Paddy's Blog

Woo hoo just made #7 on ActiveRain in New York.  Who'd a thought it?  In a state that now has 7030 members on the network I have made it to #7 in points.    I really don't blog for the points I blog because I love to write and I blog because it brings me business but this makes me feel good anywa...

Saturday January 23, 2010 in Orange County NY   Saturday's Weather 40 Degrees and Sunny  (click here for the latest NOAA Information.) Special Events Skiing and SnowBoarding - 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 to...

Main Street Pine Bush AKA State Route 52 is the heart of this village.  Here is where the Harvest Festival, the awesome Halloween Celebration, the Festival of Lights, and so much more happens.     As you enter the Village of Pine Bush, NY one of the first things you may notice is the old time str...

The Pine Bush Area Library is a wonderful resource for our area residents.  Part of the Ramapo Catskill Library System, a library card from this library allows you access to books and lending materials from any of the many other libraries in the system.  There are so many resources including dow...

Pine Bush, NY -  Come on out to support your favorite bands at the Pine Bush High School's Mixed Select Choir's fund raiser "BATTLE OF THE BANDS" at 7:00 PM this Friday.   There are always some great bands that have students from Pine Bush High School as members.   As a special treat ( for me any...

Thankful this Thursday that I have learned to take a break before publishing.  Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy.  Well we all have things come up that "flip our b**** switch" and I almost let anger and my ability to blog about anything I want get the better of me.   Yesterday I got an emai...

Homebuyers who are trying to purchase foreclosed or rehabilitated affordable New York homes just got a hand up from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  This week HUD released a surprise announcement that they are temporarily granting a waiver to modify regulations on resale of forec...

The Village of Pine Bush, NY is located in the Town of Crawford.  It is in Orange County New York but is near the corner of Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan Counties. The Village is located at the intersection of Route 302 and Route 52 about 10 miles from Route 17 (future I-86) exit 119. It is approx...

It was a dream and only through acceptance of all people can we realize it.  Many people may tell you that they are for equal rights for this people or that group but in truth they are not for equal rights.  Dr Martin Luther King wanted us to treat all men and women equally.  I do not judge on th...

What is the first thing your posts say?  While at RainCamp we learned that you have about 3 seconds to capture the readers interest before they move on.  So your title and first line are of utmost importance not only to your google ranking but to the illusive IT factor that keeps a reader reading...