Woodstock Early Bird attended this morning’s Flood Response Update meeting and we have very little new to report (which, all things considered, is a good thing). Here’s what we have:
1. River Street will be open to all traffic this weekend. Signs posting it as closed will be taken down.
2. Frost Mills Parking Area should be open “noonish” today according to Woodstock Roads Manager Dave Green.
3. Woodstock Aqueduct is still working on our water line. Green says yesterday there was some work with regard to removal of concrete. Village Trustee Bob Peark, our former “Water Boy”, said the process for getting fully back up-to-speed includes planned installation of a new pump and then getting all the electronics in order.
4. Vail Field Clean-Up Bid deadline is today. The Village Trustees will be presented with the bids (approximately six contractors are expected to be competing for the work) and make a decision on which one to go with at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night at 7pm. (Town Manager Phil Swanson notes that — rather incredibly — FEMA monies ARE available for cleaning up silt at that site but federal monies to repair roads and culverts are not available yet as they are still held up in Washington. )
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5. A note related to our recently dearly departed Volunteer Coordinator Hasse Halley: We hear that this lady was “all about food” and feeding people in so many ways — continually, doggedly, stressing the importance of asking for Food Shelf donations in the Post-Irene Aftermath. As one small way of celebrating her memory, teachers were emailed a note this week suggesting those who attend her memorial at Woodstock Union High School on Sunday bring, yes, FOOD. Canned foods and non-perishable food as a donation to the Food Shelf in her memory. The Hasse Halley Memorial get-together is scheduled for 2pm Sunday at the WUHS gym.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 