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I would say "AMEN" to that but I don't know if that's too religious for the CR4site.

Our Town Council competes with the kindergarten class on many issues. The last meeting I attended a hockey game broke out.

My daughter went to Marist and I used the Mid-Hudson Bridge off 9W many a time. I'm a Ct. country boy and I love that area especially in the fall.

Hey Spinco, the Town Council and hockey game is a good one! LOL Sounds like what happens up this way all of the time......I sit on the local Planning Board and see a lot of idiots come before us, including a lot of clueless folks andof course the NIMBY crowd. The board members are very good, so no problem there......It's the both the Village and Town boards (Trustees) here that run the 3-ring circuses!

Kewl beans, so you know this area! Marist is right down (south) the road from us 20 miles or so. My wife's brother is a Marist Alumni (psych). Ever been to the CIA or Red Hook (where we are) or Rhinebeck? We're about a Klick away from the world famous Rhinebeck Aerodrome as the crow flies....always seeing WWI Bi-planes flying overhead during the Summer & Fall.

Yeah, this area is truly gorgeous in Fall.....probably the largest reason I won't move out of New York State, as I'd miss my favorite season terribly. My most favorite upstate NY area is the place I grew up in, which is mid-way between Schenectady and Saratoga (ie, Burnt Hills.....Mohawk Indians use to live there), which is the foothills of the Adirondacks basically. Another favorite in Fall is the Schoharie Valley and thereabouts (Cobleskill, Middleburgh, and Cooperstown nearby)...all very very scenic and a little slice of heaven.

Yeah, the CT/NY line isn't all that far from me. Love all of the small villages throughout CT. During racing season, I usually go to the Stafford Springs Speedway to watch the Super Modifieds on asphalt....hell on wheels. Actually, I'm a bigger DIRT Big Block modified racing fan since I was a wee lad. hehehehe

Oh BTW, my brother lives down in Califon NJ with his wife and 4 girls, but works in Wayne @ Castol/BP......hey ya never know, he may be a neighbor of yours! LOL

My daughter played Volleyball for 4 years for Marist. Her Awards dinner was at CIA. Totally great food.Wanted to go to Rhinebeck for one of the air shows. Totally love that sort having been a kid during WWII and Korea. saw a lot of war movies then. Used to ski at Mohawk Mt in Ct and Hunter which is probably not to far away from you. I have one brother in New Milford on Candlewood Lake and one in Woodbury. That is a pretty town in the fall. Real pretty New England setting.

My father worked up in Lakeville, Ct at one time. They were starting the racing over at Lime Rock at that time. Paul Newman raced there quite a bit.

My son lives in Little Falls and his mother-in-law lives in Wayne. Know that area pretty well. Califon is a bit North and west of me but my daughter had a friend there and was told that "cow tipping" was a favorite pastime at Halloween.

The CIA in Hyde Park is always fantastic, and the food is incredible good (and fattening too)! LOL We try to get down there at least once a year. A lot of the restaurants in this area employ CIA graduates.....we rarely have had a bad meal anywhere around here.

You should really get to the Rhinebeck Aerodrome. They put on quite a good show, especially the Sunday show (I believe, but verify first). I've never been let down by either the Saturday show (barnstormers) and the Sunday show. Now, and into the month, is an incredibly great time to visit them as the weather is mild and the Fall foliage is spectacular. It's a perfect time to visit! Also, there's less tourists visiting there as they're all taking in the "Leaf Peeping" or "Apple Knocking" as we call it in these parts. LOL

I really miss getting to airshows these past few years. I was a longtime member (and sat on the annual Wings of Eagles Airshow committee for years) of the National Warplane Museum (first located in Geneseo NY and later Elmira NY) which is now defunct. I miss that museum immensely. We had a flying museum, mostly comprising of WWII warbirds. Our airshows typically drew over 200 warbirds and modern military aircraft......WWII, Korean War and Nam warbirds mostly, but we even were able to draw some UK, West German, and some other NATO aircraft...mostly fighters like Phantoms and Tornados.

I've been to Lime Rock a few times for the races and car groups (like antique Ferrari, Vettes and Porche)...always a good time! Never met Paul Newman though, although I saw him race once there....did see him in the pit area and snapped a few pics of him from 30 feet away! Way kewl!

Hunter Mtn. is across the river from us and not too far a drive. We like to go there for the 2 weekends of Oktoberfest. I don't ski anymore and it's been a long long time since I skied that mountain.

Sounds like you live in central Jersey....wow, family all over the place!