Spano-Feiner dispute flares over ‘workforce’ housing proposal Friday, Jun 20 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
May 8, 2008

GREENBURGH – Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano has criticized Town Supervisor Paul Feiner in a letter to residents over a controversial affordable-housing project.

Spano said Feiner falsely told Fulton Park residents that the county would reopen a homeless shelter if they did not agree to the housing proposal on Tarrytown Road, a claim he avidly denied in an open letter to the community.

Read more about the clash between town and county officials in The Journal News.

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Court upholds that Legends homes are in Tarrytowns school district Friday, Jun 20 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
May 3, 2008

POCANTICO HILLS – A state judge in Albany has upheld a decision that says a housing development called The Legends of Pocantico Hills is in the Tarrytowns school district.

Residents argued that they contracted to buy homes in the development after believing they were within the district of Pocantico Hills school, which has lower school taxes and smaller classrooms.

Read more about the dispute that dates back to February 2004 in The Journal News.

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Couple plan appeal on Irvington wetlands law decision Friday, Jun 20 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
April 28, 2008

IRVINGTON – A couple who sued the village over its 2003 Wetlands Law said they’ll appeal a dismissal of the case by a state judge.

Heidi Jellinghaus and her husband, Jonathan Elwyn, sued the village of Irvington and its Planning Board after it granted developer Chuck Pateman permission to fill in a portion of a wetland and pipe a section of a stream near Blueberry Pond on Hermits Road.

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Hastings Scout sells 650 boxes of cookies, supports the troops Monday, Jun 16 2008

 

By Stacy A. Anderson

The Journal News

April 21, 2008

 

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON­-Success for selling Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs never tasted so sweet for seventh-grader Ashley Rieck. Ashley, 12, sold 650 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year, making her the top cookie seller of her troop.

 

Ashley, who sold a little more than 500 boxes last year, said she was able to surpass her personal goal of 550 this year by simply writing a heartfelt letter to potential buyers and including a thank-you card from a military commander who received cookies from her last year.

 

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Greenburgh approves senior work-for-taxes program Monday, Jun 16 2008

 

 

By Stacy A. Anderson

The Journal News

April 16, 2008

 

GREENBURGH – The Town Board has approved a pilot program that will allow senior citizens to work part time for the town and receive income to help pay their property taxes.

 

The “work for taxes” program will let eligible seniors work up to 100 hours and receive $8 an hour as taxable income.

 

Read more about the new program in The Journal News.

 

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Westhab downsizes Greenburgh plan for ‘workforce’ housing Monday, Jun 16 2008

 

By Stacy A. Anderson

The Journal News

April 15, 2008

 

GREENBURGH – A nonprofit housing agency has downsized plans for a $16.5 million affordable-housing development, but residents still fear the project is too big, with the potential to increase traffic and worsen flooding conditions.

 

About a dozen residents from the Fulton Park section of Greenburgh met with Westhab officials Saturday to address their concerns about the revision that now calls for a five-story building with 40 apartments on a 0.7-acre parcel. A vacant two-story building on the development site is a former motel and homeless shelter.

 

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