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<CONFORMED-NAME>WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE CO
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)<U> September&nbsp;14, 2005</U></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY </FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">NEW YORK
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">47 MAIN STREET, WARWICK, NEW YORK
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code <U> (845)&nbsp;986-8080</U>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
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    <TD>Brenda A. Schadt, the Vice President of Customer Service and Directory of Warwick Valley
Telephone Company (the &#147;Company&#148;), will be retiring at year end. The Company is not
naming another Vice President to fill her position and her duties and responsibilities
will be assumed by several existing members of management. Mrs.&nbsp;Schadt will receive the
Company&#146;s normal retirement benefits; there are no special agreements or undertakings
relating to her departure.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s press release announcing the retirement is attached to this Current Report
on Form 8-K as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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    <TD>99.1 Press Release entitled &#147;WVT Announces VP Retirement&#148;, dated September&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY<BR>
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    <TD align="left">Dated: September 14, 2005&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Herbert Gareiss, Jr.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">WVT Announces VP Retirement
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Brenda A. Schadt, the Vice President of Customer Service and Directory of Warwick Valley
Telephone Company (Nasdaq: WWVYE; the &#147;Company&#148;) has informed the Company that she will retire
at year end. Mrs.&nbsp;Schadt indicated that she has been contemplating her retirement for some time
and that she is looking forward to being able to fulfill several lifelong aspirations.
Warwick&#146;s President, Mr.&nbsp;Herbert Gareiss, Jr., expressed his appreciation to Mrs.&nbsp;Schadt for her
43&nbsp;years of loyal and dedicated service, and indicated that she will be missed. The Company does
not intend to name another Vice President to fill her position.
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