Carrols LLC in March of last year filed suit against the town seeking compensation for a hefty contractor bill and revenue loss caused by flooding in an area of town long known for washouts.
The network of conservation corridors would “act to buffer the well-known effects of suburban sprawl,” while linking into a single accessible system Thacher State Park, the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy’s Bozen Kill Preserve, the Black Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Indian Ladder Farms, Tawasentha Park, and several other public and semi-public lands.
The budget, presented during the Voorheesville School Board’s March 2 meeting shows the district spending $36,481,272 in 2026-27 compared to expected revenues of $35,156,00, a 7.8 percent, or $2.54 million, increase over this year.
After Sarita Winchell resigned in February, former longtime village clerk-treasurer Linda Pasquali was named to take over the final year of Winchell’s four-year term.
The board’s unanimous Feb. 4 vote overturned a building permit issued for a fence running along a shared driveway between the historic Norman Vale home and property at 3 Norman Vale Lane.
On separate votes related to the proposal — an interpretation of the proposed use and approval of the project itself — the tally was 4 to 1, with James Zieno twice casting the dissenting vote.
The board at its March 4 meeting unanimously approved the project as well as a variance request from the town zoning code that would require the new structures to be set back 100 feet from the single-family lots on either side of the property.
The issue the applicant ran into was the town’s zoning code does not allow construction within the 250-foot setback to watercourses — in this case, the Bozenkill — feeding the Watervliet Reservoir.
The 90 parking spots approved for 1671 Western Ave. are nearly triple the number of spaces the town’s zoning code allows but resolve what had become a persistent operational problem for the popular restaurant The Scene.
Altamont’s proposed tax rate for next year would rise to $2.29 per $1,000 of assessed value, up from $2.24 per $1,000 this year — a five-cent increase.
