Dover Knolls Complete Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) received on March 8, 2010 This document is the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Knolls of Dover project. It has been posted pursuant to Dover Town Law 61-4 and the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). SEQRA requires that the Town Board “afford...
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Knolls at Dover project clears key hurdle; hearing set | poughkeepsiejournal.com DOVER PLAINS — With environmental studies finished, the Knolls of Dover project is on the brink of a start date. At a recent meeting, the Dover Town Board voted to accept as complete the proposed development's final environmental impact statement. The Benjamin Companies, a Long Island...
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Quantifying open space loss from urban sprawl – Front Page A new housing development in San Jose, CA. Image credit, Sean O'Flaherty.A new study in the journal PLoS ONE finds that 1.4 million hectares of open space was lost to urban sprawl in the United States from 1990 – 2000. Robert McDonald from the Nature Conservancy...
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Smart growth planning grants announced ALBANY – A total of $500,000 in funding from the state Environmental Protection Fund Smart Growth Grant Program has been announced for smart growth planning projects in the Hudson Valley. These awards cover a number of planning projects that focus on economic, community and environmental issues.S ix of the awards are for...
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2010 is going to be an interesting year for politics in Putnam County. The sides are lining up for a couple of Legislative seats and the race for the County Executive's seat. On the legislative side the Republican machine is gunning to shoot down one of its own, Tony Fusco, trying to remove the...
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Managing growth without sprawl Malta grapples with planning for changes GlobalFoundries chip plant will bring By CHRIS CHURCHILL, Business writer First published in print: Thursday, January 14, 2010 MALTA — This town is going to grow. On that point, there's consensus. But how, exactly, Malta should grow is a question of impassioned debate as the Saratoga County town prepares...
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This evening at 6PM in Judge Spofford's courtroom in Carmel, Lori Kemp will once again be called to answer a charge against a man she directly ordered to leave her property. The man "fell" and allegedly hurt himself so bad that he would not go through the hassle of filing charges against her. But...
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