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Crossroads Quietly Slips Town's Holiday Surprise Under DEC's DoorBy Rachel X. Weissman Feathers were ruffled over the Christmas holidays as word got out that Crossroad Ventures had resubmitted its draft environmental impact statement to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, but that no other involved agencies had been supplied with a copy, nor even informed of its existence. In Shandaken, the town supervisor and the chair of the planning board only found out about the resubmittal through a contact at this newspaper. A call to New York City Department of Environmental Protection, another involved agency in the State Environmental Quality Review of the project, also found an official puzzled that the information was not being disseminated by the DEC. Well, THAT was a YearA Look Back Over a Memorable 20022002 was an interesting year in Shandaken, even by Shandaken standards. In case holiday festivities have may have left some things a bit fuzzy, here's a quick recap of some of 2002's notable events. Last Winter: The year began with the inauguration of a new Town Board, and though the outgoing leadership feared many town employees would lose their jobs, they didn't. Joe Laing did replace Glenn Miller as ZEO, and Phil Davenport was both appointed to the Planning Board and named its chair, replacing Bob Kalb. |
A Public Hearing for Shandaken's Draft Comprehensive PlanThere will be a public hearing for the Shandaken Comprensive Plan at 7 PM, Monday January 13 at the Town Hall.All residents are invited to participate.Due to a production error, this notice was omitted from our January 2 issue. Hal Sums It All Up...Onteora Supervisor Assesses His Years While Looking Forward To New FuturesBy Violet Snow The new year will bring assorted hurdles for the Onteora Board of Education, beginning with the search for a new superintendent of schools to replace Hal Rowe, whose ten-year contract expires in June. Negotiations will start in January with the Onteora Teachers Association (OTA), whose four-year contract is also up in June. And the board will start the lengthy process of crafting a 2003-2004 budget to present to the voters in May, for what promises to be a tight year due to an expected freeze in state aid. The school board is scheduled to vote at its January 13 meeting on issues related to the superintendent search: which of the four search firms interviewed they will hire, when to initiate the process, whether and for how long to ask Rowe to extend his contract, in case the initial search fails and/or to assist the new superintendent in making the transition. Rowe declined to say whether he would accept such an offer. "I'll know when and if they ask."
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