KINGSTON – Just prior to presstime, the Journal received an e-mail regarding the upcoming documentary on Walmart in today's economy, slated to be aired on Wednesday, September 23, at 9 p.m. on CNBC. Camera crews led by producer Lori Gordon came to an April Wawarsing Planning Board meeting to film a public hearing for the documentary, called "The NEW Age of Walmart."

A sneak preview of the documentary on YouTube features clips from the meeting, along with residents and business owners speaking their minds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHFbxq3rkuI. An information page about the documentary featuring another image from the meeting can be found here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/18803817?__source=vty|walmart|&par=vty.

Decisions, Decisions
Despite having spoken with Ulster County court clerks about the supposedly scheduled September 8 decision regarding the lawsuit between Shop-Rite, Walmart, and the Town of Wawarsing, it seems that we'll all be waiting a while yet, with no hard and fast decision date actually set.

According to Moss Calhelha, the attorney representing Shop-Rite in the lawsuit, documents are still being submitted.

"Answers have been submitted and filed at this point by all of the respondents, the planning board and the town board. Motions have been filed, and there's going to be more papers submitted and the case won't be fully submitted until sometime in October," he said.

A source familiar with the case shed some further light on the filing process, and offered some insight into when a decision about the case's next phase might be issued.

"Once a case is fully submitted, then the judge has some time to review everything that's in front of him," said the source.

"The papers are all submitted, the judge reviews them, and then the judge typically has a period of time to render a decision, and there's a variety of different motions here. It might be 60 days after that, or it might be longer. It depends on the judge, and this is obviously a complex case, so I don't think anyone can accurately predict how long it will take for the judge to render a decision."

As always, we will continue to offer updates as we obtain them.