Back in early July I wrote an article entitled, "Is There No Balm in Gilead?" regarding the plight of a homeowner who finds herself surrounded on 3 sides by the continuing destruction of what was once a mountain and now, little by little, is becoming a molehill topped with little boxes made of ticky-tacky.
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Town Board August Amendments to the agenda Executive Session – the specific litigation must be announced. They use this one a lot to hold backroom meetings. And the fire department building – this should not have been an amendment. There should be announced meetings where the public can address their concerns. Eddie McCarthy did...
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July Town Board meeting – July 15, 2009 I arrived late so as to avoid the razzle dazzle, but it didn’t work. When I got there they were going on about the ag law. It wasn’t on the...
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What do you do when your town building inspector doesn't seem to care? When the DEC throws up roadblocks and hurdles too high for the average person to leap over? What happens when you are forced to defend yourself in a court that gives you conflicting information - and you're not an attorney? What...
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Fourth of July photos from Lake Carmel Graciously provided by Skip Pearlman “If Franz Kafka had started a business, he would have started Verizon.” Good Monday Morning, If you were around on Saturday, you’d have noticed that pretty much every shop and business was open and so the question is: who gets a holiday? The answer...
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“It’s the combined taxidermist and veterinarian approach: either way you get your dog back,” - David Himmelstein, an internist at the Harvard Medical School on why health insurers hold tobacco stocks. Good Monday Morning, As reported yesterday, there’ s good news this morning if you live at or near Peach Lake. In the second round of stimulus...
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SHOOT-OUT AT THE OK CORRAL – OREGON CORNERS MANIFESTO Putnam Valley- Yesterday was April Fool’s Day and in honor of that event, I attended a public hearing at town hall regarding Supervisor Tendy’s plan and vision for Oregon Corners. ( First a disclaimer: This report represents my own personal opinion and comments on what took...
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