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The Pentagon insists the United States is slated to create history by being the first to win a war with Afghanistan. In other news, Apollo moon landing shots faked, Sri Lanka develops nuclear arsenal, Jimmy Hoffa found pumping gas with Elvis in Hamilton, Ontario. [...] Putnam County – The Putnam Valley Planning Board, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Warex Terminals Corp. will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves a 2.87 ± acre property within the CC-2 Zoning District. The subject property is currently developed with a 2,260 ± square foot convenience store and eight 8 fueling stations with associated parking. The applicant is proposing to install two 2 additional fuel pumps four 4 additional fueling stations, extend the existing canopy, expand the parking area, and make various landscaping and stormwater improvements. Additional underground fuel storage tanks are not required to facilitate the proposed action. The project is located at 157 Bryant Street in Putnam Valley, New York.Contact: Michelle Babnick, Putnam Valley Planning Board, 265 Oscawana Lake Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579, Phone: 845 526-3740, E-mail: mbabnik@putnamvalley.com. via ENB – Region 3 Notices 11/4/2009 – NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation.
PRESS RELEASE PUTNAM VALLEY, NY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date- October 19, 2009 Contact- Patty Villanova Telephone- 845-528-9447 E-mail- VILLANOVA WANTS HOMELAND SECURITY INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE PUTNAM VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT GRANT APPLICATION Concerns raised over statements in grant application for new Firehouse. Fire Officials claim current firehouse is “unsafe” and “uninhabitable” while town hall/ courthouse alleged to be “in violation of public safety codes.” On October 16, 2009, taxpayer advocate and town board candidate Patty Villanova sent a formal request to Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, for an audit and investigation of the Fire Station Construction Grant (FCG) application that was submitted to FEMA by the PV Fire Department on July 10, 2009. (Copy attached). Villanova said that she was concerned about the accuracy of statements and representations that were made in the application in furtherance of the FD’s attempts to gain funding for construction of a new fire station. During the past year, the Fire Department has presented plans for a new firehouse, estimated to cost over $9 million dollars, that they claim is desperately needed to replace the existing one to help them attract [...] Hall secures final approval for Lake Oscawana cleanup funds WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday for final approval of $400,000 to improve the water quality of Lake Oscawana in Putnam Valley. Rep. John Hall (D-Dover) worked to insert the funding into the fiscal year 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Bill. Without federal funding, the Town of Putnam Valley would have had to pass along the entire cost of this equipment on to local taxpayers. The bill also provides funding for public health, food safety, supporting rural communities, and conservation efforts. The funding was passed by the House originally in July and has been included in the House-Senate conference report on Agriculture Appropriations. The House-Senate conference report passed the House by a vote of 263 to 162. The Senate is expected to pass the bill next week and then will be signed into law by President Obama. Oscawana’s water quality has been declining for the past 40 years, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently concluded that remedial measures need to be taken without delay. Federal funding will support the rehabilitation plan commissioned by the Lake Oscawana Civic Association. The plan calls for removing existing phosphate [...] Peter Collins and Maureen Fleming have a few things in common. For one, they’re both qualified attorneys with long standing practices. For another, they’re both running for Town Justice in the Town of Kent in primaries for the Democratic, Independence and Working Families party lines. While a few misanthropic Republican candidates have gone negative even before the primary, others (we do not know their party affiliations) are going negative on Collins and Fleming. In the former case it’s a letter to the Courier about mythical and magical situations which never transpired and passed on as facts and a widely mailed attack piece on Judge Collins. In the latter case, it’s missing and damaged campaign signs. Some cut in half. Others destroyed. Some missing entirely. [...] Peekskill Hollow Road was an ancient Indian path used by the Native Wappinger people of the Algonquin nation. The path was deeded to the town In 1691 by Dutch Burghers, Jan Sybrant and Lambert Dorlandt. The land of the “Peekskill Hollow” was settled by tenant farmers in 1720. Sybil Luddington traveled on parts of Peekskill Hollow in April of 1777 to warn of the arrival of British Soldiers. This is but the bare bones and there is much additional history. [...] Interior/Exterior House Painting by someone you can trust. TaconicArts.com Good Friday Morning, The League of Women Voters hosted a candidate’s forum in Kent last evening at which I was on the panel and all I can say is that it was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done. It’s not the same being on that side of the table as it is on the other! Everyone was pretty chill until the closing statements when John Greene (yes, if you can believe the surname mashup that I still consider intentional,) got a little testy properly raising the ire of councilman Lou Tartaro who seems to be specifically targeted for removal from the board by various forces. While Lou and I are in direct competition for the board seat he currently occupies I’m not running against him – I’m running FOR the seat – there is a difference. But John seems to have Lou and Supervisor Doherty in his gunsights, and to a lesser extent Republican candidate Tom Maxson, and has for the past few months. There was a cameraman from the North County News present [...] Good Wednesday Morning, Arts on the Lake’s Summer Concert Series kicks off tomorrow at 6PM at the Lake Carmel Cultural Center. More information about that is here. The events are held outside on the north lawn, inside, if it’s raining. Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy a musical sunset over Lake Carmel. County court judge O’Rourke gave local Independence party members a victory by turning back authorizations filed on behalf of several candidates endorsed by the local leadership. I’ve been closely following the logic and arguments of those who believe that the current health care system is preferable to any change. In their arguments they say that if the “public option” should be put into place that the government will: Dictate which procedures are covered and which are not. Deny coverage or set rates based on your lifestyle. Americans would have to fill out forms detailing their past medical histories before coverage was granted. A secret panel would determine if the treatment you were seeking was covered or not. The government would decide which drugs were covered. I’m not sure if they got everything bollixed up here since it seems to me that’s the routine private insurance [...] Steps toward a healthier lake There is little doubt about what needs to be done to restore the health of Putnam Valley’s Lake Oscawana, a scenic glacial lake so saturated with phosphorous that in February the state Department of Environmental Conservation declared it an “impaired water body,” meaning remediation is required. “For 29 years we have had an annual study,” Stephen Axinn, president of the Lake Oscawana Civic Association, told the Editorial Board. “It has been studied more than almost any lake in the Northeast.” The problem, as study after study has shown, is that phosphorous, an ingredient in lawn fertilizer as well as animal and human waste, washes into the lake with runoff from each rainfall. It promotes the growth of oxygen-depleting algae, which can choke the life – fish and all – out of a lake, leaving a foul-smelling, pea soup-like ecological dead zone in its place. Lake Oscawana is not alone, the phosphorous crisis is affecting bodies of water throughout the Lower Hudson Valley and beyond. The Ramapo River in [...] |
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The major issues with the current project are the drawing of 900 gallons per day from the stream and the segmentation of the environmental review. [...]