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Town Hall Closed - Christmas

25 Dec, 2023 — 25 Dec, 2023   
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Town Hall Closed - Christmas
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    25 Dec, 2023 — 25 Dec, 2023
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Town Board Meeting

21 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 21 Dec, 2023 PM 8:00   
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Town Board Meeting
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    21 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 21 Dec, 2023 PM 8:00
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Planning Board - Public Hearing - Rinaldi

13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:30   
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TOWN OF CRAWFORD
PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
121 Route 302
Pine Bush, NY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning Board of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing to amend the site plan to relocate the location of a proposed house at the property located on Judson Road, designated as 12-1-38.22 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the RA district, owned by Nicholas and Serina Rinaldi. Said hearing will take place on December 13, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
For the Planning Board
Linda Zwart, Chairman

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    13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:30
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Planning Board - Public Hearing - Nicholas and Tasha Moakley

13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:30   
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TOWN OF CRAWFORD
PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
121 Route 302
Pine Bush, NY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning Board of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing for a scenic review for an addition to the rear of the existing house at the property at 1046 Rte. 302, designated as 19-1-21.222 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the RA Scenic Overlay Zoning District, owned by Nicholas and Tasha Moakley. Said hearing will take place on December 13, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
For the Planning Board
Linda Zwart, Chairman

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    13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:30
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Planning Board Meeting

13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 13 Dec, 2023 PM 8:00   
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Planning Board Meeting
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    13 Dec, 2023 PM 7:00 — 13 Dec, 2023 PM 8:00
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Referendum Election on Combined Peition to form a Consolidated Town of Crawford Referendum to take place from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm at Crawford Community/Senior Center. 

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    12 Dec, 2023 AM 8:00 — 12 Dec, 2023 PM 9:00
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Combined Peition to form a Consolidated Town of Crawford Referendum

12 Dec, 2023 AM 8:00 — 12 Dec, 2023 PM 9:00   
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Proposed date for vote for referendum on Combined Peition to form a Consolidated Town of Crawford Referendum to take place from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm at Crawford Community/Senior Center. 

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    12 Dec, 2023 AM 8:00 — 12 Dec, 2023 PM 9:00
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Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting

06 Dec, 2023 PM 7:30 — 06 Dec, 2023 PM 8:30   
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Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting
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    06 Dec, 2023 PM 7:30 — 06 Dec, 2023 PM 8:30
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Town of Crawford Country Christmas and Holiday Celebration December 2, 2023

02 Dec, 2023 PM 2:00 — 02 Dec, 2023 PM 6:00   
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Town of Crawford Country Christmas and Holiday Celebration December 2, 2023

● 3:00-Tractor Parade Main Street ( letter filed with board) ● 2:00-6:00-First Fridays (Sat.) event at Crawford Square 2:00 - 6:00 ( paperwork filed) ● Tree lighting Event hosted by Pine Bush Ambulance Corps. ● 5:15 -Not Just Country Line Dancers ● Boy Scouts Troop 37-color guard and Pledge of Allegiance ● Tree/Holiday Blessing ● 5:30-5:45 Tree Lighting - Pine Bush Ambulance Corps. Building ● Lions club - pajama drive, wish lists, cookies, craft etc. ● Toys for Tots - for Town of Crawford ● PBCSD SRP children's book give away ● (Museum hosting Gingerbread house competition as well at the Museum gift shop

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    02 Dec, 2023 PM 2:00 — 02 Dec, 2023 PM 6:00
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Town of Crawford Historical Society

The Town of Crawford was incorporated in 1823. However, its development had its beginnings well before that year. It made significant progress since its early days. When started as an inland, wooded and rocky area which grew slowly at first. Many old maps have various names for the area we know today as Crawford. Crawford was originally part of the Town of Montgomery, as shown by the Montgomery town records from approximately 1768 through 1777.

The first settlers of the area were of German, Dutch, Scottish and Irish decent. These early settlers migrated north from the Wallkill River area. The descendants of the Huguenot and Dutch ancestries migrated south from Ulster County, near the New Paltz and Shawangunk areas to what is now Crawford. The main reason for this migration was for farming areas for the families to cultivate and make a living from. Many of the old families still have descendants in Crawford. The names of Bruyn, Bull, Crawford, Youngblood, Sinsbaugh, and others are still families that line within the Crawford town limits. Many of these families also came to the Crawford area from Newburgh, Montgomery, and New Windsor areas.

Early settlements have recorded documentation in the Town of Montgomery records. Many of the early names for the area were Dwaars Kill, Shawangunk Kill, Snyder's Mill, Big and Little Pokanisink, Snyder's Meeting House and Robert Milligan’s Saw Mill. Johannes Snyder was one of the earliest settlers in the town, which later became known as Crawford. He began a small settlement on both sides of the Dwaar Kill near the present hamlet of Searsville at about 1740. He operated a mill at this location in 1768, and had a major role in establishing a meetinghouse in the same hamlet. Robert Milliken operated a saw mill on the opposite side of the town on the Shawangunk Kill at around the same period. Below Millikin's saw mill, there was a flour mill operated by Pat Boyce, as did Abraham Bruyn in the same location. In addition to these mills along the Shawangunk Kill, there also existed a combined saw, grist, and carding mill run by the Slotts family.