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Developer Camarda Wants Your Tax Dollars

“P.L.I. LLC, (Camarda) a limited liability company with offices at 1699 Rte.6 has requested that the Industrial Development Agency provide financing for the Company in the form of tax-exemption/or taxable industrial development revenue bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed Thirty-Three Million to be used to finance a certain project consisting of the following: [...]

ENB – Lake Sagamore Community Association Inc

Lake Sagamore Community Association Inc

28 Old Forge Dr

Carmel, NY 10512

Facility:

Lake Sagamore Beachfront

West Shore Rd

Carmel, NY 10512

Application ID:

3-3722-00039/00005

Permit(s) Applied for:

Article 15 Title 5 Excavation & Fill in Navigable Waters

Project is Located:

Kent, Putnam County

Project Description:

The project sponsor proposes to remove approximately 140 cubic yards of stone and gravel from the southernmost tip of Lake Sagamore [Index# H-31-P 44-23-P 76j, Class B] which washed in during a recent storm event from the adjacent unpaved Old Forge Drive. The excavated material will be trucked off-site.

Availability of Application Documents:

Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.

State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination:

Project is not subject to SEQR because it is a Type II action.

SEQR Lead Agency: None Designated

State Historic Preservation Act (SHPA) Determination:

The proposed activity is not subject to review in accordance with SHPA. The permit type is exempt or the activity is being reviewed in accordance [...]

News From the Kent Public Library

KPL Community Connections Summer Reading Program 2010

The e-newsletter of the Kent Public Library

Special Edition (845)225-8585 Greetings!

Your kids, teens, grandkids, nieces, nephews, and neighborhood kids can make a splash and waves at the Kent Public Library this summer by joining   the annual summer reading program.  Participation in the summer reading program will help them maintain good reading habits during the summer months.  Statistics show that kids who spend time reading during the summer months retain more of what they learn from the previous school year. Besides the educational value of participating in the summer reading program, it’s a fun way to spend the summer since there are so many great things to do at the Library.  Kids can borrow all kinds of books, movies or music CDs, use the computers and meet up with friends and participate in the many programs and activities offered. Click here to see our  events calendar  or stop by the [...]

Corporate Welfare, Putnam Style – A Special Report

The county of Putnam shall provide for a credit for the value of work performed or financed by a property owner within the road or highway improvement district or districts or benefited area or areas for the work as described in section one this act [sic]. Agreement for the provision of such credit shall be set forth in a written instrument of understanding between Putnam County and the property owner and documented in some other permit, approve site plan or official finding issued by Putnam County or the town of Patterson. [...]

News That Matters – Monday, May 17, 2010

In the meantime, the Ballster’s State Senate campaign website claims he’s a champion of woman’s rights. I’m assuming he means the right to remain barefoot, the right to remain pregnant and the right to remain in the kitchen, but not the right to be barefoot and pregnant and milking goats in the barn. [...]

Carmel schools budget cuts 47.5 positions | LoHud.com | The Journal News

Carmel schools budget cuts 47.5 positions | LoHud.com

PATTERSON — The Carmel school district’s 2010-11 budget calls for cutting the equivalent of 47.5 full-time positions with about 30 of those teachers or teaching assistants.

Schools Superintendent James Ryan said about a third of those classroom-based jobs will be eliminated through retirements. With about $1.6 million less in state aid expected in the next school year, compared to this year, and increasing pension and retirement costs, preparing the new budget was difficult, he said during a recent presentation at Matthew Paterson Elementary School. Ryan said having the district operate next year at 2009-10 levels wasn’t feasible.

The 2010-11 budget carries a 4.31 percent tax-levy increase. Spending would increase 1.79 percent to $105,991,161, from $104,124,361 this year.

Ryan said the district was discussing salary freezes with its unions. Should every employee, including himself, forgo an increase in the 2010-11 school year, he would recommend eliminating layoffs. In Brewster, the teachers association earlier this year approved a contract that included a salary freeze for next school year and an increase in their health-care contributions.

via Carmel schools budget cuts 47.5 positions | LoHud.com | The Journal News.

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Seven Hills Lake Uses Algacide

Putnam County Applicant:

Seven Hills Lake Homeowners Assoc PO Box 1087 Carmel, NY 10512 -8087

Facility:

Seven Hills Lake Lake Shore Dr Carmel, NY 10512

Application ID:

3-3722-00153/00005

Permit(s) Applied for:

Article 15 Title 3 Aquatic Pesticides Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands

Project is Located:

Kent, Putnam County

Project Description:

To maintain open water areas for recreational use, the applicant proposes to treat Seven Hills Lake, portions of which include Freshwater Wetland LC-1 (Class 2) and its 100 foot adjacent area, with the algacide Captain (active ingredient copper carbonate) and the aquatic pesticide Aquathol K (active ingredient Endothall) to control algal blooms and the non-native species’ Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) and curly leaf pondweed (Potamageton crispus).

Availability of Application Documents:

Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.

State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination:

A draft environmental impact statement has been prepared on this project and is on file.

SEQR Lead Agency: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

State Historic Preservation Act [...]

Little Buck Pond to use Chemical Pesticides

Spring Lake Homeowners Association Inc C/O Cory Henkel 166 Bank St Apt 1E New York, NY 10014

Facility:

Spring Lake (Little Buck Pond) Gipsey Trail Rd Carmel, NY 10512

Application ID:

3-3722-00113/00016

Permit(s) Applied for:

Article 15 Title 3 Aquatic Pesticides Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands

Project is Located:

Kent, Putnam County

Project Description:

To maintain open water areas for recreational use, the applicant proposes to treat a total of 9.2 acres of Spring Lake (A.K.A. Little Buck Pond – Class B), approximately .4 acre of which is located within NYS Freshwater Wetland LC-4 (Class 2) and its 100 foot adjacent area, with the aquatic pesticides Aquathol K (active ingredient Endothall) and Clearcast (active ingredient Imazamox). The proposed treatment within the NYS Wetland and 100 foot adjacent area is intended to maintain boating access between the open water portion of Spring Lake and the portion of the lake consisting of regulated DEC wetland. The target vegetation includes largeleaf pondweed and waterlilies. The applicant proposes to manipulate the outlet control structure of Spring Lake to hold the chemically treated water within Spring Lake for 14 days, thereby avoiding the need for down-stream water use restrictions.

Availability of Application Documents:

Filed application [...]

News That Matters – April 19, 2010

I’ve given up trying to be a Republican. No matter how hard I tried I could not convince myself that corporate greed was a good thing, that war is necessary and that it’s not the responsibility of common citizens to take care of each other. [...]

News That Matters – April 12, 2010

The countdown to Thursday’s Tea Bagger rally in Carmel is well underway as part time Assemblyman and full time demagogue, Greg “Lock and Load” Ball, and his hired gang of outside agitators, bring their obsolete and un-thought out ideas to the steps of the County courthouse. I have a list of scheduled speakers here somewhere but it’s the same old, same old group of “we’ve heard it all before’s”, nothing new to say, no actual solutions, hot air blowing politicians and politician wannabees. And no, they won’t let Jeff Green speak. What’s with that? [...]