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Garden Club talk provides promise of spring

Garden Club talk provides promise of spring

Innisfree Garden Landscape Curator Kate Kerin presents a virtual tour of Millbrook’s renowned public garden at the annual meeting of the Amenia Garden Club, held at the Amenia Free Library on Saturday, May 2.

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AMENIA — More than 30 members and friends of the Amenia Garden Club gathered at the Amenia Free Library on Saturday, May 2, to hear a talk on Innisfree Garden in Millbrook.

Innisfree Landscape Curator Kate Kerin brought the experience of the 185-acre garden to life with a virtual tour detailing the plantings and planning concepts. She described the long history of the landmark garden that combines modern and Romantic-era ideals with Chinese and Japanese garden design principles. Included also was information on how the climate affects the whole.

The program began with the annual meeting of the Garden Club during which Ken Monteiro won resounding re-election to continue to serve as President.

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Flock cameras in Dutchess County will no longer capture license plates, and the cameras will come down in the next 30 days.
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State Sen. Michelle Hinchey announced the bill last Tuesday, Sept. 22. It would regulate automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, including those made by Flock Safety, the company behind the cameras that have been installed in Millerton, Amenia, Pine Plains and Milan.

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