Officials finalized an agreement at a joint Grand
Island Town Board and School Board meeting Monday.
Both the Grand
Island Town Board, which will employ the officer, and the Grand Island Police Department, favored the plan to hire two part - time officers.
Cyndy Montana announced Monday that she will resign as Town Supervisor Nathan McMurray's secretary at the beginning of June and try to gain a seat on the Grand
Island Town Board.
The West River Connector Trail project, which had languished for several years as the Grand
Island Town Board and residents debated various options, is moving forward, according to Mark W. Thomas, the director of the western district for New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation.
The Grand
Island Town Board approved a design for a new welcome sign on Monday, but did not approve funding the project, which could cost as much as $ 7,000 to build and install.
PSEG, who took over from LIPA, then attempted to convince the Shelter
Island Town Board that building an electrical substation here was in the best interests of the Island for reliable back up power.
LIPA had preferred to build a substation on the island near the Shelter Island Historical Society, but vocal residents opposed that plan and the Shelter
Island Town Board passed a resolution banning such construction last year.
The Peconic Bay Water Jitney, which ran five daily round trips between Sag Harbor and Greenport all summer long, might not be back next year unless investors show an interest in underwriting the business, according to a Shelter
Island Town Board member.
The Grand
Island Town Board must decide whether to override the 2 percent state tax cap or dig into its fund balance to pay for sewer upgrades in its 2018 budget.
In a unanimous vote, the Shelter
Island Town Board passed legislation Friday afternoon banning electrical substations on the island.
The 53 - passenger ferry, running seven days a week until recently, has carried more than 15,000 people since launching at the end of June, but «it's not a moneymaker» yet, Councilwoman Chris Lewis told the Shelter
Island Town Board Tuesday while reporting on an East End Transportation Council meeting she attended last week.
Grand Island, N.Y. (WBEN)- During a work session meeting of the Grand
Island Town Board Friday afternoon, the body voted unanimously in favor of amending town zoning that would put the brakes on a proposed Love's Travel Stop off the I - 190 near the Whitehaven exit.
LIPA had preferred to build a substation on the island near the Shelter Island Historical Society, but vocal residents opposed that plan and the Shelter
Island Town Board passed a resolution banning all substations on the island.
Grand Island, N.Y. (WBEN)- The Grand
Island Town Board voted unanimously to ban Truck Stops and Travel Plazas from being built on the island Monday Night.
He told the Grand
Island Town Board on Monday, «I think everyone of us think some of that money should be staying here and there should be better accountability.»
Monday night's unanimous vote by the Grand
Island Town Board to amend the town zoning code to effectively ban the construction of travel plazas or truck stops on the island was not unexpected.
Cyndy Montana announced she will resign as Town Supervisor Nathan McMurray's secretary at the beginning of June and try to gain a seat on the Grand
Island Town Board.
Not exact matches
At 11 a.m., Reclaim New York will hold a press conference with Oyster Bay
Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino to announce the town is the first to adopt the vast majority of Reclaim's comprehensive new online transparency practices, Town Hall East, Town Board Room, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, Long Isl
Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino to announce the
town is the first to adopt the vast majority of Reclaim's comprehensive new online transparency practices, Town Hall East, Town Board Room, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, Long Isl
town is the first to adopt the vast majority of Reclaim's comprehensive new online transparency practices,
Town Hall East, Town Board Room, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, Long Isl
Town Hall East,
Town Board Room, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, Long Isl
Town Board Room, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, Long
Island.
At its meeting tonight, the East Hampton
Town Board is expected to set May 17 as the date of a joint hearing with the town trustees on the proposal by Deepwater Wind, a Rhode Island company, to construct a 15 - turbine wind farm in the Atlantic some 35 miles east of Mont
Town Board is expected to set May 17 as the date of a joint hearing with the
town trustees on the proposal by Deepwater Wind, a Rhode Island company, to construct a 15 - turbine wind farm in the Atlantic some 35 miles east of Mont
town trustees on the proposal by Deepwater Wind, a Rhode
Island company, to construct a 15 - turbine wind farm in the Atlantic some 35 miles east of Montauk.
Also at 7 p.m., Suffolk County holds the first of three required public hearings on a proposed consolidation plan as part of a statewide municipal shared services initiative, Brookhaven
Town Hall,
Town Board Room, 1 Independence Hall, Farmingville, Long
Island.
On Long
Island, the
town of Brookhaven's Planning
Board has approved a controversial solar farm to be built in Mastic.
Two months after Deepwater Wind offered the East Hampton
Town Board a community - benefits package in exchange for the easements it will need to land a cable from its proposed South Fork Wind Farm and bury it along a route to a Long
Island Power...
The
Town Board held a public hearing on a local law Monday that prohibits truck stops and travel plazas on Grand
Island.
Southold
Town Supervisor Scott Russell (center) speaks during a panel event Feb. 26 hosted by the Long
Island Board of Realtors at Greenport's Townsend Manor Inn.
In 1970, that
board was abolished in favor of a Legislature following a lawsuit challenging the notion of a large
town like Brookhaven and a small one like Shelter
Island having the same voting power.
Grand
Island Supervisor Nathan McMurray will propose a radical change in
town government at a Town Board work session Monday with a proposal to hire a town manager and cut salaries, including his
town government at a
Town Board work session Monday with a proposal to hire a town manager and cut salaries, including his
Town Board work session Monday with a proposal to hire a
town manager and cut salaries, including his
town manager and cut salaries, including his own.
With federal funding for community projects dwindling again this year, the Southold
Town Board is setting aside most of the money it receives for renovations at the Fishers Island Theater, according to town docume
Town Board is setting aside most of the money it receives for renovations at the Fishers
Island Theater, according to
town docume
town documents.
After a half hour of contentious debate, the Southold
Town Board adopted a special events law to the «tremendous disappointment» of the Long
Island Wine Council.
Dougherty said at a
town board work session last week that the joke he made before delivering his April 23 address — which was hosted by the Shelter
Island League of Women Voters at the Ram's Head Inn — was seen as «disparaging to women.»
Long
Island Farm Bureau members met with Southold
Town Board members Tuesday to open lines of communication about the ever - changing... Read More
Planning director Heather Lanza told the
Town Board at Tuesday's work session that the first district, comprising the 175 acres currently used for the USDA research laboratory, would be called the Plum
Island Research District.
«Affordable housing in general is very critical out here, whether it's for utility company employees or for other people,» said
Town Board member and Fishers
Island resident Louisa Evans.
Dougherty said at a
town board work session last week that the joke he made before delivering his April 23 speech, which was hosted by the Shelter
Island League of Women Voters, was seen as «disparaging to women.»
Rus Thompson, the political activist from Grand
Island, is accused of voter fraud in connection with the
town's September primary for supervisor and Town Bo
town's September primary for supervisor and
Town Bo
Town Board.
On Monday night, the Chester, Monroe and Deerpark
town boards voted to join forces with the Long
Island county.
Hamstrung by the requirements of a super-majority (thanks to its sixth member, the Fishers
Island Justice) and lacking the survival instincts required of having specific constituencies to satisfy, no wonder the
Town Board often defaults to... the status quo.
It can be more difficult to figure out what the priorities of the
island are compared to other hamlets because distance provides a challenge, Southold
Town Supervisor Scott Russell said Tuesday at a
Town Board work session.
Photo caption: Fishers
Island Community
Board member Dicky Riegel speaks before the Southold Town Board at last Wednesday's annual board meeting on Fishers Is
Board member Dicky Riegel speaks before the Southold
Town Board at last Wednesday's annual board meeting on Fishers Is
Board at last Wednesday's annual
board meeting on Fishers Is
board meeting on Fishers
Island.
The master plan is about to go to the
Town Board for action, as Grand
Island deals with the rapid increase in small farms and increasing number of small commercial neighborhoods.
That turns a trip to the doctor, which should require only a few hours» travel, into a days - long ordeal, said Candace Whitman, a local pastor and member of the
Island Community
Board, during the
town's annual Fishers
Island meeting last Wednesday afternoon.
The Southold
Town Board hasn't exactly warmed up to the idea of spending $ 500,000 to extend the Fishers
Island bike path, but it is willing to pay to study the matter.
A recent appeals court ruling in a case that grew out of PSEG Long
Island's expansion of an electrical substation on Old Stone Highway in Amagansett, represents a mixed decision for East Hampton
Town, which had sought to hold the utility provider to local zoning laws that would have required planning
board review of the project.
JOHNSBURG The Mill Creek - Sullivan's
Island Citizens Committee told the Johnsburg
Town Board April 3 it decided there should be rules for public recreation areas that are part of 227 acres of land being given to the town by the Open Space Instit
Town Board April 3 it decided there should be rules for public recreation areas that are part of 227 acres of land being given to the
town by the Open Space Instit
town by the Open Space Institute.
The
Town Board under Supervisor Scott Russell has done a great job in this terrible economy and it's too bad all
towns on Long
Island have not done as well.
Several people spoke at Tuesday's
town board meeting in favor of the law, including representatives from the American Heart Association and the Tobacco Action Coalition of Long
Island.
It refers to resolutions adopted by the
towns Shelter
Island, Southampton, Southold and the villages of North Haven and East Hampton protesting «the effect of excessive aircraft noise from the increased traffic at the airport on their respective
town and village residents and requesting the Town Board of the Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation pol
town and village residents and requesting the
Town Board of the Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation pol
Town Board of the
Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation pol
Town of East Hampton «adopt a comprehensive aircraft noise limitation policy.
The Clayton
Town Planning
Board will allow St. Lawrence Spirits to launch their distillery on Route 12E in the Thousand
Islands.
He has worked as a hazmat team leader and a mechanic at Long
Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma before he was appointed by the Islip
Town Board, then led by Supervisor Tom Croci, who lauded Carney's leadership after superstorm Sandy, to public safety commissioner in 2013.
«We're pretty much on our own,» said Louisa Evans, an
island resident and member of the Southold
Town Board.
«It maybe looks like a lot of government, but it isn't,» said Sean Ward, an Green
Island resident who is an aide to the village mayor, a county legislator, an administrator of the sewer and water
boards, the CEO of the
town's IDA and a former
town supervisor.