Paddy's Blog

Hello it's my Google Juice calling.  Last week I received a simple one line email without much information.  The email asked price per acre on larger land parcels in the area I service.  I responded immediately although I did not have much hope that it would amount to anything.  There was an equa...

FAME, Families Assisting Music Education, is a not for profit organization of Pine Bush Central School District parents and area residents who are keeping alive a 15 year tradition of providing help to keep music programs active in the district schools.  This group provides scholarships each year...

Well we are all waiting with baited breath, will Spring be early or late?  It's Ground Hog Day and legends says if the rodent emerges from his den and sees his shadow Winter will be here for six more long weeks but if the shadow is not there an Early Spring will come here.  Well we have clouds an...

As each new social media is presented to me I try it on for size.  How much time does it take and what is the return to me.  This morning I received a request to become a fan of an agent page on Facebook and the request stated that the agent felt he got so much more from Facebook than ActiveRain....

I was at a class last week on Short Sales.  The instructor asked the question "Who is responsible for the current situation where so many homeowners find themselves in danger of foreclosure?"  The ideas started to fly around the room.  It was the stock market, the government encouraging home owne...

Sunday January 31, 2010 in Orange County NY Sunday's Weather - Sunny but COLD  (click here for the latest NOAA Information.) Special Events Skiing and Snow Boarding - Warwick, NY Mount Peter, 40 Ski Lane, Warwick, NY has been making snow and lifts will be open from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM today.  Try...

Pine Bush Central School District's 2010-2011 budget is being formulated and reviewed during the next few months.  Last night there was a community input forum at the Pine Bush High School. With cuts that the State of New York is proposing and the drop in revenues from other sources, the School B...

This post is about those light bulb moments.  Why was that sent to me and what am I going to do about it?  I think we have all had them, those bits of brilliance or insight that somehow push their way to the surface of our muddled brains and make us stop for a moment. When we have one of those mo...

I was just thinking about how wonderful it is that we can come together here at ActiveRain (and on joined them on Facebook and Twitter) to share our ideas and our knowledge aquired through books, classes, seminars and life situations.  I have worked with people in the past who won't "Give away th...

Sunday January 24, 2010 in Orange County NY Sunday's Weather - Upper 30s with Showers then Rain Tonight  (click here for the latest NOAA Information.) Special Events Skiing and Snow Boarding - Warwick, NY Mount Peter, 40 Ski Lane, Warwick, NY has been making snow and lifts will be open from 8:30...