BY KATHY KAHN What’s in store for Stony Point’s portion of the former Letchworth Village Property, which has been marketed to no avail to Toll Brothers, Great Wolf Lodge and other major contractors for more than two decades? To overcome the obstacle, the Town is proposing an “overlay district”—one that concentrates on the 25 acres […]
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Kayla Taylor, age 18, of Haverstraw NY, was arrested on January 25, 2019 for criminal possession of marijuana in the fourth degree, and Rolando Garcia, age 24, of Haverstraw, NY, was arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana. An officer responded to Budget Motor Inn for an activation of a fire alarm in […]
BY KATHY KAHN Stony Point’s Town Board has been working diligently to achieve a budget under the two percent tax cap imposed by New York State. A public hearing on same was continued last Tuesday night, and despite cuts the board had made earlier, they were stuck on a 2.7 percent increase, which also meant […]
By Kathy Kahn Stony Point’s Town Board disclosed at its last meeting that a private partnership, Patriot Hills, LLC, was interested in buying the golf course the town inherited when Letchworth Village was closed in the mid-1990s. Despite any “profits” made by the golf course and the Patriot Hills catering facility, Stony Pointers still pay […]
Town leaned on state for renovation of Stony Point’s historic town hall Senator Bill Larkin (R-C-I, 39th District) visited with officials from the Town of Stony Point last week to observe infrastructure improvements made to Stony Point Town Hall. A $250,000 grant secured by Senator Larkin in 2016 was used to complete major infrastructure needs […]
BY KATHY KAHN Patriot Hills Golf Course has been rated one of the best, but its care, as well as the wear and tear, have been a financial burden to the town of Stony Point taxpayers. That may come to an end, and with it the crumbling buildings of Letchworth Village, if the potential buyer, […]