Year: 2025
Liberty Art Show to take place May 22
The Liberty Central School Art Department will host the annual K-12 Art show from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at the Liberty High School lobby. More than 300 works will be on display. There will be refreshments, raffles, artist presentations and at 6 p.m., the National Art Honor Society will induct its new members. The public is welcome to attend.
Sports schedule, and results, for the week of May 19-25, 2025
Our student-athletes are in action this week in baseball, golf, softball, tennis and track and field.
Here are the schedule and results, if available. Livestream links are included where available.
The schedule is subject to change. Check the Liberty schedule on the Section IX website for the latest.
Monday, May 19
Noon: Boys and Girls Varsity Track and Field Thrower’s Pentahlon vs. Multiple Schools at 12th Rock
4:30 p.m.: Boys Varsity Tennis vs. James I. O’Neill at James I. O’Neill High School
Tuesday, May 20
9 a.m.: Boys Varsity Golf Sectionals vs. Multiple Schools at Wiltwyck Golf Club
11 a.m.: Girls Varsity Golf Semis vs. Multiple Schools at Apple Greens Golf Course.
4:15 p.m.: Modified Baseball vs. Tri-Valley at Tri-Valley Central School
4:15 p.m.: Modified Softball vs. Tri-Valley at Tri-Valley Secondary School
5:30 p.m.: Varsity Softball vs. Beacon City at Liberty High School
Wednesday, May 21
3:30 p.m.: Boys and Girls Modified Track and Field Invitational vs. Multiple Schools at Goshen.
3:30 p.m.: Boys and Girls Varsity Track and Field Invitational vs. Multiple Schools at Sullivan West-Jeffersonville.
4:30 p.m.: Varsity Baseball vs. Port Jervis at Port Jervis High School.
4:30 p.m.: Varsity Softball vs. Sullivan West Central at Liberty High School
Thursday, May 22
10 a.m.: Boys Varsity Golf Section Finals vs. Multiple Schools at McCann Memorial Golf Course
4:15 p.m.: Modified Baseball vs. Eldred at Liberty Middle School
4:15 p.m.: Modified Softball vs. Eldred at Liberty High School
4:15 p.m.: Varsity Baseball vs. Tri-Valley at Liberty High School
Friday, May 23
No events scheduled.
Saturday, May 24
No events scheduled.
Sunday, May 25
No events scheduled.
LCSD seeks Sidewalk Committee members
Liberty Central School District is creating a Sidewalk Committee, a subcommittee of the District Safety Team. The goal is to gather input from community members to help create ideas to support students and families who use the sidewalks to get to and from the school buildings. The committee is open to students, parents and guardians, faculty and staff and community members.
The meeting will be held in the District office at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 3.
Those interested in participating in the committee are asked to fill out the form at https://tinyurl.com/LCSDsidewalkcommittee.
Retesting show lead levels in water below action level at Liberty schools
On May 2, Liberty Central School District completed follow up testing on 10 sinks that were found to have lead levels above action level during lead in water testing in April.
Following remediation, water from all 10 sinks was retested and all locations were found to have levels below the action level of 5 parts per billion.
More information and links to the full first and second round reports are available here.
Budget vote, BOE election, meetings set for May 20
The Annual Budget Vote and Election will be on Tuesday, May 20, with voting in the High School Media Center from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Information regarding the budget vote and election can be found at the Liberty CSD website.
The Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting at 6 p.m. May 20 in the District Office and they anticipate to enter into executive session immediately and to adjourn at its conclusion. There will be no other business and this meeting is not open to the public.
The Board of Education will convene a second Special Meeting after 8 p.m. in the HS Media Center at the conclusion of ballot counting in the High School Gymnasium to accept the results of the ballot. There will be no other business. This meeting and vote counting and tabulation is open to the public. The agendas will be available on Monday, May 19, at BoardDocs for both meetings.
The next regular Board of Education meeting will be on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
Library to host taste test for middle, high school students
Liberty Public Library is inviting middle and high school students to a taste test starting at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 28.
Students in fifth through 12th grade will have the opportunity to taste different drinks and snacks to see if they can tell the difference between name brands and generics of the same type of foods.
The library is at 189 N. Main St. in Liberty. For more information call 845-292-6070 or visit www.libertypublicibrary.org.
Road work to impact bus/travel routes
Starting tomorrow May 13, state DOT will be doing work on state Route 52/Chestnut Street/Mill Street. Chestnut Street will be closed from North Main Street to Academy Street, with work expected to last until Saturday, May 17. Milling and paving work along other parts of Chestnut Street, from West Street to the second traffic circle, will also take place, but will be done at night starting May 18 and is not expected to impact routes.
Students who are normally picked up and dropped off at the post office will now be picked up and dropped off at Paesanos on Main Street this week. Those who normally travel on Chestnut between North Main and Academy to the schools should find alternative routes.
For more information, please call Assistant Superintendent for Business Laurene McKenna’s office at 845-292-6171. Thank you for your cooperation.
Dozens earn Stellar Student honors at LHS
The following students earned Stellar Student status for the third marking period at Liberty High School.
Students earn Stellar Student honors for being referral free have five or fewer excused lates and no unexcused lates, two or fewer excused absences and no unexcused absences, a 75 or above quarter average and no failures or incompletes.
12th grade: Christian Aucaquizhpi Perez, Yordy Benitez, Alexia Caiza Viracocha, Noah Call, Eugene Davis-Andino, Faith Fitzgerald, Gianna Lewis, Brenna Mangan, Sierra Norris and Rita Zheng.
11th grade: Jake Cross, Genna DeFrank, Giada DeFrank, Eli Desrochers, Allison Diaz Lopez, Jacob Kelly, Zane Kip, DaShaun Loyce, Arwyn Lucero-Bonilla, Angelina Magie, Quelin Molina Gavilan, William Pennell, Brooke Porter, Randy Romero-Bello, Jaidon Simmons, Justin Simon and Angela Wheeler.
10th grade: Derrick Aliers Amparo, Olivia Corrigan, Riley Cox, Liliana Crespo, Mariah Edwards, Angel Figueroa, Yamilet Garcia Gonzalez, Peyton Hadjstylianos, Jhosmery Jadan Pangolo, Misael Juarez Perez, Bartlomiej Klys, Audrey Krum, Kevin Leon Gavilan, Jeremiah McLeod, Katherine Panama Guaillazaca, Lucio Ponce Vazquez, Jordan Smith, Allison Vasko and Jireth Zambrano Laines.
Ninth grade: Brandon Amador, Keven Cordero Lima, Jayden Diaz, Sophia Duarte, McKayla Figueroa, Hunter Kavleski, Radek Klys, Shea-Leigh Kristiansen, Justin Lima Cedeno, Danna Lopez Ojeda, Evelyn Molina Ax, Baileigh Steinberg, William Vargas-Martin and Jackson Wilson.
Sports schedule, and results, for the week of May 12-18, 2025
Our student-athletes are in action this week in baseball, golf, softball, tennis and track and field.
Here are the schedule and results, if available. Livestream links are included where available.
The schedule is subject to change. Check the Liberty schedule on the Section IX website for the latest.
Monday, May 12
9 a.m.: Boys Varsity Championship vs. Multiple Schools at West Point Golf Course
2 p.m.: Girls Varsity Golf vs. Livingston Manor/Roscoe at Roscoe Mountain Club
4:30 p.m.: JV Baseball vs. Port Jervis at Port Jervis High School
Tuesday, May 13
3 p.m.: Varsity Baseball doubleheader vs. Beacon City at Liberty High School
4 p.m.: Boys Varsity Tennis vs. Monticello at Monticello High School
4:15 p.m.: Varsity Softball vs. Monticello at Monticello High School
Result: Monticello 19, Liberty 7. The Varsity took another tough loss; this time to Monticello. Monticello struck early, scoring seven runs in the first inning, and the Redhawks couldn’t overcome it, ultimately losing 19-7. Brenna Mangan had a good day at the plate as she had a double, walk and two RBI. Maddy Stewart also had a single and drove in two. Amy Szuba and Megan Schmidt also had hits while Cameryn Will scored twice in the loss.
4:15 p.m.: JV Baseball vs. S.S. Seward Institute at Liberty Middle School
Wednesday, May 14
4 p.m.: Boys and Girls Modified Track and Field vs. multiple schools at Tri-Valley Central School TV – Iatauro Sports Complex
Thursday, May 15
5 p.m.: Varsity Softball vs. Beacon City at Beacon High School
Friday, May 16
1 p.m.: Boys and Girls Varsity Track & Field vs. multiple schools at Warwick Valley High School.
4:30 p.m.: JV Baseball vs. Chester Academy at Maple Avenue School (Chester)
Saturday, May 17
9:30 a.m.: Boys and Girls Varsity Track and Field Championship vs. Multiple Schools at Warwick Valley High School
Sunday, May 18
No events scheduled.
Liberty names new high school principal
On Tuesday, May 6, the Liberty Central School Board appointed Liberty High School Assistant Principal Stephen Matuszak as LHS principal, effective July 1. He will replace Dr. Derek Adams, who was named assistant superintendent.
Mr. Matuszak has served as assistant principal at LHS since April 2020.
He grew up in the Binghamton, New York, area. He began his educational career as a substitute in the Maine-Endwell school district after earning a bachelor’s degree in secondary education with a focus in social studies from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Matuszak moved to Sullivan County in 2007 to take a seventh and eighth grade social studies teaching position at RJK Middle School in the Monticello Central School District, where he also was a coach. He was the school’s behavior specialist his final year. He also earned a master’s degree from the University of Scranton in curriculum development and design, and completed his certificate of advanced studies in educational leadership from SUNY New Paltz in 2019.
A Liberty resident, he is married and has two daughters.