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	The Good, The Bad, an d the Ugly. The Good is that the Ugly is now gone, and one of the worst polluters in the Hudson Valley has vanished. The Bad is that Stony Point no longer has the tax income from it - Mirant Lovett. Watch our video of the Lovett stack being demolished today at 10:00 am...
	SPACE joins Hoke Drive residents in filing Article 78. The town board muzzled speakers during its public hearings on the ShopRite application. and largely ignored the written information supplied by SPACE. The only way to seek relief for town residents is to sue the town to compel them to overturn their ill-considered approval of the 93,000 sq. ft. shopping mall. Read more...
	A REAL Comprehensive Plan? At the September 9 2008 Town Board meeting, SPACE submitted its comments and recommendations to the draft Comprehensive Plan. Supervisor Marino announced he wanted publuc input into the new Comprehensive Plan. Are we finally going in the right direction? Read more; download our comments & ideas...
	Limiting Free Speech It worked well for the Communists, will it work as well for Supervisor Phil Marino? Watch him in action! He solemnly leads us in the Pledge of Allegiance, then denies us our Constitutional rights. Quite a guy!
	Wrong-Way Master Plan The town board announced it's new Master Plan at the February meeting. Written by town hall employees, appointees and consultants - and two residents, with the rest of the town excluded. It took two years to come up with about 3 pages of suggestions, including giving unprecedented power to the Building Inspector - a very bad idea! Read the Draft here .
	Supervisor seeks to suppress SPACE testimony during SEQRA review of shopping mall application! Supervisor Marino limits SPACE members' testimony about Kay-Fries Hazardous Waste Superfund Site status. Town has documents that show posible inadequate analysis of the Kay-Fries site by the DEC, which has listed it a a "Category 2" hazardous waste site! Why doesn't the Supervisor want this testimony made public? Read more...
	Do you want to drink Hudson River water? – and pay much higher water bills too? On Monday, July 14 at 8:00 pm, the Haverstraw Town Board will consider United Water’s request to build a “pilot” testing building, – the first stage for construction for a Hudson River Desalination-Filtration Plant. Haverstraw is anxious to push the plan ahead. However, we need to open our eyes and fully understand the impact of the United Water proposal. Read more...
	Tell the Supervisor to save the Malloy's Building - he wants it demolished! The Malloy's Building, now known as Hudson Corners, was renovated in 1998 with the oversight of the Stony Point Planning Board. The building, built in the 1860's, once served as Town Hall and was awarded a County Executive Preservation Award by the Historical Society of Rockland for work done by the town and the building owner. Read more...
	FARLEY BRIDGE - back in the news! At the request of the Town of Stony Point, the New York Department of Transportation returned for a second meeting to present its revised proposals for the replacement of the James Farley Bridge. The meeting was held on Wednesday, April 23 at 10am at the Rho Building Community Room at Letchworth. Read more here...
	SPACE announces CITIZEN'S Master Plan meetings— The town board has sought to exclude the public from it's new Comprehensive (Master) Plan. We believe that all residents and businesses should have input into any plan. At our first meeting, we showed a PowerPoint presentation focusing on Master Plan issues. See it here. If you would like tom comment, go to our FORUM link or download our survey, mail it back to us!
	Documents obtained by FOIL show town may have acted illegally. SPACE goes to the NYS Attorney General. It appears that Stony Point town government illegally inserted uses into its Special Permit list to aid a local developer seeking to construct a shopping center in the Light Industrial zone and avoid proper planning procedures. Read our letter here, let us know what YOU think!
	Wrong-Way Master Plan The town board announced it's new Master Plan at the February meeting. Written by town hall employees, appointees and consultants - and two residents, with the rest of the town excluded. It took two years to come up with about 3 pages of suggestions, including giving unprecedented power to the Building Inspector - a very bad idea! Read the Journal-News article here. Read the Draft here .
	SPACE raises huge traffic issues:Accuses town board of changing "readopted" resolution after public hearing and vote Think "local commercial convenience use" would mean something like a 7-11 or grocery store? Well, according to our Building Inspector, its a shopping center. Sound goofy? We think so too. At the Feb. '08 towm board meeting, a public hearing was held on granting a Special Permit for a Shop Rite shopping center to be constructed on Kay-Fries Drive. Check out SPACE's presentation & video
	West Haverstraw traffic mess to come to Stony Point? The town claims it needs more tax ratables, so why haven't they done anything with the Letchworth land, or the waterfront? The latest absurdity to be foisted on the town by a developer - build a Shop-Rite behind the current Stop'N''Shop so he can make yet more money. There is a lot more to the story though. Read more here...
	DOT rethinking Farley bridge plans amid Stony Point residents' concerns. Read more here... It looks like SPACE and the residents prevailed!
	Farewell to Annies: Stony Point loses a historic community landmark. While the town of Stony Point cannot tell a business owner who it should sell to, the last thing the Town of Stony Point needs is another bank and two more pharmacies. Due to our current tax situation, the success of our town will rely more and more on building a successful business district, which can help subsidize our town and school taxes. This can come through a well designed Master Plan that emphasises building a business district with the right types and mix of businesses that will attract customers to shop locally. Read more...
	The Need for a Revised Master Plan: - What has the town done in past two years? A Comprehensive Master Plan is so important for both the environmental and economic future of our town, but the current town board has been dragging its feet. See the slide show SPACE presented to the town.
	Tomkins View: SPACE helped to organize about 35-30 families in the area about the currently proposed (27?) homes being planned off Rosetown Road Residents are very concerned about severe drainage and flooding issues and damage to their wells and existing property form blasting. What is the Town of Stony Point doing to protect its current residents? Read more here!
	United water wants Desal plant with North Rockland as a possible location. Is Hudson River Water really healthy to drink.. and what will happen to the current Ambrey Pond property in Stony Point? The Master Plan Committee of 1996 changed that zone to a watershed zone to prevent United Water from coming back to build condos as they have done on their properties elsewhere. Read this Journal-News article!
	What is in store for the Stony Point Hudson River waterfront? SPACE released a copy of the (apparent) plans by drawn up by Ginsburg Development Corp for high-density condos on the Stony Point waterfront. After huge numbers of marina owners and angry residents from Beach Road stormed a town board workshop meeting earlier this year, Supervisor Marino seems to have dropped these plans. But, what is happening with plans for the waterfront now?
	What is the future of the Lovett property when Mirant closes it in April 2008? The entire Mirant negotiation process was kept in "behind closed doors" for many years. The residents and businesses of North Rockland are not sure if we did or did not get the best deal, based on conflicting reports by the towns of Stony Point, Haverstraw and the School District. What is currently being done by the Town of Stony Point to insure that Mirant does not leave us with an environmental and financial burden when they close the plant in April 2008?
	SPACE President answers supervisor's attack at meeting. At the September 11, 2007 Stony Point Town Board meeting, SPACE president, George Potanovic answered supervisor Marino's attack on SPACE with a listing of the many accomplishments and benefits the town has received by the organization.