February 6, 2012
February 1, 2012
Hannaford Settles Tax Certiorari Lawsuit with Town
The agreement, approved by
the town in December, will settle the tax certiorari case which dates
back to the 2008-09 tax year. As a result of the lowered assessment,
Schodack Central School District will have to pay $190,547 in back taxes.
However, due to the $10.4 million reduction in Hannaford’s assessed value, property taxes for the town and school district going forward will fall more heavily on homeowners in future years.
“We anticipated this case would be resolved at some point so we put money in our tax certiorari reserve fund to cover the back taxes,”
said Monica Kim, Director of Business and Support Services for
Schodack CSD. “No money from our general fund will have to pay for this
settlement.”
January 31, 2012
Dollar Tree cancels meeting amid complaints from community
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 12:11 AM EST By Robert Boyd - email
Dollar Tree
was supposed to hold a public meeting with the Schodack Planning Board
Monday night but it was canceled after receiving several letters of
complaint from members of the community.
Dollar Tree wants to develop a one million square foot distribution center in Schodack near the junction of Routes 9 and 20.
However, people who live near there are upset.
"In all their distribution centers, I believe
there are eight or nine distribution centers, this is the first one
that comes into a residential area," said Robert Wiltsie.
Wiltsie is one of dozens of Schodack
residents concerned about Dollar Tree building a $1 million dollar
distribution center less than 150 feet away from their neighborhood.
"This is a very quite area, if you come here
in the afternoon at about three o'clock it's one of the quietest
neighborhoods you would want to be in," said Wiltsie. "And we're really
concerned because we think 150 trucks a day, particularly 24/7 in the
middle of the night, if you've ever heard the back ups and the beep,
beep, beeps, you know it's going to be a real problem."Wiltsie is also concerned about health issues regarding their water
supply.
"We all have wells in this particular area and we have an aquifer and we're very concerned it's going to affect our aquifer," said Wiltsie.
"We all have wells in this particular area and we have an aquifer and we're very concerned it's going to affect our aquifer," said Wiltsie.
The Dollar Tree did not return calls from News10 regarding the cancelation of the meeting.The planning board said they will not make any decisions until they have information from all sides.
I wonder if their decision will be based on the threat of a lawsuit.
Schodack neighbors retain attorney; Dollar Tree puts project on hold Read more...
I appreciate my readers and all of the comments but let's remember, we're all neighbors. Let's keep it civil people :)
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January 30, 2012
MHMS spelling bee Champ
By correctly spelling the final word "irritability," Matthew Schottenfeld won the school's competition. With his win, Matthew qualified to participate in the Regional Spelling Bee at Proctor's Theatre on February 7.
Seventh grader Adam Hacker finished second in the school's Spelling Bee for the second year in a row. Adam again excelled in the competition as he and Matthew went back and forth correctly spelling increasingly harder words.
Read more...
January 28, 2012
Superbowl Sub Sale
Castleton Volunteer Ambulance
Sub Sandwich Sale
For many football fans in the area, the Superbowl just wouldn't be the same with a stop by The Castleton Volunteer Ambulance Superbowl Sub Sale.
The Ambulance company will again be having their sub sandwich sale on
Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The 12 inch subs are $5.00 each, and are available with ham, turkey, roast beef, or Italian mixed. Call Cathy at 732-2722 to pre-order. Drive through the ambulance garage, to pick up your order before you head to the game!
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