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Vol. 14, No 52
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DECEMBER 27, 2017 - JANUARY 2, 2018
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Mountainside Woods
Lloyd developer seeks project modification
Project
Smile
makes its
way to
Plattekill
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
Construction of the Mountainside Woods residential development project is well underway in the Town of Lloyd.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Lloyd Building Department Director
Dave Barton told the Town Board that
the developer of the Mountainside
Woods residential project is seeking to
modify his previously approved phased
construction schedule.
Barton said there are 22 homes out
of a possible 39 in Phase IA that have
building permits pulled. The original
agreement states that the developer has
to have 26 building permits out before
he can move on to the next phase of the
project, which is IB.
“Their desire is to move on to Phase II
as opposed to Phase IB,” he said.
Barton said Phase II is more
conducive to building ranch style of
housing, which is now in demand by
seniors who are seeking single-level
living.
“Phase II actually offers them
[developer] more flexibility with the
type of building they can put up, most
importantly for them, the ranches,”
Barton said.
Barton said the homes at
Mountainside Woods are selling at
market-rate or better, due in part to the
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When a child has been through a
traumatic event, a simple stuffed animal
or coloring book can provide just enough
distraction to let first responders take
charge of the situation.
This is the idea behind Project Smile,
a Massachusetts based non-profit
organization. They provide toys, crayons,
coloring books and reading books for
police officers, paramedics and firefighters
to give to children during emergency
events such as accidents, being witness to
a crime, crime victims, those coping with
loss, among many other things.
Project Smile has found its way to
Plattekill this year.
Barbara Terpening, a member of the
Memorial United Methodist Church in
Modena, first heard about Project Smile
while flipping through “Woman’s World,”
a magazine.
“The church was looking for something
to do as a project this year and I picked up
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