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From the Office of Town Supervisor
Joseph D. Cavaccini
Dear neighbors,
2025 marks a truly historic time for the Town of Wappinger as we celebrate our sesquicentennial year! Wappinger150 will be a year-long celebration, filled with exciting monthly events and activities that highlight the rich history, vibrant community, and future of our town. We invite all of our residents to join in this special celebration and take part in what promises to be a memorable year for all!
This year also brings exciting updates for our senior community. The newly renovated and expanded Senior Center has been reopened, bringing enhanced spaces and new programs designed to enrich the lives of our seniors. We are thrilled to provide more opportunities for connection, learning, and enjoyment, and we encourage all of our senior neighbors to get involved. Be on the lookout for a new comprehensive calendar of activities coming soon.
In addition to these great developments, we’re kicking off a new year of capital infrastructure projects! We’ll be rebuilding the Chelsea Waterfront Boat Ramp, creating a new live performance stage at Brexel-Schlathaus Park, and making improvements to the Reese Cultural Center at the Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park—all to better serve our residents and enhance our community spaces.
As always, our commitment to public safety and infrastructure improvements continues. This year, you will start to notice new permanent digital speed signage popping up throughout the Town that will provide us with real time data collection on speeding and reckless driving on our Town roadways. We are dedicated to ensuring Wappinger remains a safe, thriving, and well-maintained place to live, work, and play.
Mother Nature has certainly let us know that winter is here. Our Wappinger Town Highway Department remains diligent in their efforts to keep our roads safe and passable during winter weather events. Please remember that when the National Weather Service declares a winter storm advisory, both the Wappinger Town and the Village of Wappingers Falls Wintertime Parking Ordnance is in effect. This means that parking is prohibited during snowstorms.
As we embark on this exciting year, I encourage everyone to stay engaged and continue to be a part of what makes Wappinger such a special place. Stay warm this month, and here's to a fantastic year ahead!
See you around Town,
Joseph D. Cavaccini, Town Supervisor
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What's Happening In Wappinger
 Before and After! 🚨 Senior Center Gets An Expansion that was 21 Years in the Making
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Kicking off 2025 and Wappinger150 with the grand re-opening of our Town of Wappinger Senior Center! Our beautiful and newly renovated space is just the beginning of a year of exciting improvements to the Senior Center!
Town Supervisor Joseph D. Cavaccini and the Parks & Recreation team worked with the Town of Wappinger Buildings & Grounds Department to perform this renovation utilizing "in-house" labor to expand the facility and offer a more spacious floorplan for residents participating in programming.
New in 2025 are educational seminars, brain teasers, "Discover Wappinger" walking group, additional exercise groups, and more are coming to our Center! Make sure to stop by and check out our monthly newsletter to find out more! Also, the Senior Center 2025 yearly calendar is coming soon!
Emergency Water Main Repair to Temporarily Turn Off Water in Rockingham Farms and Angel Brook neighborhoods this Friday, January 10
A significant water main leak has been identified at the intersection of Rowell Lane & Davies Drive.
The Town's Water and Sewer Operator, Camo Pollution Control, Inc. has informed the Town of Wappinger that on Friday, January 10th, 2025 at 9:00 am, they will be repairing the water main leak in the Rockingham Farms section of the United Wappinger Water District.
This will require a shutdown of the entire neighborhood including the Angel Brook neighborhood of the United Wappinger Water District.
For more information, please call CAMO Pollution Control, Inc. at 845-463-7310.
Wappinger Town and Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls to Host Blood Drive at Town Hall this Friday, January 10
As part of our ongoing commitment to community service, the Town is hosting a blood drive in collaboration with the American Red Cross and the Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls on Friday, January 10, 2025 from 9:30am-2:30pm. This event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls.
Blood supply is at a record 20-year low. Donating blood is a simple and safe act that can make a significant difference in the lives of those in need. Just one donation can save up to three lives.
If you are interested in donating, please sign up below or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Town Recognizes Passing of Former President Jimmy Carter
On December 29, 2024, former President Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100.
Town Supervisor Joseph D. Cavaccini stated, "President Carter's lifetime of service, compassion, and dedication to humanitarian efforts has left an indelible mark on our nation and the world. His commitment to peace, human rights, and the betterment of society will continue to inspire us.
As we reflect on his legacy, I have directed that the flags in the Memorial Plaza in front of Wappinger Town Hall be lowered to half-staff. Let us come together as a community to honor his memory and carry forward his vision of a more just and compassionate world."
Community Gathered for Hanukkah Menorah Lighting
During the second night of Hanukkah, members of our Wappinger community gathered to participate in the annual Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Celebration in Mesier Park.
It was wonderful to see so many members of our community attend this celebration of our community’s commitment to supporting the faith and traditions of our Jewish neighbors.
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First Ever S'More Fest 2025 Comes to Brexel-Schlathaus Park on Friday, January 24
Come join us for our first event in the New Year and to kick off Wappinger150!
We will be hosting our first ever S'more Fest on Friday, January 24th from 6PM-8PM at Schlathaus Park.
We will have a s'more bar, bonfire, fire pits, hot chocolate bar, popcorn, and games! This is free event for all ages!
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Happy Birthday Wappinger!
150 years old. Now that's a birthday worth celebrating.
2025 is going to be a year filled with celebration in the Town Of Wappinger. We have partnerships with local community organizations to help celebrate with a variety of events.
The Office of the Town Supervisor, Parks and Recreation Department, and Wappinger 150 Committee are going to be hosting new events and programs in honor of this monumental anniversary. Throughout the year you are going to be seeing frequent additions to the lineup for this year's celebrations. You're going to want to bookmark our Town's social media pages and WappingerRecreation.com to make sure that you don't miss a single update. We are glad to be celebrating this with you, and we hope that you enjoy every second of it.
Do you want to be a part of history? We're dedicating our first Town of Wappinger Time Capsule
2025 will be a year filled with activities and events, to commemorate the celebration we are looking to you to see what you want to see in our time capsule! What do you think people from 100 years from now should know about life in Wappinger today? We're looking for suggestions for individual items, community wide projects, or whatever else your brilliant mind can think of!
Commemorative Wappinger150 Bricks now on sale!
To cap off Wappinger150, at the end of 2025 we will be burying a 100 year time capsule not to be opened until 2125. Above this time capsule, we will be installing a court of Wappinger150 commemorative Bricks. With your purchase, you can be a part of history and a fund-raising supporter of all of our Wappinger150 festivities. Each commemorative brick comes with a souvenir replica mini brick for you to display in your home! Unfortunately, we are not able to ship the souvenir bricks, but we will be having pick up days at Town Hall and some opportunities for local delivery.
Order your brick below to have your name etched in the history of the Town of Wappinger!
Deadline 8/1/25
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Continuing Education - Town to Host Senior Seminar Series
January - Narcan Training & Safe Medication Disposal Seminar
1/31/2025 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Town Hall - Senior Center | Free for Wappinger residents
February - Cardiovascular Seminar with Community Home Health Care
2/03/2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Town Hall - Senior Center | Free for Wappinger residents
March - Foster Grandparents Seminar
3/07/2025 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Town Hall - Senior Center | Free for Wappinger residents
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Youth Gymnastics Program Now Open for Registration
Please join us for our Gymnastics clinic; our most popular program of the year! The children will be divided into 4 groups according to age and/or ability. The children will work on bars, beam, floor, dance, challenge, and vault. They will develop flexibility, strength, and given the opportunity for creativity/self-expression.
Sign up at wappingerrecreation.com
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