Sunday school grows; Millerton photo book; new parking plan proposed for the Village

November 16, 1933

‘About Millerton’ Class Growing; The class recently started at the Presbyterian Sunday School for children from two to five years of age is steadily growing. Starting with only two, the membership has increased to six. With Mrs. Edward Franks as teacher, these little tots do interesting things and this class meets a real need. New members are always welcome.

‘4-H Club Needs Flag’; The girls’ 4-H Club, which has been recently organized, is in need of an American flag. Part of the program of their meetings is to salute the flag, and they are very anxious to own one, but at present have no funds. If any member of the community has a flag which they do not use and would care to contribute to this cause, please communicate with Violet H. Simmons.

‘Little Red Hen is Kidnapped From Auto’; The little red hen that has been joy riding, either on the front bumper or the gas tank of Dave Traver’s Car, has been kidnapped.
One night last week, while parked on the gas tank outside the movies she disappeared. But after all one hen’s tragedy is some one’s chicken dinner, and besides it gives our new sheriff-elect, a good, deep mystery to solve even before he is sworn in.

November 21, 1974

‘Village Approves Reservoir Study’; The MIllerton Village Board has resolved unanimously to hire Michael Morris, a consulting engineer, to make a study of the village reservoir and water system to determine what system, a standpipe or chlorination, would be most practical in preventing the pollution of water in the reservoir…
Mr. Morris told the Board at its meeting … that it would cost the Village between $130,000 and $150,000 to build a standpipe that could contain between 175,000 and 250,000 gallons of water…

November 18, 1999

‘Ace Photographer Returns to Village’; MILLERTON: Photography aficionados have always taken note of Millerton. After all, it is the home of the Strand Archive, Aperture Publishing and the Apeiron Photography Workshop. And photography students from The Hotchkiss School frequently visit the village looking for inviting and agreeable subjects.
But this weekend, one of Millerton’s most noted photographers will return to celebrate the release of his new book, “A Kind of History,” which features the faces of this old village.
Oblong Books & Music will host a reception for author Mark Goodman this Friday evening, followed by a book signing the next day. The book celebrates 20 years of Mr. Goodman’s work photographing the children and young adults of Millerton.
According to a written statement from his publisher, Markerbooks, the text of the book explains “how Goodman first came to Millerton [as a student at nearby Apeiron Workshops] and his early weeks of photographing, walking the town’s streets, getting to know the inhabitants and, more importantly, letting them get to know him.
“He tells of life at Apeiron — ‘a post-hippie community [if not exactly a commune] for people who thought of themselves as aspiring artists with cameras and those who wished to hang out with them.’ And he generously tells of his own life in and out of Millerton: why he went there, why he stayed and why he finally left.”
The book comprises the years 1971 to 1991, and includes 184 half-tone photographs. It is first major monograph of Mr. Goodman’s work.
Mr. Goodman received a Guggenheim fellowship in photography for his Millerton Project, as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. According to his publisher, Mr. Goodman’s work is in a number of public collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the George Eastman House, the High Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Philadelphia Art Museum, Mr. Goodman currently teaches photography at the University of Texas at Austin.

‘New Parking Plan Proposed’; MILLERTON: A new parking plan has been proposed for the village.
Deputy Mayor Mariley Najdek suggested eliminating the two-hour parking limit on John Street, Barton Street, South Center Street and Dutchess Avenue, while maintaining the parking regulations on Main Street. She was responding, in part, to a proposal submitted by Stuart Miller, the manager of the Millerton Antique Center and a representative of the new Millerton Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Miller’s plan called for unlimited parking — with no restrictions — throughout the village, with half-hour parking on Main Street to meet the needs of merchants there. He also proposed a reconfiguration of John Street.
Meanwhile, the Village Board voted to set a public hearing date for Dec. 13 to discuss the proposed new parking plan. Ms. Najdek also asked for new handicapped parking spaces in front of the North East Pharmacy and on both ends of Dutchess Avenue, near the intersection with Main Street.
Mayor Michael Cawley also asked the Village Board to consider a new street light near Gilmor Glass.