Town Board, March 10, 2026

 Cell Tower. In a 4-0 vote, with one abstention from Councilwoman Siegel, the Board voted to deny wetland, tree, and stormwater permits for the project, and also to deny Homeland’s request to lease the parcel.  Ms. Siegel explained that while she supported the...

Town Board, February 3, 2026

Cell tower   The hearing was adjourned to March 3 at which time the applicant, Homeland Towers, is expected to respond to the many questions raised at the hearing.  At the three hour plus hearing attended by an overflow crowd, all but one speaker was opposed to the...

Town Board, January 13, 2026

Solar on town buildings. (See Town Board, September 16, 2025) Leo Wegman from Sustainable Westchester advised the Board that based on his analysis of the electric usage in selected town buildings, installing solar panels on the roof of the highway garage would be the...

Town Board, October 14, 2025

EV charging stations. Representatives of Hudson Valley Prestige Enterprises (HVP) presented a plan to install level 3 EV chargers on town property at no cost to the town for the installation and with the town sharing some of the revenue.  HVP estimated that one car...

Zoning Board, September 11, 2025

While I do not normally provide summaries of  Zoning Board meetings, there were two hearings of  townwide interest on this month’s agenda I thought you’d be interested in: A variance request to allow a battery storage facility on Old Yorktown Road at Barger...

Town Board, September 9, 2025

Field Home. Beardsley Architects & Engineers, the firm hired by the Town Board to prepare a conceptual plan for the adaptive reuse of the building for a boutique hotel and event space, made a preliminary presentation; a final report is expected in October. The...