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Referendum On New Leb Town Hall Renovation To Be Held Sooner Than Expected

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by Phillip Zema
Depending on which estimate is accepted, it will cost between $500k-650k to renovate the New Lebanon Town Hall building. The project itself requires a public referendum, but this event will happen much sooner than originally anticipated. The Town is in the process of applying for a $75k United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant. The grant’s deadline, however, is in early July, and the money cannot be awarded unless a referendum passes. The referendum was originally slated for August, but because of the deadline, it must be held on June 29.
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All-Star Photo Exhibit At Darrow School

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The beauty of the Mount Lebanon landscape and the historic Shaker buildings that grace it have long provided inspiration for photographers. In June and July, Darrow School will be the site of the exclusive exhibit “Visions of Mount Lebanon,” a fund-raiser honoring the Shaker Museum and Library’s sixtieth anniversary. The exhibit, located in the School’s extraordinary Joline Arts Center, is open to the public daily between June 27 and July 3, from 12 to 5 pm. Admission is free.
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Stephentown Motocross Tabled Again

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by David Flint
Howard Commander’s Motocross course has been put on hold for another month. The world class MX track that Commander proposes to put in a corn field in the southwestern corner of Stephentown was tabled again by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at their meeting on June 3 after hearing additional protests from neighbors and a demand from an attorney for a lot more information.
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Results Of The New Lebanon School District Election

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by Phillip Zema
The New Lebanon School budget passed 279-125. Incumbents JoAnn Gavrity (300 votes) and Raymond Sowalski (289) were re-elected to three year terms. BOE member Susan Downy-Luhrmann did not run again, and her seat was taken by David Kroboth, who received 320 votes. [Read more…] about Results Of The New Lebanon School District Election

Mittnight Junior Not Senior

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Clarification
In our story about the Town of New Lebanon being threatened with lawsuits that appeared in the May 21 issue of the Eastwick Press, and in our other stories about New Lebanon, we have referred to Robert Mittnight who lives in New Lebanon. His name is actually Robert Mittnight, Jr. This was brought to our attention by Robert Mittnight, Sr., a resident of Stephentown.