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CATSKILL — A proposed ash landfill has prompted two community forums. Wheelabrator, a company that converts waste into renewable energy, expressed interest in purchasing 158 acres on Route 9W in Smith’s Landing, including a former quarry owned by Peckham Materials Inc. The landfill proposed by Wheelabrator is called a monofill, so named because it will contain ash and no other waste materials.
Wheelabrator owns 26 plants in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company would haul ash from its incinerator plants in Peekskill, Hudson Falls and Poughkeepsie to the Catskill location and separate the metals from the ash. The company has no plans to burn waste in Catskill. Some local residents were dissatisfied with the presentation Wheelabrator gave the Catskill Village Board of Trustees in January. “They talked about the tax
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Wheelabrator, a New Hampshire-based waste processing company hopes to buy 158 acres owned by Peckham Materials Inc. on Route 9W in Catskill. The company is proposing to build an ash landfill on the site.
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Free tuition for Gold Star children on hold n LOCAL SPORTS
Buchan stands out in victory Strong seven innings of pitching from Curtis Buchan, Chatham defeated Taconic Hills, 12 -1. PAGE B1
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A bill that would provide free tuition and room and board to children of troops killed while serving did not make it out of the Higher Education Committee of the state Assembly.
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ALBANY — A bill that would have provided free college tuition and room and board to additional Gold Star children — dependents of troops who died while serving — has been held over in the state Assembly. A similar benefit, known as the
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Merit Enhanced Recognition Incentive and Tribute, or MERIT, scholarship, has provided tuition and room and board since 2003 at State University of New York and City University of New York schools for children of troops who died in a combat zone. The new legislation would expand the benefit to include dependents of
troops who were killed or seriously disabled in any way while on duty. The Assembly bill was being considered by the Assembly’s Higher Education Committee. Alfred Hooton, of Athens, said he strongly supports the bill. “My father was a veteran who died from Agent Orange coming out of
Vietnam. It would have been nice for somebody to take care of his children,” Hooton said. His wife, Debbie Hooton, agreed. “My dad is also a vet. He was in the Korean War,” Debbie Hooton said. “We had to pay for our own college, and it was a bit of a struggle.” See CHILDREN A2
Court ruling muddles action on Catskill resort By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media
CATSKILL — Town planners decided Tuesday to continue reviewing site plans for a local resort without an interpretation from the zoning board. Pollace’s Family Resort, located at 71 Landon Ave., is under review by the board for use as an overnight camp for special needs children. The camp will serve the Hasidic Jewish community and include daily prayers and worship. Town Attorney Michael Smith and Code Enforcement Officer Elliot Fishman disagreed about how to classify the use of the property when the board reviewed it in Febru-
ary. Fishman considered it a resort, which was a permitted use, and Smith argued it was a camp, which would require a special-use permit and a public hearing. The planning board decided to refer the project to the zoning board for an interpretation. But the board reversed that decision Tuesday due to some new information. “We are rescinding our request for an interpretation, based on a recommendation from our attorney,” Town of Catskill Planning Board Chairman Joseph Izzo said Thursday. “There was a decision made in the Third Appellate Court that
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supports what they want to do on the site.” The applicant, Jacob BarHorin, will appear before the board at its next meeting, April 23, Izzo said. In the case alluded to by Izzo, Yeshiva Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe v. The Zoning Board of Appeals of Wawarsing, the petitioner’s application to operate a religious camp for youth in a Neighborhood Settlement District was denied “because although a place of worship constitutes an allowable use, a camp or any type of occupancy that permits overnight residence of students, staff or families is not allowable.” The court reversed the deci-
sion March 28. Bar-Horin’s plans allow for 60 children, 60 staff and 50 miscellaneous guests such as family members, engineer Darrin Elsom said in February. The camp will use existing buildings and no new construction will be necessary. “We will only renovate if needed to bring things up to code or for maintenance,” Elsom said. The transition is an emotional time for the resort, which has been in business for more than 70 years. “The Pollace family would like to thank you for allowing our family to serve you for the past 72 years,” the Pollaces
posted on the business Facebook page last month. “With a heavy heart, we have decided we will not be running Pollace’s as a resort this summer. As of March 2019, we are in contract with a buyer for the property. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your loyalty and for allowing our family to become a part of yours throughout all these wonderful years. We feel honored and privileged to have served you and spent all of our summers together. It was truly the best years of our lives.” The resort will return all deposits, according to the post. If the sale was not complete by July, the business would operate only as a motel.
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