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Local headlines February 10, 2011
Feb 10, 2011 6:22 am
Panel turns to Main Street
The Daily Mail looks into the next step for the Town of Cairo's push to give itself a zoning ordinance for the first time... uniform setbacks for their historic lower Main Street. Plus a lot of exceptions to cover what's there already.
Mayoral race this year for village
It seems politics is heating up in Philmont, where 39 year old Brian Wheeler, with the fire department, is challenging long-serving Mayor Skip Speed, saying more has to be done for the good of the place. Two trustees, meanwhile, are running for reelection unopposed.
Austerity budget for Saugerties schools would raise property tax levy nearly 8%
This district on the edge of our coverage area was forced to take on an austerity budget by its board last year, which still resulted in huge tax hikes. Now, to make up for state budget cuts and catch up with other districts, their tax rise will be close to ten percent for the coming year. Now what was all that talk about 2 percent tax caps?
New firm tackles troubled Knolls atomic cleanup job
After a long-pending cleanup of materials spilled during the 1950s was stalled by new spills, Knolls Atomic Power Labs has hired another firm to take over the stalled cleanup project, doubling its expected cost from $75 million to $145 million, all to avoid further escapes of radioactivity, and not repeat the three leakage incidents of last fall.
Casino not dead yet, say local officials
Despite Tribal and state officials having gotten "bad vibrations" about the US Interior Department’s impending action on the Wisconsin Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe’s proposed casino-resort in Sullivan County, local officials, from town supervisors to state legislators, are refusing to give up hope, with Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther (D-Forestburg) going so far as to say it is time for the state to pass a constitutional amendment to allow gaming in New York. “I’m sure the coffin is closed, but the nail’s not in it yet,” came one statement.
Disposable Hudson
Gossips of Rivertown has stories up about the ongoing battles involving low rent housing for the homeless in the riverside city, as well as a history of Hudson's arcane weighted voting system for ward aldermen (and women).
Finally, all our papers seem to have stories about neighbor disputes this morning, which we will give their own due on the Newsroom in the coming hours. Could it be the residue of cabin fever rising?
The Daily Mail looks into the next step for the Town of Cairo's push to give itself a zoning ordinance for the first time... uniform setbacks for their historic lower Main Street. Plus a lot of exceptions to cover what's there already.
Mayoral race this year for village
It seems politics is heating up in Philmont, where 39 year old Brian Wheeler, with the fire department, is challenging long-serving Mayor Skip Speed, saying more has to be done for the good of the place. Two trustees, meanwhile, are running for reelection unopposed.
Austerity budget for Saugerties schools would raise property tax levy nearly 8%
This district on the edge of our coverage area was forced to take on an austerity budget by its board last year, which still resulted in huge tax hikes. Now, to make up for state budget cuts and catch up with other districts, their tax rise will be close to ten percent for the coming year. Now what was all that talk about 2 percent tax caps?
New firm tackles troubled Knolls atomic cleanup job
After a long-pending cleanup of materials spilled during the 1950s was stalled by new spills, Knolls Atomic Power Labs has hired another firm to take over the stalled cleanup project, doubling its expected cost from $75 million to $145 million, all to avoid further escapes of radioactivity, and not repeat the three leakage incidents of last fall.
Casino not dead yet, say local officials
Despite Tribal and state officials having gotten "bad vibrations" about the US Interior Department’s impending action on the Wisconsin Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe’s proposed casino-resort in Sullivan County, local officials, from town supervisors to state legislators, are refusing to give up hope, with Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther (D-Forestburg) going so far as to say it is time for the state to pass a constitutional amendment to allow gaming in New York. “I’m sure the coffin is closed, but the nail’s not in it yet,” came one statement.
Disposable Hudson
Gossips of Rivertown has stories up about the ongoing battles involving low rent housing for the homeless in the riverside city, as well as a history of Hudson's arcane weighted voting system for ward aldermen (and women).
Finally, all our papers seem to have stories about neighbor disputes this morning, which we will give their own due on the Newsroom in the coming hours. Could it be the residue of cabin fever rising?