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Weekend in review
Mar 09, 2015 12:02 am
Some of the stories that made the news Fri., Mar. 6 through Mon., Mar. 9:
Debby Mayer reported in The Columbia Paper voters in the Germantown school district will go to the polls Tue., Mar. 10 to weigh in on a proposed $11.3-million capital project. The plan covers 27 items, including a new auditorium, new band and theater arts rooms, restrooms, adding spectator seating to the elementary school gymnasium and relocating the outdoor basketball court and playground. Polls are open from noon to 9 p.m. in the school lobby at 123 Main Street.
Josefa Velasquez reported at Capital New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says the public should be concerned over Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's aggressive budget negotiating tactics this year. During an interview with Binghamton radio station WNBF late last week, the new speaker warned that the governor's decision to tie policy-based issues into appropriation bills would upset the balance of power in Albany. “This is not to say that the governor has not put forward good ideas, but when you want to have a system of checks and balances you don't want to limit the powers of the Legislature,” Heastie said.
Michael Ryan reported in the Windham Journal in a letter to the town planning board Windham volunteer firefighters have voiced concerns around plans underway to construct the Windham Mountain Sporting Club. Windham Hose Company No. 1 chief Michael Scarey and department president Greg Thorp composed a letter, which was entered into the record as part of the ongoing public hearing on the multi-million dollar project. Fire officials stated the department is currently ill-equipped to adequately provide the needed level of fire protection for the development. Firefighters cited inadequate year-round access, an inadequate town-wide numbering system, an inadequate and inaccessible water supply and a lack of appropriate equipment to effectively handle a multi-story blaze, as the four major areas of concern at present. The Windham Mountain Sporting Club development includes as many as 137 single-family homes, 81 condominiums, 12 duplexes and seven town homes to be built in the hills on the south side of South Street.
Mid-Hudson News Network reported some two dozen area residents Thu., Mar. 5, marched on Central Hudson Gas and Electric’s headquarters in Poughkeepsie to express dismay over their electric bills. The members of Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, a housing rights organization, told personal stories of their difficulty in paying their bills. One resident said, “We are being robbed in our community. We are being given bills that are unaccounted for. When questioned, there is no one that can give us answers as to why our bills are so blown up.” Another resident said she is paying 20 percent of her $730 monthly income to Central Hudson. A Central Hudson spokesman said the company will review the materials left by the group "just as we would any other customer."
Debby Mayer reported in The Columbia Paper voters in the Germantown school district will go to the polls Tue., Mar. 10 to weigh in on a proposed $11.3-million capital project. The plan covers 27 items, including a new auditorium, new band and theater arts rooms, restrooms, adding spectator seating to the elementary school gymnasium and relocating the outdoor basketball court and playground. Polls are open from noon to 9 p.m. in the school lobby at 123 Main Street.Josefa Velasquez reported at Capital New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says the public should be concerned over Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's aggressive budget negotiating tactics this year. During an interview with Binghamton radio station WNBF late last week, the new speaker warned that the governor's decision to tie policy-based issues into appropriation bills would upset the balance of power in Albany. “This is not to say that the governor has not put forward good ideas, but when you want to have a system of checks and balances you don't want to limit the powers of the Legislature,” Heastie said.
Michael Ryan reported in the Windham Journal in a letter to the town planning board Windham volunteer firefighters have voiced concerns around plans underway to construct the Windham Mountain Sporting Club. Windham Hose Company No. 1 chief Michael Scarey and department president Greg Thorp composed a letter, which was entered into the record as part of the ongoing public hearing on the multi-million dollar project. Fire officials stated the department is currently ill-equipped to adequately provide the needed level of fire protection for the development. Firefighters cited inadequate year-round access, an inadequate town-wide numbering system, an inadequate and inaccessible water supply and a lack of appropriate equipment to effectively handle a multi-story blaze, as the four major areas of concern at present. The Windham Mountain Sporting Club development includes as many as 137 single-family homes, 81 condominiums, 12 duplexes and seven town homes to be built in the hills on the south side of South Street.Mid-Hudson News Network reported some two dozen area residents Thu., Mar. 5, marched on Central Hudson Gas and Electric’s headquarters in Poughkeepsie to express dismay over their electric bills. The members of Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, a housing rights organization, told personal stories of their difficulty in paying their bills. One resident said, “We are being robbed in our community. We are being given bills that are unaccounted for. When questioned, there is no one that can give us answers as to why our bills are so blown up.” Another resident said she is paying 20 percent of her $730 monthly income to Central Hudson. A Central Hudson spokesman said the company will review the materials left by the group "just as we would any other customer."