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Weekend in review
Jan 14, 2013 6:04 am
Stories that made the news, Jan. 11 to Jan. 14:
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For sale: 2 Main Street, Catskill
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Jim Planck reported in The Daily Mail the former fuel oil storage depot at Catskill Point is for sale. The 5.3-acre site is listed by Getty Realty Corp. at a minimum opening bid of $450,000. The site is the former Kingston Oil Supply Corporation petroleum terminal, and before that the Amos Post Co. terminal. Chicago-based NRC Realty & Capital Advisors is handling the sale for Getty. The bid deadline is March 7. Greene County Economic Development, Tourism, and Planning Executive Director Warren Hart said Fri., Jan. 11, there is a working group researching and evaluating the property. Greene County IDA Executive Director Rene VanSchaack said the IDA has no plans or any intent to directly acquire the property. “We want to work with private owners,” he said. The initial step is to evaluate the property with eye toward potential use and to network with a private developer for possible linkage to Dutchmen's Landing. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Nathan Mayberg reported in the Register Star the town of Claverack has adopted new zoning laws. The town board approved the new law last month, following a four-year review process. The law encourages agricultural development, moderately priced housing and multi-family housing. The highway commercial district is expanded to encourage economic development. The law created a variety of zoning districts including a commercial industrial park, mobile home park, rural agricultural, residential and hamlet business districts. "This zoning addresses the very delicate and difficult balance of maintaining our rural character and encouraging economic development,” Supervisor Robin Andrews said in a statement. Read the full story in the Register Star.
W.T. Eckert reported in The Daily Mail Third Judicial District Administrative Judge George B. Ceresia Jr. has resigned from the bench. Ceresia offered no explanation or reason for his departure. He will continue to serve as a Supreme Court Justice in Rensselaer County. Unconfirmed reports indicated Ceresia was about to be removed, but reasons for his possible removal were not disclosed. “He has in fact resigned his position as administrative judge for the Third Judicial District,” New York State Office of Court Administration Spokesman David Bookstaver said. A replacement is expected to be announced this week. The Third Judicial District is comprised of Greene, Columbia, Albany, Ulster, Sullivan, Schoharie and Rensselaer counties. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
William J. Kemble reported in the Daily Freeman residents are urging the Woodstock Town Board to encourage state lawmakers to criminalize the natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Ten speakers at a board meeting last week said the energy industry is seeking to earn profits through a practice they say has been shown to contaminate water supplies. The energy industry maintains the practice is safe. The town board will meet Tues., Jan. 15 to discuss and vote on a non-binding resolution to endorse the statewide effort to criminalize fracking. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.
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For sale: 2 Main Street, Catskill(nrc.com)[/caption]
Jim Planck reported in The Daily Mail the former fuel oil storage depot at Catskill Point is for sale. The 5.3-acre site is listed by Getty Realty Corp. at a minimum opening bid of $450,000. The site is the former Kingston Oil Supply Corporation petroleum terminal, and before that the Amos Post Co. terminal. Chicago-based NRC Realty & Capital Advisors is handling the sale for Getty. The bid deadline is March 7. Greene County Economic Development, Tourism, and Planning Executive Director Warren Hart said Fri., Jan. 11, there is a working group researching and evaluating the property. Greene County IDA Executive Director Rene VanSchaack said the IDA has no plans or any intent to directly acquire the property. “We want to work with private owners,” he said. The initial step is to evaluate the property with eye toward potential use and to network with a private developer for possible linkage to Dutchmen's Landing. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Nathan Mayberg reported in the Register Star the town of Claverack has adopted new zoning laws. The town board approved the new law last month, following a four-year review process. The law encourages agricultural development, moderately priced housing and multi-family housing. The highway commercial district is expanded to encourage economic development. The law created a variety of zoning districts including a commercial industrial park, mobile home park, rural agricultural, residential and hamlet business districts. "This zoning addresses the very delicate and difficult balance of maintaining our rural character and encouraging economic development,” Supervisor Robin Andrews said in a statement. Read the full story in the Register Star.
W.T. Eckert reported in The Daily Mail Third Judicial District Administrative Judge George B. Ceresia Jr. has resigned from the bench. Ceresia offered no explanation or reason for his departure. He will continue to serve as a Supreme Court Justice in Rensselaer County. Unconfirmed reports indicated Ceresia was about to be removed, but reasons for his possible removal were not disclosed. “He has in fact resigned his position as administrative judge for the Third Judicial District,” New York State Office of Court Administration Spokesman David Bookstaver said. A replacement is expected to be announced this week. The Third Judicial District is comprised of Greene, Columbia, Albany, Ulster, Sullivan, Schoharie and Rensselaer counties. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
William J. Kemble reported in the Daily Freeman residents are urging the Woodstock Town Board to encourage state lawmakers to criminalize the natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Ten speakers at a board meeting last week said the energy industry is seeking to earn profits through a practice they say has been shown to contaminate water supplies. The energy industry maintains the practice is safe. The town board will meet Tues., Jan. 15 to discuss and vote on a non-binding resolution to endorse the statewide effort to criminalize fracking. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.