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Anthony Stokes Pereira, Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty is pleased to present this compilation of autumn events, including Harvest celebrations, farm stand listings, and foliage tours. We Hope that you enjoy the festivities and foliage of the lovely Hudson Valley!

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ORANGE, NY COUNTY COMMUNITY EVENTS

Monroe, November 15, 12:30 PM, November 16, 3:30 PM - 20th Century Thanksgiving. See and taste a traditional dinner prepared over an open hearth. Crafts and activities for children. Museum Village. (845) 782-8247. www.museumvillage.org

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On November 6, President Barack Obama signed into law the extension and expansion of the current homebuyer tax credit, an important step in ensuring a real estate and economic recovery. The measure extends the present $8,000 tax credit program for first-time homebuyers through April 30, 2010. It expands the program, effective November 7, 2009, to include current homeowners, who are now eligible for an up to $6,500 tax credit (10 percent of the purchase price) through April 30, 2010 provided they have lived in the home they are selling, or have sold, as principal residence for five consecutive years in the past eight years. If potential homebuyers have a binding contract on or before April 30, they will have until June 30 to close the transaction. Income limits for eligible homebuyers are expanded to $125,000 for single buyers and $225,000 for couples. The purchase price of the home cannot exceed $800,000. To help guard against fraud, buyers are required to attach documentation of purchase to their tax return. Click here for detailed information about the legislation. NYSAR recommends that REALTORS advise their clients and customers to consult with their own tax professional regarding the application of the credit.

CENTRAL VALLEY - Ten school administrators, including a Monroe-Woodbury assistant superintendent, have applied to replace Monroe-Woodbury Superintendent Joseph DiLorenzo when he retires at the end of the school year.

The school board has already narrowed the field of contenders by asking Terrence Olivo, a former Monroe-Woodbury superintendent and current chief operating officer for Orange-Ulster BOCES, to screen the applications.

He's recommended the board interview four candidates to head Orange County's second-largest school district.

School board President Michael DiGeronimo said he expects the board to approve a new superintendent at its February meeting.

All 10 applicants are either superintendents or assistant superintendents, including one internal candidate, DiGeronimo said. He wouldn't identify any candidates, but the most likely applicant out of Monroe-Woodbury's three assistant superintendents is Edward Mehrhof, the administrator in charge of human resources.

DiGeronimo said the board will not insist on hiring someone who has already run a school district; more important, he said, is his or her "depth of experience" and ability to "fit in with the culture of the school system."

"We basically feel at this point that the person doesn't have to be a superintendent," he said.

DiLorenzo, who announced his retirement in August, earns $200,000 a year to run a school system with 7,500 students and a $146.8 million budget. He was the superintendent of Port Jervis schools when Monroe-Woodbury hired him in 2006.