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Berlin Town Board Action – First Town Meeting In The New Municipal Center

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by Kieron Kramer
The Berlin Town Board held its first regular Town Board meeting in the new Town Hall in the Municipal Center at 17563 NY Rt. 22 last Thursday, March 14. Aside from the Town officers, the heads of the various boards and the like the turnout was a little sparse, but everyone who did attend was pretty excited about the new digs.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – A Reprieve For The Former Jones Garage?

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by Alex Brooks
A public hearing was held on the Town’s plan to demolish the former Jones Garage on Main St., because the Building Inspector has found it structurally deficient. The owner of the building, Dan Mitri, was there and he said he had hired a contractor to stabilize the building, but the contractor couldn’t start work until June. Mitri said he will remove some heavy equipment that is in the building, and secure the building so no one can get in, within the next few weeks.
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Stephentown Town Board Action – A Property Dispute

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by David Flint
A property dispute on Brainard Road that has come up at recent meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals was brought before the Stephentown Town Board at their regular monthly meeting on Monday. Attorney and surveyor Joanne Darcy Crum of the Albany law firm Lemery Greisler LLC, requested that a temporary Certificate of Occupancy (CO) granted to Henry Warner be revoked. [Read more…] about Stephentown Town Board Action – A Property Dispute

Grafton Planning Board Action – Like A Butterfly

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by Kieron Kramer
Like a butterfly, the life of a plot map approved by the Grafton Planning Board is ephemeral, unless it is filed with the County within the time limit set by the County. If the deadline is missed the subdivision, lot line adjustment or site plan review must be voted on again by the Planning Board, and the map must be signed again by the Planning Board Chairman. At the Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday, March 18, the only order of business was to resign a map.
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Mechanic Street Property Discussed By Village Planning Board

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by Bea Peterson
The Village of Hoosick Falls Planning Board had only one item on its agenda Wednesday evening, March 6. Wayne Willson and Donald Albrecht of Albrecht & Willson Land Surveyors, PLLC, appeared on behalf of Oak Mitsui looking for a boundary line change to the property it now leases, which adjoins the WCW building on Mechanic Street that Rensselaer County is looking to take over for taxes. Oak Mitsui would like to buy the property, but wants to be sure of an adequate entryway and parking.
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Village of Hoosick Falls Election

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by Bea Peterson
Few voters turned out to support the officials that will be running the Village of Hoosick Falls for the next two years. Inclement weather may have deterred some voters. Many others may have considered voting unnecessary since the candidates were running unopposed. Still, it is a little unsettling to know only 2.65 percent of the Village’s 1,923 registered  voters came to the polls.
Village Mayoral candidate David Borge received the most votes, with 51. Ric DiDonato, re-elected for a fourth term as Trustee, received 45 votes.
Former Hoosick Councilman Kevin O’Malley received 47 votes for Village Trustee and former Hoosick Councilman Robert Ryan received 48 votes for Trustee.