New Lebanon Town Board – Campground Permit Race

by Thaddeus Flint With race season, and the weather, heating up, Lebanon Valley Speedway owner Howard Commander was in the lineup at Tuesday night’s New Lebanon Town Board meeting defending his campground permit application for a campground that has existed since 1958.

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Stephentown ZBA Approves Scope Of Motocross Park EIS

by David Flint At a special meeting on April 17 the Stephentown Zoning Board of Appeals approved the final Scope for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to be prepared in the SEQR process for Howard Commander’s proposed Motocross park. Commander’s team, led by his engineer Patrick Prendergast, agreed to put together a Draft EIS. It [...]

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Plans For New Lebanon Town Hall Revealed

by Thaddeus Flint The Town of New Lebanon is one step closer toward getting a new Town Hall. At Tuesday’s Town Board meeting, Town Supervisor Mike Benson presented architectural drawings for an addition to the current Town Hall.

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New Lebanon Town Board Action – Assessor Resigns

by Thaddeus Flint As spring comes to New Lebanon so, too, comes change. And while everyone is probably looking forward to spring, not everyone is as welcoming of change. One of the more unwelcome changes discussed at Tuesday’s Town Board meeting was the surprise departure of the Town’s Assessor, Craig Surprise. After 21 years at [...]

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The Union Free School Mural Is Missing

submitted by Margaret Robertson The mural and its wall was the last part to come down unscathed, amid the smashing of everything else.

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Court Clerk Sues New Lebanon For $139k

by Thaddeus Flint A former Court Clerk with the Town of New Lebanon has initiated a lawsuit against the Town, the Town Board, Town Board Member Douglas Clark and two Town Justices and is demanding $139,000 as a settlement for what she believes was “unlawful termination from employment.” Diane Reynolds-Brown was a Court Clerk with [...]

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Demolition Of The Union Free School Building Begins; Bell Tower To Be Saved

by Thaddeus Flint With the word out that the historic Union Free School building in New Lebanon is to be demolished this week, many from the Town and the surrounding areas have been coming by to take one last look at the structure which has been a part of the Town’s personality for 99 years.

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No Love And Roses At The New Lebanon Town Board Meeting

by Thaddeus Flint Valentine’s Day was not a night of love and roses for the New Lebanon Town Board. The monthly meeting once again came a bit undone over problems with the Ethics Board, past administrations and how much the new Town Hall that doesn’t exist is costing to exist on paper. Resident Joanna Johnson-Smith [...]

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Cooking Up A Motocross Park

by David Flint According to DEC’s illustrated “SEQR Cookbook,” it takes a dozen eggs – well make that a dozen SEQR Steps – to complete a “SEQR Soup.” The Stephentown Zoning Board cooks are only up to step six now with Howard Commander’s application for a zoning variance for his proposed Motocross project.

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Sheriff Cites 28 Teens At New Lebanon Drinking Party

by Thaddeus Flint A January 23 Columbia County Sheriff’s raid on a drinking party at the New Lebanon residence of New Lebanon Town Supervisor Mike Benson on County Route 5 resulted in the arrest of 28 teens. Twenty-seven teens were cited by Sheriff’s Deputies Hofstetter and Madison for underage drinking. Another teen was cited for [...]

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