Vol. 37, No. 2 3 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2019
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Meetings sought to shape Shawangunk’s future
By TED REMSNYDER
The Town of Shawangunk is poised to update its
comprehensive plan for the first time since 2003 in
order to facilitate zoning changes, and the municipality
is looking for the public’s input on how to amend the
Montgomery
requests joint
traffic study
document. The town will hold a pair of meetings on
Saturday, Jan. 26 at Town Hall at 10:00 a.m. and a 1:00
p.m. session at the Walker Valley Firehouse to gather
feedback from taxpayers on potential zoning changes that
could shape the future of the town.
The meetings will be run by Shawangunk Planner
Bonnie Franson and the Shawangunk Town Board
will also be in attendance to listen to residents’ ideas.
“We’re just going to be there to give support to what
they’re doing,” Town Supervisor John Valk said. “But we
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the winter
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Concern raised over Town of
Montgomery’s new park hours
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
Village of Montgomery Mayor Stephen
Brescia and Deputy Mayor JoAnn
Scheels contacted the Orange County
Planning Department to request a traffic
study of the cumulative effect of three
building projects in the Village and Town
of Montgomery.
In a letter to David Church,
Orange County Planning Departmnet
Commissioner, Brescia states he would
like to evaluate traffic in the Route 211
corridor in the village. The best way
to do this is to evaluate traffic volume
through the State Environmental Quality
Review Act (SEQRA) process of the three
projects in the village and town.
“Our thoughts are to require a
comprehensive traffic study for the
KSH [King Service Holding, Inc.] Project
in the Village whereby that developer
will take into account the projections
for its own project in conjunction with
the established Devitt projections and
possible those being generated from
the Medline Project,” Brescia states in
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Montgomery residents expressed
concern about the town board’s decision
to close its parks for the winter, a move
the board and police department said was
needed to ensure the safety and security
of the town’s residents.
Benedict Farm Park, Community
Garden Park, Berea Park, the Rail Trail,
Riverfront Park and Twin Islands Fishing
Park will be closed from Dec. 1 to March 15.
Only Benedict Farm Park and Riverfront
Park have gates that are currently locked.
The town board passed Local Law
No. Seven of 2018 in December, which
requires the board to determine the hours
of operation annually by resolution.
Resolutions do not require a public
hearing or public notice.
The law also repeals Local Law No. Five
of 2009, which sets town park hours as
sunup to sundown every day of the year.
The town board passed a resolution to
close the parks and set new park hours
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