Pawling Resources:
Police:
Dial 911
Fire Dept. (845) 855-1144
Town Hall:
(845) 855-5040
Town Clerk: Rose Clarkson (845) 855-5040
Post Office (845) 855-1010
Transfer
station: River Road, (845) 855-9380
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Formed: 1788
Origin of Name: Named after Col. Henry Beekman's daughter, Catherine Pawling
Population: 5,995
Points of Contact
Town Hall: 160 Charles Colman Blvd., Pawling - (845) 855-5040
Website/e-mail: none
Hamlets and villages: Village of Pawling, Holmes, Quaker Hill and West Pawling
Town board:
Ed Hauser, Supervisor (845) 855-1725
Richard Hunt
William Johnson
Elizabeth Coursen
James D. Benson III
Village Hall: 9 Memorial Ave., (845) 855-1122
Village Clerk: Jennifer Osborn
Village Mayor: Robert Liffland (845) 855-1655
Village Trustees: Tracy Durkin (845) 855-1122, Allen Rundall (845) 855-1122, Carol
Reynolds (845) 855-1122, Wayne Osborne (845) 855-1122
Water: District 1; (845) 855-1122; District 2 (845) 855-5040
Town zoning board of appeals; meets fourth Monday at 8 p.m.
Clerk: Catherine Barone, (845) 855-1725
Town planning board: meets first and third Monday at 7 p.m.
Clerk: Catherine Barone, (845) 855-1725
Pawling Chamber of Commerce - Peter Cris, President
Services
RCN Cable (800) 321-0544
 Points
of Interest
Pawling Mountain, Quaker Hill, the Appalachian Trail
Akin Free Library & Gunnison Natural History Museum - Quaker Hill (845) 855-5099
Appalachian Trail - Rt. 55
Dutcher Golf Course - East Main Street
John Kane House - East Main Street (845) 855-9316
Murrow Park, Old Rt. 55 and Lake Side Drive
Oblong Meeting House - Meeting House Road (845) 855-9316
Pawling Nature Preserve - Quaker Hill Road
Peale Center for Christian Living - 66 East Main Street (845) 855-5000
Parks/Recreation
Recreation director: Kathleen Davis; (845) 855-1131.
Parks/Recreation: Edward R. Murrow Park, Lakeside Drive and Old Route 55, no phone
Dutcher Golf Course, E. Main Street, (845) 855-9845
Pawling Nature Preserve, Hurds Corner Road, no phone
Library
Akins Free Library, Quaker Hill Road, (845) 855-5099
Pawling Free Library - Broad St., (845) 855-3444
Historic sites
Old Quaker Meeting House
Akin Free Library and Gunnison Natural History Museum, circa 1910, Quaker Hill
John Kane House, circa 1760, East Main St.
Oblong Meeting House, circa 1764, Meeting House Rd.
Famous Residents
Actor James Earl Jones; broadcasting immortals Lowell Thomas and Edward R.
Murrow, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey; the Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, filmmaker Dino
de Laurentis
Religion
Central Baptist Church - 38 East Main Street (845) 855-5420
Christ Church on Quaker Hill - One Church Road (845) 855-1188
Church of St. John the Evangelist - 39 East Main Street (845) 855-5488
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church - Corner of Coulter and Townsend Avenues (845) 855-5276
Lutheran Church of Christ the King - 14 Pine Drive (845) 855-3169
United Methodist Church - 4 Dutcher Avenue (845) 855-5350 or 855-1566
Holmes United Methodist Church - Holmes Rd., (845) 628-8003
Pawling Assembly of God - (845) 855-9078
Peale Center for Christian Living - Route 22, (845) 855-5000
St. John's Roman Catholic Church - 39 East Main St., (845) 855-5488
Services for Elderly
None
Schools
Public
Pawling Central School District
District address: 7 Haight Street, Pawling 12564 (845) 855-4600
Superintendent: Evalyn Jerkins
Communities: Portions of the towns of Pawling, Patterson, Beekman, Dover and East Fishkill
Enrollment: 1,278
Schools: Pawling Elementary, Pawling Jr./Sr. High School
School Board Meeting - 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the elementary school
Private
Trinity-Pawling School
Address: 300 Route 22, Pawling, 12564.
Phone: (845) 855-3100.
Description: Boys boarding school with day students, grades 7-12.
Students: 315.
Tuition: Day students, 9-12, $17,500; grades 7-8, $13,000; boarding students $27,000.
Web site: www.tps.k12.ny.us
Mizzentop Day School
Quaker Hill, Pawling, NY 12564 (845) 855-7338
Community school for children pre-K - 6th grade
TRANSPORTATION
Trains
Metro-North - Phone (800) METRO-INFO.
For a copy of Milepost Magazine, maps and schedules write Metro-North Railroad, 347
Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017.
Metro-North now has paid parking at its Hudson and Harlem Line stations.
For information, call Allright Corp. toll free at (888) 682-PARK.
Web site: www.mta.nyc.ny.us
Bus Systems
Dutchess County LOOP Bus System - (845) 485-4690
Dutchess County Rural Transportation - (845) 473-0171
Commuter Bus Lines
Short Line - (800) 631-8405
Leprechaun Lines - (845) 565-7900
Adirondack Trailways - (800) 858-8555
Arrow - (800) 321-2776 |
GOVERNMENT
Dutchess County Legislators
District 23 - David Kelly, R, C, Pawling/Beekman (845) 855-5460
District 24 - Bradford Kendall, R, Dover (845) 877-3945
District 28 - Hamilton Meserve, R, Amenia/Stanford (845) 677-8345
District 29 - Gary Cooper, R, Pine Plains/Stanford/North East (518) 398-7687
State Senate
New York State Senate, Albany, 12247 (518) 455-2800
Web site: www.senate.state.ny.us
Vincent Leibell, R,C, Patterson
37th District: Parts of Eastern Dutchess County, including Amenia, Beekman, Dover, North
East, Pawling, Pine Plains and Millerton
Committees: Chairman of the state Senate Committee on Civil Service and Pensions; member
of the Aging; Consumer Protection; Elections; Environmental Conservation; Housing;
Construction and Community Development; Veterans and Military Affairs; and Insurance
committees.
How to contact: Local office: Southeast Business Center, Suite 301, Brewster, NY 10509
(845) 279-3773; Fax (845) 279-7156.
Capitol office: Room 802, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248 (518) 455-3111;
fax (518) 426-6977. E-mail: leibell@senate.state.ny.us
State Assembly
Public Information Office, Legislative Office Building Concourse, Albany, NY 12248 (518)
455-4218.
Web site: www.assembly.state.ny.us
Willis Stephens, Jr., R, Brewster 91st District: Parts of Dutchess County, including
Pawling, Beekman, Union Vale, Dover, Amenia, North East and Millerton
Committeees: Ranking Republican on the Assembly Judiciary Committee and a member of the
Housing; and Corporations, Authorities and Commissions committees
How to contact:
Local office: Donald B. Smith Government Center, Building 2, 110 Old Route 6, Carmel, NY
10512. (845) 225-5038; fax (845) 225-5160.
Capitol office: Room 433, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248. (518) 455-5783;
fax (518) 455-5543. E-mail: stephens@assembly.state.ny.us
U.S. House Representative
Sue Kelly, R, Katonah 19th District - Includes City of Poughkeepsie and the towns of
Amenia, Washington, Union Vale, Beekman, Dover, Pawling, East Fishkill, Fishkill,
Poughkeepsie, Wappinger and a small part of the Town of LaGrange; all of Putnam County,
most of Orange County and parts of central and northern Westchester County.
Committees: Banking and Financial Services; Small Business; Transportation and
Infrastructure committees. Also serves as co-chairwoman of the Congressional Woman's
Caucus
How to contact: 1122 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-5441,
fax: (202) 225-3289.
Nearest office: 21 Old Main Street, Suite 205, Fishkill, 12524. (845) 897-5200, fax: (845)
897-5800.
Website: www.house.gov/suekelly
Rep. John E. Sweeney, R,C - Halfmoon 22nd District - Includes towns of Hyde Park,
Rhinebeck, Red Hook, Clinton, Stanford, Milan, Pine Plains, North East, Pleasant Valley
and most of the Town of LaGrange; all of Columbia, Greene, Warren and Washington counties;
most of Saratoga County; parts of Rensselaer, Schoharie and Essex counties.
Committees: Small Business; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Banking and Financial
Services committees; also serves as the freshman representative to the Republican Steering
Committee.
How to contact: 437 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-5614,
fax: (202) 225-6234.
Nearest office: 560 Warren Street, Hudson, 12534. (518) 828-0181, fax (518) 828-0181
Website: www.house.gov/sweeney |
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