, Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0
ABSTAIN-1 Lewis Wendell

On motion by Philip Lenihan seconded by Lewis Wendell to approve the Jerry Hamil/Marilyn Anderson project as submitted.

AYES-4 Philip Lenihan, Lewis Wendell, Martin Lerner, Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0

Philip Lenihan has no updates on the kiosk.  He will be meeting with the contractor on Wednesday.

On motion by Philip Lenihan Seconded by Nicole Haroldson meeting adjourned at 7:35.

AYES-4 Philip Lenihan, Nicole Haroldson, Lewis Wendell, Martin Lerner

Come Have A Blast in Roxbury - August 31

The Roxbury Arts Group in partnership with the Town of Roxbury, Greater Roxbury Business Association, the MARK Project, and the Roxbury Fire Department Throw an End of Summer Blast in Roxbury!

Festivities, Concert, Fireworks!
FREE Admission. Donations Appreciated.
Sunday, August 31, 2014, 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Kirkside Park, Roxbury, NY 12474
607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group (RAG) in partnership with the Town of Roxbury, Greater Roxbury Business Association (GRBA), the MARK Project, and the Roxbury Fire Department invite you to a spectacular Labor Day festivity, A Blast of Roxbury, Sunday, August 31 from 4:00 to 9:00 PM. The day’s festivities start at 4:00 PM with walking tours through Roxbury’s Historic District, covering over eighty buildings and sites; and in Kirkside Park at 6:00 PM, a performance by The Spectacular Average Boys followed by fireworks. Town eateries Cassie’s Café, East Branch, Queens Mountain Café, Public Lounge, Petra Estiatorio at Shephard Hills Golf Course, and the Ate-O-Ate Gourmet Food Truck will be open and offering picnic menus for patrons to bring in the park. Roxbury Wine & Spirits boasts a fine selection of wine and spirits and will host a tasting at the store between 3:00 and 5:00 PM. The events are free. For more information call 607.326.7908 or visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

By their own admission, The Spectacular Average Boys “…are a folk band that rocks… or a rock band with their grandfathers’ instruments…” With Ned Brower on lead vocals, banjo and guitar; Joel Shue on bass and vocals; Justin Ploutz on guitar and vocals; and Jeff Landry on drums and vocals, this regional band of twenty-somethings will treat everyone fortunate enough to be in the audience to a spectaular and foot-stomping time, as play both traditional Americana and Folk along with their original tunes like “That Dirty River”. “I have been a fan of Ned Brower and The Spectacular Average Boys for a few years now” said Jenny Rosenzweig, Executive Director for the Roxbury Arts Group. She added, “It is perfect we were able to bring them to Roxbury for this end of summer’s celebration”.

In recent years Roxbury, like many communities in the Catskills, has seen an amazing resurgence of its Main Street businesses and a renewed vibrancy. Come, experience a splendid summer day in Roxbury’s Historic District on August 31, and celebrate community with neighbors, friends, and family.

A Blast of Roxbury is partly funded with funds from the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation.

Town Board Meeting Agenda - August 11, 2014

ROXBURY TOWN BOARD
Regular Meeting
August 11, 2014
Grand Gorge Civic Center
Call To Order 7:30 pm

Minutes July 14th Regular Meeting

Requests to Speak

Department Reports:

Water / Sewer
Planning
Building & Grounds
Highway
Assessor
Building Inspector
Community Resources
Old Business
New Business

Letters to the Board

Discussion from residents

Audits

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

• Resolution – Town Clerk monthly Report for July 2014
• Resolution – Supervisor’s monthly Report for June 2014
• Resolution – Assessor’s monthly report for July 2014
• Resolution – Justice Court monthly report for June 2014
• Resolution – HUD Program funds monthly report for July 2014
• Resolution – Building Inspector monthly report for June 2014
• Resolution – monthly water receipts report for July 2014 (Denver-GG-Roxbury)
• Resolution – retirement reporting days
• Resolution – Verizon settlement
• Martin Menne water issue
• Rodrigues Gravel contract/mining permit

REMINDERS:
* Highway Contract expires 12/31/14

ONGOING ISSUES
• Truck lawsuit status

The Roxbury Arts Group Celebrates with Road Trip to Dance Mecca Jacob’s Pillow

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The Roxbury Arts Group Celebrates 35 Years of Great Arts Programming with Road Trip to Dance Mecca Jacob’s Pillow
Rare East Coast Apperance for Pacific Northwest Ballet

Saturday, August 9, 2014
2:00 PM Bus Departure Leaves From the Roxbury Arts Center
5025 Vega Mountain Rd., Roxbury, NY 12474
607.326.7908

Are you on the bus? The Roxbury Arts Group (RAG) has confirmed there are still some seats left on the coach bus taking dance enthusiasts to the mecca of dance – Jacob’s Pillow in the Berkshires of MA, Saturday, August 9, 2014! Included in the trip is a premier seat in the Ted Shawn Theater to see a rare east coast appearance of the Pacific Northwest Ballet; a guided tour of Jacob’s Pillow, a 220-acre National Historic Landmark and home to the longest-running international dance festival; and an ‘Inside/Out’ Performance on the lawn. Bring your own food and refreshments for the bus ride and dinner on the lawn, or purchase your dinner in one of the cafes or restaurants on the grounds. A day of dance, history and beauty and you can leave the driving to RAG! The bus departs Saturday, August 9th at 2:00 pm from the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Rd., Roxbury, NY 12474. So, are you on the bus? The all-inclusive ticket is $70 (less than the cost of a premier ticket if you were to buy it on your own). For more information and to get your seat on the bus, please call 607.326.7908 or visit roxburyartsgroup.org.

The programs of the Roxbury Arts Group are made possible in part by the support of the New York State Council on the Arts, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, the Community Foundation of South Central New York, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center, members of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, and by the generous donations from individual community members like you.

Essential Thursdays Performance Series Final Installment with The International String Trio

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces The Essential Thursdays Performance Series Final Installment with The International String Trio

Thursday, August 14, 2014, 7:30 PM

The Old School Baptist Church, 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road), Denver, NY 12421

607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group’s popular Essential Thursdays Summer Performance Series draws to end with its final installment for 2014, featuring world-renowned group The International String Trio (IST) on Thursday, August 14th at 7:30 pm. IST not only embodies musical selections from around the world including Gypsy swing and jazz, old-time Appalachian laments, traditional Irish reels, celebratory klezmer and passionate tango, but its members hail from different countries, featuring Russian-born guitarist Slava Tolstoy, British violinist Ben Powell and American acoustic bassist Greg Feingold. Ate O Ate Gourmet Food Truck will be serving dinners prior to the performance and menu plans will be made available on ateoatecatering.com. The Old School Baptist Church original wooden seats are beautiful but a little hard, so audience members are invited to bring a seat cusion. Tickets to this and all performances at the Old School Baptist Church this summer are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors when purchased in advance. All tickets purchased the day of the performance are $23. Get your tickets by calling 607.326.7908 or by visiting www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you. The complete Essential Thursdays Performance Series is sponsored by Beaverdam Builders.

Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached – The Performance

Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached – The Performance

You are cordially invited to a musical performance by Brooklyn artist and musician Ken Butler and friends at the Orphic Gallery on Saturday, August 9th at 7 pm. The performance is in conjunction with Ken’s exhibit Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached which is comprised of a very select sample of his incredible array of instruments, collages and assemblages and has astonished visitors to the gallery. Ken’s brief performance at the opening of the exhibit on July 4th demonstrated the astounding sonic capability of his highly inventive instruments and left the audience in enthusiastic anticipation for his performance with an all-star ensemble at the gallery on August 9th.

On that evening Ken will perform with Ed Potokar, Ernie Brooks and Michael Suchorsky. Ed Potokar, percussionist and instrument designer, was recently featured with Ken at the Venice Design and Architecture Biennale Art or Sound exhibition sponsored by the Prada Foundation. Ed has played with Audio Artists, Skin Slappers – an all percussion band, and The Buddy Scott Trio, and currently performs with John Houshmand in Soundwall. Bassist Ernie Brooks has performed with The Modern Lovers, Gods and Monsters, Edge of Heaven, Arthur’s Landing and Bear 54. Michael Suchorsky has played drums and percussion touring and recording throughout the world with artists such as Lou Reed, Soldier String Quartet, jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, French rock legend Jacques Higelin, and is currently performing with Night Sky and Soundwall.

The performance on August 9th will begin promptly at 7 pm and last approximately one hour to be followed by a reception. In the interim, the exhibit may be seen during the gallery’s normal business hours, Wednesday through Sunday 12 to 5 and by appointment. For further information on Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached or the Orphic Gallery, please contact Phil Lenihan at phil@orphicgallery.com or 607-326-6045.

orphicgallery.com

Town Board Approved Minutes - July 14, 2014

APPROVED MINUTES
July 14, 2014

The regular monthly meeting of the Town Board was held July 14, 2014 at 7:30 pm at the Town Hall. Present: Supervisor Thomas S. Hynes, Councilmen Gene Cronk, Edward Raeder, Allen Hinkley and Carol Murray, Highway Supt. Stephen Schuman, Assessor Robert Breglio and 9 residents.

On motion of Edward Raeder second by Carol Murray the Minutes of the June 9, 2014 meeting were approved.

AYES – 5 Raeder, Murray, Cronk, Hinkley, Hynes
NAYS – 0

Carolynn Faraci, Community Resource Clerk reported the following: the park is booking events into 2015, discussed park building renters not abiding by contract terms will not receive their deposits back and requested a larger deposit be required in the future, the summer youth program has begun with crews doing work in the park, there will be fireworks in the park on Labor Day along with carriage rides and music, and movies in the park begin July 17th with other dates on the Town website.

Peg Ellsworth gave status of grant work progress, stated the M-ARK Project rental rehab grant still has money available and will expire at the end of the year, the Town CDBG (HUD) funds are all spoken for but owners are still urged to submit an application in the event any current applicants back out, notification of grant award has been received for the clock tower and both the Grand Gorge and Roxbury business associations and a grant application has been submitted for the Yellow Church painting. It was also stated that owners in the Historic District will soon be able to purchase an historic plaque for their home.

A new HP Laser Jet P2035 printer was purchased for the Parks Dept. but will not work with the new computer and a different one has been purchased in its place. Carolynn Faraci has offered to purchase the P2035 from the Town.

RESOLUTION #29 – SELL PRINTER

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Gene Cronk the following resolution was offered and adopted:

“RESOLVED, the Town Board approves the sale of a new HP Laser Jet P2035 printer to Carolynn Farcaci at a cost of $209.99, being the cost paid by the Town.”

AYES – 5 Hinkley, Cronk, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

Robert Breglio, Assessor, submitted a written report to the Town Board and discussed certain items including the re-val schedule and property owner notices, requested the Town Board look into increasing the Board of Assessment Review from 3 to 5 persons for the first year of re-val, stated communications are going well with the County but he still needs full access to RPS and discussed the Verizon settlement and requested the Town Board approve the settlement.

Stephen Schuman, Highway Supt., stated stone & oil has begun on roads, he has incurred approximately $18,000 in damage from recent flooding, has upgraded culverts due to the floods, discussed the gravel bank that is not needed where the owner will be notified by the Town attorney and the Town will have to perform the reclamation process and stated he has reviewed the paperwork for Colonial Drive takeover and has no problem with the Town Board going forth on takeover.

Discussion took place on the matter of taking over the road known as Colonial Drive.

RESOLUTION #30 – COLONIAL DRIVE NEGATIVE DECLARATION

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Gene Cronk the following resolution was offered and adopted:

“WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the Short Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) on the takeover of a road known as Colonial Drive; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board finds the action will not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Town Board approves a declaration of no significant impact on the takeover of a road known as Colonial Dr.”

AYES 5 Hinkley, Cronk, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

RESOLUTION #31- IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO LAY OUT A TOWN ROAD TO BE KNOWN AS COLONIAL DRIVE

“WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Roxbury has received an Application to lay out a highway in the Town to be known as Colonial Drive, which will pass through the lands of David H. Munsell and Barbara K. Munsell, together with a Dedication and Release of Lands for Town Highway, dated and acknowledged July 10, 2014, and Deed of Dedication, dated and acknowledged July 10, 2014, dedicating and releasing the necessary lands for a proposed town highway to be known as Colonial Drive; and

WHEREAS, said road is more particularly described in the Deed of Dedication which is attached hereto and made a part hereof; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Roxbury has determined the road qualifies for dedication under Highway Law § 171 and meets the Town’s requirements for dedication; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Roxbury has reviewed a Short Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) pursuant to the mandates of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (ECL Article 8 and 6 NYCRR Part 617); and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has duly considered the contents of the EAF and completed Parts 2 and 3 thereof; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has identified the relevant areas of environmental inquiry and taken a hard look at them; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has identified the relevant areas of environmental inquiry and taken a hard look at them and caused to be prepared a Negative Declaration which sets forth the reasoning and rationale of the Town Board in determining that no adverse environmental impacts will occur as a result of the action; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board thereby seeks to issue the Negative Declaration under SEQRA thereby complying with the mandates of the State Environmental Quality Review Act;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Roxbury Town Board hereby declares that the laying out of the aforesaid highway will not have any significant adverse environmental impacts; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that in accordance with the provisions of section 171 of the Highway Law of the State of New York, consent is given that the Highway Superintendent of the Town of Roxbury make an order laying out the aforesaid town highway, the town highway to consist of the lands described in the deed of dedication.

WHEREUPON, this Resolution was declared adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Roxbury:

Town Board Member Allen Hinkley so moved; Town Board Member Edward Raeder Seconded, and the Town Board voted as follows:

AYES – 4 Hinkley, Raeder, Cronk, Murray
NAYS – 0
ABSTAIN – 1 Hynes (he and his son own property on the road)

Supervisor Hynes reported a collapsed sewer pipe in the Denver Sewer District has been repaired. Six units were hooked into one pipe.

Supervisor Hynes reported a major water leak 12’ deep in the Denver Water District was found late Friday afternoon that drained the tank. Crews were able to restore water the next day and the tank is now full. A final repair is expected this week. An e-mail was received from a concerned owner regarding dirty water which should be clearing out. Cowan Excavating recommended installing a pressure reducing valve on the line as the break occurred in the lower section of the facility. The Board agreed.

A letter and pictures were received from Diane Mitnick of the Roxbury Run area expressing safety and health concerns with a property on Short Run Rd. Items include junk cars, garbage, rodent infestation to nearby properties, and general condition issues of the home. It is unsure if the property has been abandoned or not. Mrs. Mitnick had written to the Town last year regarding the same issues but was told by the Health Officer that no problems were found. The Building Inspector has issued an Order to Remedy Violation to the owners per the NYS Building Code and the legal process must now be followed.

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Edward Raeder the Town Board approved the Town Clerk’s monthly report for June 2014 in the amount of $1,978.61 (Town Clerk $618.61 and Building Permits $1,360.00).

AYES – 5 Hinkley, Raeder, Cronk, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Carol Murray second by Edward Raeder the Town Board approved the Supervisor’s monthly report for May 2014.

AYES – 5 Hinkley, Raeder, Cronk, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Gene Cronk second by Allen Hinkley the Town Board approved the Assessor’s monthly report for June 2014.

AYES – 5 Cronk, Hinkley, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Carol Murray the Town Board approved the Justice Court monthly report for May 2014 in the amount of $3,054.00.

AYES – 5 Hinkley, Murray, Raeder, Cronk, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Edward Raeder second by Allen Hinkley the Town Board approved the HUD Program monthly report for June 2014 showing a balance of $232,985.00.

AYES – 5 Raeder, Hinkley, Cronk, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Edward Raeder the Town Board approved the Building Inspector monthly report for June 2014.

AYES – 5 Hinkley, Raeder, Cronk, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Edward Raeder second by Carol Murray the Town Board approved the Water District monthly receipts reports for June 2014 in the following amounts: Denver $310.50; Grand Gorge $273.55 and Roxbury $138.15.

AYES – 5 Raeder, Murray, Cronk, Hinkley, HynesNAYS – 0

RESOLUTION #32 – CONTRACT WITH TWO ASSESSOR DATA COLLECTORS

On motion of Gene Cronk seconded by Allen Hinkley the following resolution was offered and adopted:

“RESOLVED, the Town Board approves contracts for the services of Nicholas diStefanis, retroactive to 6/18/14, and Joseph McAfee, retroactive to 6/30/14, as Assessor Data Collectors at a rate of $9.00/hour with no benefits other than reimbursement for mileage.”

AYES – 5 Cronk, Hinkley, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

Notice was received from Petra Tavern Corp. (Petra’s Restaurant) they have applied for a NYS Liquor License for their business located at Shepard Hills Golf facility.

On motion of Gene Cronk second by Allen Hinkley the Town Board stated having no objections to the NYS Liquor License application of Petra Tavern Corp. (Petra’s Restaurant) located at Shepard Hills Golf facility.

AYES – Cronk, Hinkley, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Edward Raeder second by Carol Murray the Town Board approved the annual report of Good Neighbor Funds through June 30, 2014 showing a balance of $220,964.77.

AYES – 5 Raeder, Murray, Cronk, Hinkley, Hynes
NAYS – 0

RESOLUTION #33 – APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS LAKE ST. DRAINAGE PROJECT

On motion of Gene Cronk second by Allen Hinkley the following resolution was offered and adopted:

“RESOLVED, the Town Board approves the following Change Orders and amounts on the Lake St. Drainage Project: Change Order #2 increase $850; #3 increase $1,100; #4 increase $5,400; #5 increase $5,100, #6 increase $300, #7 increase $1,900; #8 increase $1,950; # 9 increase $6,200; #10 increase $1,505; #11 increase $2,480; #12 increase $11,477; #13 increase $1,828 and #14 increase $862 for a total increase of $40,952; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED approval of said change orders are contingent upon final inspection of said project engineer.”

AYES – Cronk, Hinkley, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

RESOLUTION #34 – AUTHORIZING THE SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CWC FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF UP TO $4,900.00 FOR TAX CONSULTING SERVICES PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Gene Cronk the following resolution was offered and adopted:

“WHEREAS, the Town of Roxbury and the Catskill Watershed Corporation (“CWC”) entered into a Tax Consulting Program Agreement originally executed in 1999, amended in 2004 and renewed in 2011; and

WHEREAS, the CWC Tax Consulting Program Agreement provided for the vouchered reimbursement of fees and expenses of professional consultants and/or attorneys retained by the Town of Roxbury to review, analyze and/or assist in the administration of real property taxes paid by New York City on City-owned land;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the CWC Tax Consulting Program Agreement, the Town of Roxbury contracted with the Law Office of Robert L. Beebe, LLC in or about 2011, to defend the Town’s assessments of the Schoharie Reservoir; and

WHEREAS, Robert L. Beebe provided the contracted for services and, as of the date of this Resolution, the amount paid to the Law Office of Robert L. Beebe, LLC for services provided is $4,834.00; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board desires to authorize the Supervisor to enter into an agreement with the CWC for the reimbursement of payment up to $4,900.00 for tax consulting services previously provided by Robert L. Beebe, LLC.

THEREFORE, NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Town of Roxbury authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute an agreement with the CWC for reimbursement of funding the final payment (approximately $4,900.00) to the Law Office of Robert L. Beebe, LLC.

WHEREUPON, the resolution was put to a vote and recorded as follows:

YEAS – 5 Hinkley, Cronk, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0
ABSTENTIONS – 0

Discussion took place regarding the letter from Martin Menne requesting a reduction in water charges because he must run his water in the winter to prevent the freezing of his service line that runs under the road. The Town Board reviewed a year of Mr. Menne’s water usages as well as others that have service lines under the road. The matter was tabled until the Town Supervisor speaks with the owner.

The next monthly meeting of the Town Board will be held August 11, 2014 at 7:30 pm at the Grand Gorge Civic Center.

Discussion took place on the remaining highway garage construction money. The bond principal and interest is paid by the General Fund so any remaining funds must be returned to that fund.

On motion of Edward Raeder second by Gene Cronk the Town Board approves the transfer of $17,418.07 from Capital Projects to General Fund that represents the balance of highway garage construction funds.

AYES – 5 Raeder, Cronk, Hinkley, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Gene Cronk the Town Board went into Executive Session at 8:50 pm to discuss negotiations for Highway contract renewal. Present were: Supervisor Thomas S. Hynes and Councilmen Gene Cronk, Edward Raeder, Allen Hinkley and Carol Murray.

On motion of Allen Hinkley second by Gene Cronk the Town Board came out of Executive Session and returned to the regular meeting at 9:11 pm.

It was stated that no decision was made on the highway contract and the Personnel Committee will continue negotiations with the Highway Workers Association.

After adding General Fund #331 in the amount of $1,200.00 and Grand Gorge Water #52 in the amount of $100.00, on motion of Gene Cronk second by Allen Hinkley the bills were audited and ordered paid in the following amounts:

General #270-331 $46,744.03
Special Lights #10-11 $1,929.43
Highway #166-191 $51,920.37
Capital Projects:
Roxbury Water #41-49 $7,328.01
HUD Program #12 $20,965.00
Grand Gorge Water #43-52 $3,208.00
Park Construction #13 $3,279.00
Denver Water #38-45 $3,645.73
Park Programs #14-18 $572.00
Roxbury Sewer #44-48 $7,114.83
Other:
Denver Sewer #69-81 $16,668.95
Lake St. Project $2,242.80

AYES – 5 Cronk, Hinkley, Raeder, Murray, Hynes
NAYS – 0

On motion of Carol Murray second by Edward Raeder the meeting adjourned at 9:17 pm.
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Diane Pickett, Town Clerk
Thomas S. Hynes, Supervisor
Gene Cronk, Councilman
Edward Raeder, Councilman
Allen Hinkley,
Carol Murray, Councilwoman

Violin Duo is 3rd Installment in Essential Thursdays Series at RAG

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces The Essential Thursdays Performance Series 3rd Installment with Violin Duo

The Old School Baptist Church, 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road), Denver, NY 12421

Thursday, July 24, 2014, 7:30 PM
607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group’s popular Essential Thursdays Summer Performance Series continues on Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 pm as RAG pairs exquisite music performed by extraordinary violinists Solomiya Ivakhiv and Pavel Ilyashov with the pristine acoustics of the Old School Baptist Church in Denver NY. This is the third performance in this series and it is the last performance that has been curated by Ms. Jungeun Kim, a multi-award winning pianist whose is also the Founder and Executive Director of the New York Summer Music Festival and Director of Instrumental Accompaniment for The Curtis Institute of Music. As always the Ate O Ate Gourmet Food Truck will be serving dinners prior to the performance. For tickets and more information call 607.326.7908 or visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Tickets to this and all performances at the Old School Baptist Church this summer are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors when purchased in advance. All tickets purchased the day of the performance are $23. Get your tickets by calling 607.326.7908 or by visiting www.roxburyartsgroup.org. The complete Essential Thursdays Performance Series is sponsored by Beaverdam Builders.

Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you.

For Arts’ Sake Art Auction to benefit the Roxbury Arts Group and over 70 artists, July 19, 2014

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For Arts’ Sake
A Benefit for the Roxbury Arts Group
Featuring over 70 Artsists

Saturday, July 19, 2014, 3:00 – 5:30 PM
$10 includes entrance and hors d’oeuvres
607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

For Arts’ Sake, an annual art auction and fundraising event benefitting the Roxbury Arts Group and participating artists returns to the Roxbury Arts Center this year on Saturday, July 19. Be wined and dined with scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and refreshing drinks, as you bid on the fine art created by 70 accomplished regional and international artists. Visit the Roxbury Arts Center from July 12-18 for the For Arts’ Sake Preview Week where you will be able to view all of the beautiful pieces generously donated for this spectacular event and begin to plan your bidding strategy. You can also place a bid during this time, but be sure to attend the For Arts’ Sake main event on Saturday July 19 at 3:00 PM to ensure that your bid remains on top. For Arts’ Sake will take place at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury NY, on Saturday, July 19 from 3:00 – 5:30 PM. Communities members are invited to preview the works at the Roxbury Arts Center from July 12-18 during which time bids can be placed. A special thank you to the Roxbury Motel for sponsoring For Arts’ Sake. For more information about this event and to purchase your ticket in advance, visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org or call the Roxbury Arts Group at 607.326.7908. Admission is only $10, and bidders can register in advance at www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Town Board Meeting Agenda - July 14, 2014

ROXBURY TOWN BOARD
Regular Meeting
July 14, 2014
Town Hall

Call To Order 7:30 pm
Minutes June 9th Regular Meeting

Requests to Speak:

Department Reports:

Water / Sewer
Planning
Building & Grounds
Highway
Assessor
Building Inspector
Community Resources
Old Business
New Business

Letters to the Board:

Diane Mitnick – re: health and property concern

Discussion from residents

Audits

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

• Resolution – Town Clerk monthly Report for June 2014
• Resolution – Supervisor’s monthly Report for May 2014
• Resolution – Assessor’s monthly report for June 2014
• Resolution – Justice Court monthly report for May 2014
• Resolution – HUD Program funds monthly report for June 2014
• Resolution – Building Inspector monthly report for June 2014
• Resolution – monthly water receipts report for June 2014 (Denver-GG-Roxbury)
• Resolution – retirement reporting days
• Resolution – Colonial Drive takeover (if signed paperwork received)
• Resolution – hire Data Collectors
• Resolution – Annual report of Good Neighbor Funds
• Resolution – change orders for Lake St. Construction Project #2-14
• Resolution – CWC Agreement for reimbursement of Robert L. Beebe costs
• Resolution – equipment destruction
• Resolution – HP Laser Jet printer P2035

• Martin Menne water issue

⇨AUGUST MEETING AT GRAND GORGE CIVIC CENTER @ 7:30 PM

REMINDERS:

* Highway Contract expires 12/31/14
* Rodrigues Gravel Contract & Mining Permit expires 8/3/14 ONGOING ISSUES
• Truck lawsuit status

Open Air Films in Kirkside Park this Summer!

July 17 at Sunset

The Birds

This evening’s movie features the 1963 Hitchcock classic ‘The Birds’.A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.

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July 31 at Sunset

Waiting for Guffman

This evening’s movie feature is ‘Waiting for Guffman’.Directed by, co-written by and starring David Guest, ‘Waiting for Guffman’ is a mockumentary of an aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

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August 7 at Sunset

To Kill A Mockingbird

This evening’s feature is the 1962 film classic ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ starring Gregory Peck.The film version of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-prize-winning, semi-autobiographical novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was one of those rare screen adaptations that pleased fans of the book and its author as well. After seeing the film, Lee commented, “I can only say that I am a happy author. They have made my story into a beautiful and moving motion picture. I am very proud and grateful.”Set in Lee’s hometown, Monroeville, Alabama, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ vividly captures a specific time and place when racial unrest was at its peak in the South. Yet despite its controversial nature, the real focus of the story is the relationship between Scout, a tomboyish six-year-old, her older brother, Jem, and their attorney father. Part of the film’s huge appeal is seeing the dramatic events unfold through the innocent eyes of childhood.

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August 21 at Sunset

Frozen Sing-a-Long

This evening’s feature is the new Disney classic ‘Frozen’ in a special sing-a-long format!After the kingdom of Arendelle is cast into eternal winter by the powerful Snow Queen Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), her sprightly sister Anna (Kristen Bell) teams up with a rough-hewn mountaineer named Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his trusty reindeer Sven to break the icy spell. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee co-directed this Walt Disney Animation Studios production based on Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tale The Snow Queen.

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Popular Series “Essential Thursdays” continues with Brass & Ivory, Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 7:30pm

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces The Essential Thursdays Performance Series 2nd Installment with Brass & Ivory: a trumpet, trombone and piano

The Old School Baptist Church, 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road), Denver, NY 12421

Thursday, July 10, 2014, 7:30 PM

FREE • 607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Essential Thursday Summer Performance Series, presented by the Roxbury Arts Group, which pairs exquisite music performed by extraordinary musicians and the pristine acoustics of the Old School Baptist Church continues with its second of four performance on Thursday July 10th at 7:30 PM with Brass & Ivory, an evening featuring a trombone, trumpet and piano. The Old School Baptist Church is located at 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road) on the corner of Cartwright Road and County Rte. 36, Denver, NY 12421. Audience members are encouraged to arrive early and grab a bite to eat in the idyllic Denver Valley from the Ate.O.Ate Gourmet Food Truck that will be parked outside the church. The Old School Baptist Church original wooden seats are beautiful but a little hard, so audience members are invited to bring a seat cushion.

Tickets to this and all performances at the Old School Baptist Church this summer are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors when purchased in advance. All tickets purchased the day of the performance are $23. Get your tickets by calling 607.326.7908 or by visiting www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you. The complete Essential Thursdays Performance Series is sponsored by Beaverdam Builders.

July, 4, 2014 Orphic Gallery will celebrate the opening of Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached

On the Fourth of July from 5 to 7 pm The Orphic Gallery in Roxbury will celebrate the opening of Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached, an exhibit by Brooklyn artist Ken Butler.

Ken is an artist and musician whose hybrid musical instruments, performances, installations, and other works explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, altered images, sounds and silence.

In Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached, he will exhibit a violin made from a hatchet, a guitar made with a turntable, a cello fashioned from a metal detector, and a piano constructed with Styrofoam shipping components, and along with other eccentric instruments, drawings and collages.

Created primarily from urban detritus, the hybrid instruments express a poetic spirit of re-invention and hyper-utility as hidden meanings and associations momentarily create a striking and re-animated cultural identity for common objects. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice. Pianos and keyboards become cybernetic and symbolic architecture. Anxious objects speak in tongues.

Ken Butler’s hybrid musical instrument sculptures, collage/drawings, performances, and audio-visual installations explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, sounds and silence, and altered images as function and form collide in the intersections of art and music.

Created primarily from urban detritus, the hybrid instruments express a poetic spirit of re-invention and hyper-utility as hidden meanings and associations momentarily create a striking and re-animated cultural identity for common objects. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice. Pianos and keyboards become cybernetic and symbolic architecture. Anxious objects speak in tongues.

Bridging fine art, craft, technology, and music, the hybrids exist as ergonomic functional musical instruments as well as sculpture; they are constructed from readily available consumer objects designed to perform a different function, and when amplified are shaped with cutting-edge sound processing allowing artful musical sounds and expression.

His works have been featured in numerous exhibitions and performances throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe including The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Mass MoCA, and The Kitchen, The Brooklyn Museum, The Queens Museum, Lincoln Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as well as in South America, Thailand, and Japan. His works have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Artforum, Smithsonian, and Sculpture Magazine and have been featured on PBS, CNN, MTV, and NBC, including a live appearance on The Tonight Show.

He has performed with John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Butch Morris, The Soldier String Quartet, Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio, The Tonight Show Band, and The Master Gnawa musicians of Morocco. His CD, Voices of Anxious Objects is on Tzadik records.

Works by Ken Butler are represented in public and private collections in Portland, Seattle, Vail, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York City including the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most recently, eleven pieces of his work was featured in the Prada Pavilion exhibition Art or Music at the Venice Architectural Biennale.

The Orphic Gallery is located at 53525 State Highway 30 in Roxbury, NY, the corner of Main and Bridge Streets, where art and music collide.

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June 21, 2014 - Roxbury Historic Preservation Commission Unapproved Minutes

June 21, 2014

The regular meeting of the Roxbury Historic Preservation Commission was held June 21, 2014 at 12:00 pm at the Roxbury Town Hall. Present-Lewis Wendell, Chairman, Commission Members Phillip Lenihan and Nicole Haroldson. Michael Mathis called in for the first part of the meeting.

On motion of Nicole Haroldson seconded by Phillip Lenihan the minutes of the May 19, 2014 were approved.

YES-4 Nicole Haroldson, Phillip Lenihan, Lewis Wendell, Michael Mathis
NAYS-0

On motion of Phillip Lehihan seconded by Lewis Wendell, the Commission said that they would defer decision on Dimitri Mitriopoulos’ application to build a log home at 42 Ridge Road.

AYES- 4 Phillip Lenihan, Lewis Wendell, Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0

Darrell Slater spoke with the Commission on property located at 53698 State Highway 30.

On motion of Lewis Wendell seconded by Phillip Lenihan, the Commission agreed that the porch repair located at 53996 State Highway 30 could move forward.

AYES-3 Lewis Wendell, Phillip Lenihan, Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0

On motion of Lewis Wendell seconded by Phillip Lenihan, approval of the installation of vinyl siding located at 53996 State Highway 30 would be deferred to the next meeting.

AYES-3 Lewis Wendell, Phillip Lenihan, Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0

There was discussion on phase one of a display Kiosk to promote Roxbury being placed at the corner of State Highway 30 and County Route 41. The project is in the planning phase. Phillip Lenihan will be submitting applications for each phase of the Kiosk.

Lewis Wendell has not yet received the first historic plaque from Catskill Castings. He hopes to bring it to the meeting in August.

On motion of Phillip Lenihan seconded by Nicole Haroldson, The Commission recommends that Lewis Wendell will contact Catskill Castings and let them know that if Historic Plaque is not ready by next meeting Commission will look for a new company.

AYES-3 Phillip Lenihan, Nicole Haroldson, Lewis Wendell
NAYES-0

On motion by Phillip Lenihan second by Nicole Haroldson meeting adjourned at 1:00.

AYES-3 Phillip Lenihan, Nicole Haroldson, Lewis Wendell
NAYES-0

May 19, 2014 - Roxbury Historic Preservation Commission Approved Minutes

May 19, 2014

The regular meeting of the Roxbury Historic Preservation Commission was held May 19, 2014 at 7:10 pm at the Roxbury Town Hall. Present-Lewis Wendell, Chairman, Commission Members Phillip Lenihan and Nicole Haroldson. Martin Lerner called in for the first part of the meeting.

On motion of Lewis Wendell seconded by Phillip Lenihan the minutes of the April 21, 2014 were approved.

AYES-4 Lewis Wendell, Phillip Lenihan, Nicole Haroldson, Martin Lerner
NAYS-0

On motion by Lewis Wendell seconded by Phillip Lenihan approved Roxbury Wine & Spirits sign shall be twelve feet in length instead of the eight feet in length that was approved on April 5, 2014.

AYES-4
NAYS-0

Andrew Camillone discussed the work he is doing on the house located at 100 Lake Street. The Commission stated the only item that came under their review would be the chimney that would go up the right side of the house. The chimney would be constructed of 8 inches galvanized pipe and would be four feet above the roof line.

On motion by Phillip Lenihan seconded by Lewis Wendell approved Andrew Camillone chimney placement with the exception that he send pictures of where the chimney would be placed.

AYES-3 Philip Lenihan, Lewis Wendell, Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0

On motion by Lewis Wendell seconded by Nicole Haroldson approved the form Certification of Compatibility be created.

AYES-3 Lewis Wendell, Nicole Haroldson, Phillip Lenihan
NAYS-0

Kirkside of Roxbury is replacing the walkways, front porch and Bilco doors.

On motion by Phillip Lenihan seconded by Lewis Wendell approved the work being done at Kirkside of Roxbury.

AYES-3 Phillip Lenihan, Lewis Wendell, Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0

M-ARK is applying for restorative funds on behalf of the Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church with a Consolidation Funding Application. They need a letter from the Chairman of the Roxbury Historic Preservation Commission.

On motion by Phillip Lenihan seconded by Lewis Wendell approved for a letter to be written

AYES-3 Phillip Lenihan, Lewis Wendell Nicole Haroldson
NAYS-0

Lewis Wendell has ordered a Historic Plaque and should have it for the next monthly meeting.

On motion by Nicole Haroldson seconded by Phillip Lenihan meeting was adjourned at 7:56 pm.

AYES-3 Nicole Haroldson, Phillip Lenihan, Lewis Wendell
NAYES-0

"Fizz! Boom! Read!" at the Roxbury Library

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

“Fizz! Boom! Read!” at the Roxbury Library

The July 2014 Roxbury Library Association Summer Reading Program at the Roxbury Library will focus on the NYS 2014 themes “Fizz! Boom! Read!” for grades K-4 and “SPARK a Reaction” for grades 5-7 and will run from Tuesday, July 8th, through Thursday, July 31st. The 2014 RLA SRP will offer themed reading and craft activities, along with refreshments, to all SRP participants: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. for grades K-2; Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., for grades 3-4; and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., for grades 5-7.
To register for the July 2014 RLA SRP, please contact RLA 2014 SRP Coordinator Carol L. Meckes at (607)-326-2897.
Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

Notice of Filing of Completed Assesment Roll

NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLETED ASSESSMENT ROLL

Pursuant to Section 516 of the Real Property Tax Law, Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town of Roxbury, County of Delaware, for the year 2014 has been completed by the undersigned Assessor. A certified copy thereof will be filed in the office of the Town Clerk on the 1st day of July, 2014, where the same will remain open to public inspection. Assessment information may also be seen and examined on the Roxbury website, here.

Robert Breglio, Sole Assessor
Town of Roxbury
Dated: July 1, 2014

Ken Butler at the Orphic Gallery

Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached
Ken Butler at the Orphic Gallery

You are cordially invited to the opening of Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached featuring the stunning musical instruments of New York artist Ken Butler at the Orphic Gallery in Roxbury, NY, on Friday, July 4, 2014, from 5 to 7. Ken Butler will be present at the opening and will provide those in attendance with a demonstration of the sonic capability of some of his ingenuous instruments.

The Orphic Gallery is located at The Roxbury Corner Store located at 53525 State Highway 30 in Roxbury at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets. The exhibit will run through August 24th and be open during the gallery’s normal business hours, Thursday through Sunday 12 – 5 pm and by appointment.

Ken Butler’s hybrid musical instrument sculptures, collage/drawings, performances, and audio-visual installations explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, sounds and silence, and altered images as function and form collide in the intersections of art and music.

Created primarily from urban detritus, the hybrid instruments express a poetic spirit of re-invention and hyper-utility as hidden meanings and associations momentarily create a striking and re-animated cultural identity for common objects. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice. Pianos and keyboards become cybernetic and symbolic architecture. Anxious objects speak in tongues.

Bridging fine art, craft, technology, and music, the hybrids exist as ergonomic functional musical instruments as well as sculpture; they are constructed from readily available consumer objects designed to perform a different function, and when amplified are shaped with cutting-edge sound processing allowing artful musical sounds and expression.

His works have been featured in numerous exhibitions and performances throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe including The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Mass MoCA, and The Kitchen, The Brooklyn Museum, The Queens Museum, Lincoln Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as well as in South America, Thailand, and Japan. His works have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Artforum, Smithsonian, and Sculpture Magazine and have been featured on PBS, CNN, MTV, and NBC, including a live appearance on The Tonight Show.

Awards include fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pollack/Krasner Foundation. Ken Butler studied viola as a child and maintained an interest in music while studying visual arts in France, at Colorado College, and Portland State University where he completed his MFA in painting in 1977.

He has performed with John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Butch Morris, The Soldier String Quartet, Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio, The Tonight Show Band, and The Master Gnawa musicians of Morocco. His CD, Voices of Anxious Objects is on Tzadik records.

Works by Ken Butler are represented in public and private collections in Portland, Seattle, Vail, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York City including the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most recently, eleven pieces of his work was featured in the Prada Pavilion exhibition Art or Music at the Venice Architectural Biennale.

On the evening of August 9th, Ken Butler together with an ensemble of musicians from the NYC downtown experimental music scene will give a performance at the Orphic Gallery with instruments from the exhibit and others of their own creation.The Orphic Gallery

The Orphic Gallery opened the summer of 2012 in the artistic enclave of Roxbury, NY. The gallery exclusively exhibits art related to music including photographs, concert posters, musical instruments, portraits of musicians, souvenirs of musical events, specimens of musical technology, etc. All work exhibited at the gallery has a definite connection to the world of music, and it features exhibits based on both local music history, and musical traditions from around the USA and abroad.

For further information on Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached or the Orphic Gallery, please contact Phillip Lenihan at 607-326-6045 or phil@orphicgallery.com.

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Authentic Mississippi Blues is coming to The Roxbury Arts Center

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Authentic Mississippi Blues is coming to The Roxbury Arts Center
Performing Live: Cedric Burnside Project for a Red, White and Blues Weekend!

7:30 PM • 607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group is gearing up for a ‘red, white and blues’ 4th of July weekend with Performing Live: Cedric Burnside Project, at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Moutain Road, Roxbury, NY, Saturday, July 5th, 2014 at 7:30 pm. Authentic Mississippi blues man Cedric Burnside, grandson of legendary blues legend R.L. “Big Daddy” Burnside and 4-time Blues Music Awards winner for best instrumentalist-drummer, along with Trenton Ayers on the guitar and bass, will be in Roxbury playing the genre he created by fusing Mississippi Hill Country Blues, Funk, R & B, and Soul. Now that’s authentic red, white and blue! Advance tickets for this performance are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors. All tickets purchased the day of the event are $23. For tickets and more information please call 607.326.7908 or order online at roxburyartsgroup.org.
Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you. Presenting Live Cedric Burnside Project is sponsored by Sluiter Agency, Inc., Metnick Law Office and the Catskill Mediation Center.

"ZOBO": Children's Book Reading and Signing at the Roxbury Library

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

“ZOBO”: CHILDREN’S BOOK READING AND SIGNING AT THE ROXBURY LIBRARY

To kick off July 4th weekend, Christopher Durham, a oxbury resident, will be giving a reading of his recently published children’s book “ZOBO” at the Roxbury Library Saturday morning, July 5th, at 10:30 a.m. . Come hear the story of the little sad clown who journeys out into the world to find happiness. As part of the Roxbury Sidewalk Festival, Christopher will also be outside the library after the reading to sign copies of “Zobo” and will feature a display of the original illustrations used for the book. Don’t miss this fun event for the whole family!

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For additional information about the July 5th “Zobo” reading and signing, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.