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NAPA NASCAR fundraiser, a winning day for all

MILLERTON — Mike Taylor, owner of the NAPA Auto Parts store on Route 22, hosted an event that raised $1,411 for the Millerton Food Pantry.

Representatives from the NAPA corporate office in Albany came Friday, May 11, as did the NAPA NASCAR Sprint Cup show car.

Ken Priestly, field marketing manager for KS Motorsports, answered questions about the car.

“The car is put on the road by Michael Waltrip racing on behalf of the distribution center in Albany and we’re here all the way from North Carolina to support Mike and his love of this community,” Priestly said.

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Millerton

Village passes budget, adopts new water fees

Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:31am
By
Kayla Smith
kaylas@millertonnews.com

MILLERTON — The Millerton Village Board, at a workshop meeting April 26, looked at issues raised in the recent audit report and approved a 2012-13 budget.
The major water discussion revolved around penalties for unpaid water bills.
Trustee Yosh Schulman proposed doing away with shutoffs.
“I think we should move away from shutoffs as a penalty, stick to fees and use a shutoff for extreme situations,” he said.
Board members supported the idea as shutoffs can cause a risk for the village.
Former Trustee Anne Veteran proposed changing the fees to solid dollar amounts.

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240 families file taxes for free through NECC

Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:31am
By
Jenny Hansell

MILLERTON — Residents of 28 different towns in three states came to North East Community Center’s (NECC) headquarters in Millerton and to the Heart of Pine Plains (HoPP) community center, which allowed NECC volunteers to create a second tax preparation site there this year.

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Rising from the antique ashes

Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:29am
By
Sabine Gibson

MILLERTON — The Millerton Antiques Center was reborn a year ago as the Millerton Antique Group, and it celebrated its first anniversary under new ownership this month.
Last year, it looked like the business would have to close its doors when the lease expired. Then, with the cooperation of the building’s owner, five dealers decided to form a partnership and have a go at it, with 24 dealers present at the start. There was a great reshuffling and rearranging of space, painting of the building’s facade and a general freshening up of the large interior.

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Village takes the blame for misplaced money

Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:26am
By
Kayla Smith
kaylas@millertonnews.com

MILLERTON — During the Village Board workshop meeting on Thursday, April 26, at which issues raised by the recent audit report from the state comptroller were addressed, several board members began to frankly discuss the $16,000 in allegedly misappropriated funds.
As the board began to discuss whether to grant 1.5 percent raises to certain village employees, former Mayor/Deputy Mayor Dan Cuddeback began a discussion regarding the $16,000.

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Freshtown is waiting in the wings

Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:24am
By
Whitney Joseph
editor@millertonnews.com

NORTH EAST — There are Freshtown supermarkets in Amenia and Dover locally, which are part of an 85-store supermarket cooperative. Brothers Noah and Dan Katz, who own the two Freshtowns (and others elsewhere), are hoping to add to that figure when they take over the existing Grand Union in the Millerton Square plaza. That’s if they take it over.

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SRD supermarket public hearing brings issues to the fore

Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:23am
By
Whitney Joseph
editor@millertonnews.com

NORTH EAST — The auditorium at Webutuck High School filled quickly, though not to capacity, on Wednesday night, April 25, for the North East Planning Board’s public hearing on the Millerton supermarket site plan application submitted by Southern Realty Development LLC, (SRD). This was the first such formal session on the proposal, although the board has allowed public comments at each of its regular bi-monthly meetings.

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Webutuck exceeds blood donor goal

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 9:33am
By
Kayla Smith
kaylas@millertonnews.com

WEBUTUCK — The Webutuck National Honor Society hosted its latest blood drive on Friday, April 20, in the high school auditorium.
Doors were open from noon to 7 p.m. to accommodate the many students, staff and community members who donated.
Among those who were generously giving was Technology and Architectural Drafting Teacher John Roccanova.
“This is my second year donating. If I ever needed blood I would want others to participate. That is why I give,” he said.
Many students showed up to donate as well. Among those were Brook Dahoney, 17, of Amenia.

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Audit overshadows village budget talks

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 9:30am
By
Kayla Smith
kaylas@millertonnews.com

MILLERTON — The Millerton Village Board met on Monday, April 16, to discuss the recent issues regarding the audit report as well as attend to regular business.
Budget talks for the 2012-13 fiscal year were quickly tabled due to looming issues regarding the audit.
The overall proposed increase in village taxes this coming year that was up for discussion was 1.43 percent.
The meeting was attended by several community members who were interested in discussing the audit issue and Mayor John Scutieri was sympathetic about making them wait.

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Millerton revisits personnel policy manual

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 9:25am
By
Kayla Smith
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MILLERTON — The village of Millerton Personnel Policy Committee met on Thursday, April 19, to discuss revisions in the personnel manual.
The date of the meeting was set at the previous Village Board meeting on Monday, April 16, in which the issues regarding the village audit were discussed.
Board and Committee members Yosh Schulman and Debbie Middlebrook had different visions for how the meeting would take place. They spoke about their take on the subject days after the committee meeting.

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Councilman needed in North East

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 9:23am
By
Whitney Joseph
editor@millertonnews.com

NORTH EAST — The Town Board is looking for a replacement for Councilman Tim Shaffer, who recently resigned after deciding to move out of the area. Supervisor John Merwin hopes to have the seat filled by a special board meeting set for May 3.
The newly appointed councilman will serve out the rest of the year. In November there will be a special election for the seat, to fill out the remainder of Shaffer’s term, which will run an additional full year to the end of 2013.

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