ROSENDALE – On Sunday, July 25 at 7 p.m., Richard E. Schultz, Jr., 33, of Kingston, and Kirk H. Aegenheyster, 34, of Highland, were arrested by the Rosendale Police for hanging a 20 x 30 foot banner on the Rosendale railroad trestle owned by the Wallkill Valley Land Trust. The high-flying, hand-painted message said, "Frack No—Expropriate the Oil Companies and No Funny Shtuff!"

This year was the first year that a Rosendale Street Festival flag designed by Steve Laden was not hung due to the trestle's current renovation. However, this was not the reason that Schultz and Aegenheyster decided to put up their own banner at approximately 5:30 pm right before the Festival's conclusion.   > MORE