The best block in New Paltz,’” said Jennifer Wright-Cook of 12 Prospect Street in a letter read during the public hearing.

Terence P Ward resides in New Paltz, where he reports on local events, writes books about religious minorities, tends a wild garden and communes with cats.

Listen for both simultaneous effects. Reason: noise from a fast-approaching police car may strike your ear at 820 mph while the retreating vehicle’s warble arrives at only 690 mph. Proof that sound, ...