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Westport Golf Course asks APA for land use change
Reclassification could pave way for new hotel, cottages By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
WESTPORT | Town officials and Westport Golf Course developers are seeking an approximately 29-acre Hamlet expansion here. Golf course owner Robert Hall is looking to develop lands around the clubhouse with 25 hotel rooms and 64 cottages, according to materials submitted to the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). But the property needs to connect to town water and sewer treatment infrastructure first. To achieve that, Westport Supervisor Michael “Ike” Tyler and zoning staff asked APA to reclassify the property. Adirondack Park Agency staff set a formal Public Hearing for Dec. 20 at the Westport Town Hall.
‘FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY’
The town council approved a resolution on July 10 with a 4-1 vote seeking land-use changes. “There is a line already there. It would be up to the developer to extend the sewer lines to the eight-inch main,” Tyler told The Sun. Currently classified Resource Management, the area to be reclassified adjoins highdensity use Hamlet in Westport. “The hotel would be a fantastic opportunity for Westport to expand lodging options for people coming into the region,” he said. Tyler said proposed development could “provide much needed services in housing and tourist and transient accommodations.” “Over the past several years, Westport has lost over 40 rooms/tourist accommodations by f ires, foreclosures and conversions to single-family dwellings and has lost (in excess of 50 building rights) through conservation easements and purchases on Resource Management agricultural lands,” Tyler said.
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would remain open and continue to be golf course use,” Tyler said in a letter included with the APA application. “The 29-acre parcel would serve both public and economic ben-
efits to the town and would allow for better planning for the golf club expansion project.” » Westport Cont. on pg. 5
Arts in the Forks
STEWART’S TO DEMOLISH, REBUILD ELIZABETHTOWN LOCATION
New artists’ outlet opens in Ausable Forks
Plans require sale of county property
By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER
» Stewarts Cont. on pg. 3
AUSABLE FORKS | As a girl growing up next door to Rockwell Kent, Susan Cassevaugh does not particularly remember being influenced by his style of art. She does, however, remember being influenced by his life. Kent was one of America’s most celebrated artists through the first half of the 20th century, but his popularity was greatly diminished by his socialist politics, which were red meat to McCarthy-era demagogues. But he loved his Asgaard Farm and his hometown of Ausable Forks, and like Kent, Cassevaugh wanted to give something back to her community.
Stewart’s Shops is planning a teardown and replacement of their Elizabethtown location.
» Art Cont. on pg. 4
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