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Published the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month | Vol. 27, Issue 13
209 Flea, becoming a gathering place
July 1, 2022 | $1.00
Rondout grads get a beautiful send off
State of farming in the Rondout, First in a series of articles
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Roses on Rosendale murals BSP Staff Reports Rosendale got a little more flowery recently and residents are noticing. There are new rose-themed murals popping up all over Rosendale with the help of Lady Pink and her army of 30 volunteers who are on a mission to give some more artistic flair to Rosendale’s businesses. These volunteers range from high school students to a 78-year-old. Among the other artists who joined the effort are retired art teachers, social workers, gallery owners and local artists. Lady Pink started this project on June 23 with her protege Muckrock [Muck]. Muck did the painting of three giant, 20-foot roses on the rooftop of Fann’s Plaza to the top right of the MyTown Marketplace. This set of roses was completed in only six hours by Muck and three assistants. MyTown Marketplace’s manager, Amy Maragliano, said “It wasn’t there one day, and the next it was.” Lady Pink is donating murals to any that ask only during this week. After July 3 she says “no more free roses.” Lady Pink started her career at NYC’s High School of Art and Design and is known for her paintings on subway trains. Within a year she was rubbing elbows with some of the most famous people in the art world, even meeting Andy Warhol at a party. She also had a leading role as Rose Lady Bug in the 1983 movie “Wild Style,” which is touted to be the first hip-hop motion picture.
Marbletown approves preservation plan, public will vote on transfer tax this fall Anne Pyburn Craig BSP Reporter
A large mural of painted roses by the artist Muckrock above Rosendale's MyTown Marketplace, pictured at eye level from the rooftop. Below, the side of the Santa Fe Burger Bar on Main Street Rosendale. Photo by Thomas Childers
Lady Pink’s paintings are in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and even the Groningen Museum in the Netherlands. She hopes to inspire other artists with her work and has inspired some of her friends to help with the Roses on Rosendale project. Lady Pink and her friends assisting in this effort normally get
thousands of dollars for painting murals just like these, yet they are donating their artwork because she asked them to. Lady Pink runs a mural company and charges for commissions in high-end businesses, yet she is not charging Rosendale landlords anything this week. She
See Roses, page 9
District champs Rondout 12U wins district championship after combining both Little League teams Jeff Slater BSP Reporter The Rondout Valley 12U won the District championship, winning the best two out of three against Mountain Valley. In the first game Rondout eked out a 4-3 victory. Luke Johnson pitched that game. In the second and final game Rondout hit the ball well and beat Mountain Valley by a score of 14-7. “These kids have worked hard. They practice every day of the week,” said Brandon Pra, coach of the team. “This championship means a lot, being that we have Indian Valley kids and Rondout Valley
Preservation plan approved
kids. This year we combined our league, so I got the best kids in the school district.” Art Cole, president of the league, said, “It was history in the making as Rondout Valley and Indian Valley Little Leagues have always been rivals. They have faced each other many times in the district championship. With the help of Indian Valley Little League president and members of the board and Rondout Valley Little League board members and myself, we pooled all the players together to create a Majors team that won two out of three
See Champs, page 3
Boys 12U LL District 16 Champions
Marbletown board member Daisy Foote got a sweet surprise right before the Town Board began its June 21 meeting. Her husband, Tim Guinee, dropped in accompanied by the Rev. G. Modele Clark, who performed a quick renewal of the couple’s marriage vows for their 25th anniversary. “Daisy thought Tim was in Albany, and he totally surprised her and most of the people in the room showing up with the reverend like that,” said town supervisor Rich Parete in a later phone interview. After a round of heartfelt applause and quick congratulations, the board convened its official meeting and got down to its major business of the night, back-toback public earnings on three resolutions related to the town’s community preservation efforts. The resolutions are legally necessary steps in the town’s creation of a Community Preservation Fund, which would fund efforts to protect and preserve its open space, natural resources, scenery and historic assets through purchase of parcels
See Preservation, page 5