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       The meeting of the Airmont trustees on May 6th, held at the Airmont Village Hall, was more restrained and calmer than the last meeting, which had been extremely tumultuous.  As our on the spot reporter commented, “It’s a relatively calm atmosphere here at village hall, though an undercurrent of tension can still be felt. However, the professionalism has improved tremendously since the last meeting.”

        The meeting hall was packed with residents seemingly in anticipation of a repetition of the lively meeting that was held last time. An Echo Ridge resident, who'd live here for fifty years, asked, “Why can’t the board work together and avoid the media circus that took place after the last meeting?”

        Mayor Veronica Boesch apologized as she assured those present saying, “We are trying to be civil here.”

        Several residents voiced their vociferous complaints to the trustees about matters relating to the area.

        One resident, who'd arrived with some of her neighbors, was irate in her complaints about the “speeding of the school buses.”  Other residents concurred with her angrily as well about the speeding buses.

        Over a dozen others voiced their concerns about other activities in the Village. Many people spoke of young children playing in the roads as, “it provides a dangerous situation for drivers.” Others complained that there was heavy parking on the streets during the weekend, on both sides of the street, “making it difficult for drivers to pass through.”

        After the open session where residents could speak their minds, the board went through a number of resolutions. The majority were passed, but some were tabled for various reasons.

        Following up on the previous meeting, a resolution passed to rescind a policy that had been in effect since 2012. This policy had been under heated controversial discussion at the last meeting, at times leading to antagonistic verbal sparring, and had been hotly contested at that time by the mayor and the trustees. The 2012 mandate, 12-2179, stated that the entire board had to see and comment on all correspondence before it was sent out. The rescinding of this mandate was voted upon and passed by three to two at this meeting; with trustees Phil Gigante, Anthony Valenti, and the Mayor Boesch voting in favor of  the rescinding the previous policy.

        Pertaining to this mandated policy, the Mayor claimed that she had never said at the prior meeting that all contact by the trustees with Village staff has to go through her, but she did say that the trustees cannot give orders to the staff – but they can make suggestions.  There should be someone in charge.

        The mayor continued commenting, that the village attorney and clerk did not make policy, they made suggestions and she, the mayor, made the policy.

        The public meeting lasted from 8:00 p.m.  to 11:00 p.m.  Also covered were the following resolutions:

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Dear Airmont Scoop:

  I like that you are keeping an eye on the Town of Airmont. However, it is too little too late. With the wholesale destruction by radical down zoning, Airmont will just be another future ghetto. Many people who are NOT part of the chosen few are leaving in droves. Taxes are too high, services are getting poorer, they fear for the education of their children and that houses of worship or schools will be built in their neighborhoods.

  Reading the PRESERVERAMAPO website will clue you in to the disgusting ghetto like mentality of the Town of Ramapo and its unelected zoning boards. These boards made up of members of the religious community appointed by St. Lawrence for very long terms. Their only agenda is too approve variances or down zoning on an order unheard of in the annals of zoning.

  So I appreciate what you are doing, but I for one will seek to leave Airmont and Ramapo far behind as soon as possible. After all, protecting property values is the basis of zoning and is important. Something St. Lawrence does not seem to care about at all. If I stay in Rockland at all it will be as far away from Ramapo as possible.
                                                                                      
Sincerely,

Glen Benjamin
6 Glode Court
Airmont, NY 10952  
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According to LoHud.com: "Moshe Rosenblum stood before the straw-filled pen and fenced-in pasture that double as his backyard.


He reached into a feed trough and tossed some oats to Pellegrina, the Nigerian dwarf goat he has spent the past couple of years raising. The tiny black goat with a blue collar bleated and nibbled oats from his hand.


Moshe Rosenblum stood before the straw-filled pen and fenced-in pasture that double as his backyard.


“She’s more than just an animal,” he said, speaking softly as he rubbed her white-tipped ears. “She’s our pet.”


As far as the village is concerned, however, Pellegrina is a farm animal."


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As reported on Hudson Valley News 12, 


"After a tearful reunion with their pet goat over the weekend, an Airmont family has been forced to give away the animal along some chickens and ducks because their property is too small and not zoned for livestock.


The goat was "kidnapped" by a bunch of teenagers Friday night and returned to the family late Saturday, thanks to some help from Montebello Mayor Jeffrey Oppenheim and others who found the animal wandering along a road in the village.


As it turns out, the goat's owners were given a summons by the city's code enforcement officer two weeks ago for a violation of city code for having farm animals in a neighborhood were zoning only allows a certain number of cats and dogs, officials said. 


On Monday, Airmont Mayor Veronica Boesch said the family has told the city that they would be giving away the animals. She said the city has given them 45 days to find the animals a new home, and if they comply they won't be cited.


"I'm an animal lover, but they really don't have enough property to have that many animals," she told Newsday on Monday. "It's a difficult situation but we can't change the zoning laws to accommodate one family."


She said code enforcement went to the property, at 24 Thomsen Drive, after receiving a complaint from a neighbor about the goat and found several chickens and ducks in the backyard.


The goat, a Nigerian dwarf, had recently given birth and was lactating when she was snatched by the teenagers. The owner, Moshe Rosenbaum, couldn't be reached for comment but told village officials the goat was a pet for his children.


Oppenheim said he was contacted by a man who found the goat and they began looking for the owners Saturday afternoon. The Ramapo Police Department didn't have a missing goat list, so they put the goat on the missing dog list.


"A Mr. and Mrs. Slutsky discovered a goat on the lam in Montebello," Oppenheim told News 12 on Saturday. "We're not gonna be sheepish about this, we have a missing kid here, so we issued a billy alert."


Eventually, someone who saw a news report about the incident recognized the goat and contacted Ramapo police."


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And the winner is. . . 

Participants at the first annual Airmont pizza-eating contest hosted by Airmont's Spampi's Pizzeria  consumed an incredible number of slices. It was hosted by owner Al Spampinato, who came up with the idea to bring the community together.  The event was cosponsored by Alto Music Airmont.


Participants included the police and fire departments, local bowling leagues and the Rockland Boulders.  The crowd was entertained by the Jukebox Shuffle and Dylan's All Stars from Dylan's School of Music.

Ben Kantor was the stuffed winner of the pizza eating event with Rob Malm coming in second.  Ann Marie Zihal won the guitar raffle.

The Town of Ramapo sponsored the 40-foot stage used to facilitate the event.

Looking forward to next year's event.

Mon May 6: Village Board Meeting - Agenda


Tonight is a meeting you don't want to miss.  Last month's Village Board of Trustees Workshop Meeting was a charged event filled with dissension and controversy, as members of the board challenged the mayor's desire to rescind previous long standing Airmont resolutions.

Tempers flared as the board members sought to retain their leadership authority as duly elected representatives of the village.  Mayor Boesch then  lectured the trustees, telling them that the village staff is her personal staff and not theirs.  If they have a request they need to go through her and they are not to speak to them directly.

The discussion continues and goes to a vote tonight! The public is officially only allowed to voice their opinions at the beginning of the meeting. Be sure to be there on time if you want your comments to be heard.

VILLAGE OF AIRMONT

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING
MAY 6, 2013
8 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. DISCUSSION ON NEWSLETTER
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ON LO ZONE TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO PERMITTED USES
6. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION:
a. RESCINDING RESOLUTION 12-2179 REGARDING BOARD SEEING AND COMMENTING ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE
b. TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A TIME LIMIT ON APPROVED VARIANCES FOR JUNE 3, 2013
c. FOR PREPARATION AND FILING OF MS-4 REPORTS
d. BROOKER ENGINEERING’S CONTRACT
e. 100 WATT SODIUM VAPOR LIGHT ON A POLE AT 39 SOUTH MONSEY ROAD
f. RESCINDING RESOLUTION 05-725 REGARDING VILLAGE MAILINGS AND NEWSLETTER
g. PAVING OF A PORTION OF SMITH HILL ROAD FROM CHURCH ROAD TO SHUART ROAD
h. DECLARING VILLAGE OF AIRMONT AS LEAD AGENCY FOR APPLICATION OF RABBI GANTZ FOR 156 ROUTE 59 & TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 3, 2013
i. TO AUTHORIZE BELLEVILLE LANDSCAPING, INC. TO CLEAN THE HEADWALL AT BEAVER HOLLOW AT A COST OF $3650.00
j. APPROVING 2013 SPIRIT OF AIRMONT AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT OF UP TO $400.00
k. TO PUT ROAD & SNOW PLOWING CONTRACT OUT TO BID
l. REPORTING FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES
m. RENEWAL CONTRACT TERM AND SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CORNERSTONE TELEPHONE COMPANY
n. REFUND OF BUILDING APPLICATION FEE TO SACRAMENTINA CANDELA OF 46 LORNA LANE IN THE AMOUNT OF $145.00
o. STATING VILLAGE ATTORNEY AND VILLAGE CLERK CAN NOT MAKE POLICY UNLESS APPROVED BY THE VILLAGE BOARD
p. STATING THAT THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY IS TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT ON ALL COURT MATTERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT EACH MEETING FOLLOWING A COURT DATE

7. MAYOR AND TRUSTEES REPORTS
8. APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
10. ADJOURNMENT

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According to Hudson Valley News 12 -  A Rockland County pizzeria is putting pizza lovers to the test.


Spampi's Pizzeria, located at 329 Route 59 in Airmont, is hosting an all-you-can-eat contest Sunday afternoon. The restaurant's owner says the event is aimed at bringing the community together, especially with the fire department, police department and local bowling leagues involved.


Several bands and comedians will perform at the contest, which is expected to take on up to 1,000 spectators. It will take place on a 40-foot stage donated by the Town of Ramapo.


The contest will take place Sunday, April 28 from 1 - 4 p.m.

Airmont Planning Board Debates Car Wash Project

On April 25th dozens of Airmont residents attended an Airmont planning board meeting at the Crowne Plaza. Meetings that are expected to have large turnouts are scheduled to take place at larger venues, such as the Crowne Plaza, to accommodate the crowd.

The hearing was held to discuss the approval of a proposed car wash which had received its initial approval back in 1994. The organizers estimated wisely; it was a packed house! The large attendance was primarily made up of people living at the Airmont Retreat who would be most impacted by the construction of the proposed car wash.

A new road would be constructed to go from Route 59 to Airmont Road (where Friendly’s is located). Some of the prime concerns of the residents addressed to the board were: increased traffic, interference with their quality of life, and difficulty being able to simply cross the street.

The original variance was given in '94 before Airmont Gardens and Retreat were even a consideration. The Mayor addressed the board and commented that times were different back then. She expressed concerns about parking and the affect the construction of the car wash would have on the quality of living of the nearby residents.

The attorney for the developer noted that his client would like to donate a small piece of land to the Village of Airmont. Trustee Dennis Cohen questioned their motives for this, and asked what benefit this land would be to the village, as the village would then be responsible for its upkeep and maintenance.

Preserve Ramapo's Joe Meyers also raised questions and had concerns about the impact of the project on the residents of Airmont Gardens and Retreat.

 

This AirmontScoop reporter was tweeting throughout the meeting, keeping the well over 400 @airmontvillage followers on Twitter, who could not attend, updated on the proceedings.

 

The public hearing will continue at the next planning board meeting scheduled to take place in June.


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By: AirmontScoop           

Special Correspondent

Arlene Zarmi

 


On Monday evening, April 15th, a workshop meeting attended by Mayor Boesch and the village of Airmont trustees was a charged event of dissension and controversy. The workshop was attended by Mayor Veronica Boesch, Deputy Mayor Anthony Valenti, Trustees Ralph Bracco, Dennis Cohen, and Phil Gigante, as well as Village attorney Tony Benedict. The meeting dissolved at times into loud accusations and finger pointing.


The controversial agenda proposal which triggered the dissension was put forth by Mayor Veronica Boesch and was worded as, "Rescinding a resolution regarding correspondence pertaining to the Village Board."  A shouting match between the Mayor and Trustee Ralph Bracco erupted.  Trustee Bracco felt that the mayor had disregarded two previous village resolutions; one of which, passed in 2005, made it mandatory that all correspondence sent out by the mayor had to be approved by the board. Another resolution passed in 2012, was adopted in a milder form, and stated that the trustees had a fixed time to respond to anything the mayor wanted to send out.

 

Bracco stated that Mayor Boesch sent out an e-blast with her picture in the header, "An action which disregarded both the 2005 and 2012 resolutions." Bracco felt that the Village attorney should not have allowed this, and then threatened to fire him. 

 

Attorney Tony Benedict responded with, "It's not worth the measly $50,000 to put up with you Ralph!"

 

Bracco also said that, "The mayor did robo calls at taxpayer expense without consulting us. I felt it was wrong, as the resolution that passed in April 5, 2005 by trustee Anthony Valenti , passed by a vote of three to two, that anything pertaining to  the village has to be approved by the board, and her email and her picture were not approved. She feels strongly  that she controls everything, and Attorney Benedict didn't say she's wrong."

 

Bracco, who had served previously as mayor from 1993 to 1995, also told the Mayor, "There is a village board of five, not one, and although you think you're god over this village, I hate to break it to you, you're not."

 

The Mayor then lectured the trustees, telling them that the village staff is her personal staff and not theirs.  If they have a request it's needs to go through her and they are not to speak to them directly.

 

When Trustee Dennis Cohen asked about the 2012 financials, as well as how much was still outstanding from fire inspection billings, the mayor retorted that Cohen is the liaison for finances. Cohen said he was not even aware of this.


An ad hominem utterance on the part of the mayor was addressed to Cohen when she made a personal comment, saying, " You are stuttering, Dennis." Cohen said he was shocked at her words. "I felt it was very unprofessional and that it came out of left field."


In our interview with Mr. Bracco he stated that, "All the trustees and the mayor should work together.  I hope we can do that.  I want to be honest with the public I want people to know what was going on."

 


Mr. Cohen told this reporter that, despite the altercations, he felt that progress was made on some issues. They covered all of the items on the agenda, with some of the items now being researched. He said a workshop meeting is held for the purpose of discussions about an agenda, while a regular meeting is to hold a vote on the agenda. The meeting lasted in the public session from 8:00 to 11:45 p.m. allowing for public participation, and in the executive session from 11:45 to 12:15 a.m.   It was one of the longest meetings attended by the trustees and the mayor. He estimated that fifteen to twenty members of the public were present.

 

In order to give the mayor a chance to comment on her take of the meeting, our AirmontScoop correspondent, Arlene Zarmi, has been trying for the past several days to reach Mayor Boesch. Zarmi has called the Village office and the mayor's official cell phone; as well as sending the mayor an e-mail requesting an interview about the meeting that was held on April 15th. The mayor has not responded to any of the calls or the e-mail.

 

A recording of this and all meetings are available to the public for purchase for $25 or can be listened to at the Village of Airmont  Hall.



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Anyone with a computer who wants to know when garbage pickup is suspended in their community, or when school is closed due to a snow day, knows there’s an easy way to do it: provide an email address to local government or the school district.

But that email may not just stay in the file of the local town clerk or school administrator. Email lists are not confidential, under terms of recent decisions on state privacy regulations, and they may be released to outside parties.


In the Villages of Briarcliff Manor and Airmont, some residents on the municipal email list have been surprised to be included in email blasts from local citizens critical of proposed school tax increases and the budgeting process behind them.

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An Airmont man was arrested Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a TSA officer searched his carry-on bag and found a 5-inch knife built into his belt-buckle, TSA said in a news release.

The 19 year old, is charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.


The man, who had a ticket to Frankfurt, Germany, was arrested by Port Authority police, who seized the belt-buckle knife combination tool, the release said.


The knife was detected by a TSA officer staffing an X-ray machine and was “configured as part of the belt’s buckle in an effort to conceal the fact that it was a weapon,” the release said.


The incident did not interfere with airport operations, TSA said.

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By: Ryan Karben

The real winner in this past Tuesday's election in Rockland County's Airmont?  Diversity and compromise--  all candidates in this municipality, once found to discriminate against Orthodox Jews, courted that community's vote.  The results offer the possibility of coalition politics that balances the zoning concerns of longtime residents with the cultural needs of the religious newcomers.

Incumbent Mayor Veronica Boesch survived an energetic challenge from Planning Board member Tom Gulla.  The turnout was 1,528.  Interest in the campaign was high and shaped by local news site Airmont Scoop.  Candidates, including the Mayor, posted on the site's Facebook page and the site reportedly scored hundreds of hits on election day. Continue Reading. . .

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Rockland County Sheriff said his bomb squad was called to Ramapo High School Thursday morning after the Ramapo Police Department received a phoned-in bomb threat.

Falco said the students at the school were immediately evacuated, and remained out of the school for a little more than an hour. During that time, the department’s three bomb sniffing dogs walked around the school checking lockers, classrooms, gyms and everywhere else.

“They sweep the whole school,” Falco said. “They were in the school for a little more than an hour as well.”

Falco said he couldn’t remember the last time the unit was called to a school for a bomb threat.

“We’ve worked on being proactive about this,” he said. “Around midterms and finals, we make sure to lock down all the buildings at night, so if someone calls in a threat, we know they couldn’t have gotten it inside the building, and that’s helped.”


Falco spoke at Thursday night's Nanuet Civic Association meeting.

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Yesterday at 1:07 PM Ramapo Police responded to North Airmont Road to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving an SUV into a utility pole. 

Arriving officers observed a white 1999 Ford Explorer which had come to rest on top of a rock wall on the north side of North Airmont Road.  The SUV had struck a utility pole, severing the pole in half, and then continuing off the roadway and up onto the rock wall between Par Road and Champion Road. 

The driver of the vehicle, Daniel C. Hlavac, age 21, of Pearl River was observed near the vehicle exhibiting signs of intoxication.  Mr. Hlavac was also observed to have some minor injuries that were sustained in the accident. 


Mr. Hlavac was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was treated and released.  He was arrested for Driving While intoxicated - VTL 1192(3), and Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs - VTL 1192(4). 

The accident caused the power to go out in the area, and it remained out while Orange and Rockland Utility replaced the telephone pole.  O & R estimated the outage to last until midnight. 

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Ramapo High School received a phoned-in bomb threat around 11 a.m. Thursday morning and immediately evacuated students and staff.  Ramapo Police arrived at the school at 11:04 a.m. after being notified that the school had received a call from an unknown person.

The Rockland County Sheriffs Bomb Squad searched the building along Ramapo police and did not find any suspicious packages or items in or around the building. After the search concluded, students and staff were allowed to re-enter the school.  The Ramapo Police Detective Division is handling the investigation. No additional information is currently available.


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Former Airmont Mayor John Layne has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct involving his former job as Sloatsburg village building inspector.


At a Wednesday hearing in Sloatsburg Village Court, Layne, who did inspections for Wesley Hills and private work, was sentenced to a year’s conditional discharge and ordered to repay one of his victims $350.


The misdemeanor charge concerned his work as a private electrician while also working as building inspector.


As building inspector from 2006 to 2009, Layne violated ethics rules and used his position to steer customers to his two companies, District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said. Layne was prohibited from working in the village on projects that the Building Department would have to inspect. . .


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Dear Fellow Airmont Resident:

I wish to thank all our residents who took the time to vote earlier in the month despite the inclement weather and less than ideal conditions. The election witnessed a high voter turnout and illustrates that the democratic process is alive and well in Airmont.

I invite you to attend our annual reorganization meeting at which our village elected officials will be sworn into office. This year’s meeting will take place on Monday, April 1 at 7:30 PM at our Village Hall and Community Center. We are located at 251 Cherry Lane.

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In the interest of transparency AirmontScoop contacted the Mayor, to respond to the concerns of some of the village residents regarding the date chosen for the Airmont Organizational Meeting.


Here is our letter to the Mayor:



Good Afternoon Mayor Boesch,

As part of our service to the village, we will be posting the notice of the
upcoming organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees on our AirmontScoop website.  We just wanted to give you a heads up that we have received emails noting that the meeting is scheduled to take place during
the Passover holiday on an evening when a significant number of residents
of Airmont will not be able to participate.  There is a feeling that the
Village is displaying a lack of sensitivity to the Orthodox Jewish citizens
of Airmont, who would have liked to have been able to be there.

We would like to give you the opportunity to respond before we post it.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

AirmontScoop


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Every year we hold our reorganization meeting on the first Monday in April.  It was unavoidable that we had to keep to this schedule at this time due to conflicts with other meetings and prior engagements.  It was in no way a display of insensitivity to your community.  Trustee Cohen wanted to end a scheduled public hearing and vote on a resolution at Monday's meeting, but I needed to insist that we postpone the closure of the public hearing so that anyone from the Christian and Jewish communities who could not attend the meeting would have a chance to voice their opinion at our next regularly scheduled meeting. Monday is also the day after the holiest observance of the Christian calendar in which many people travel to family far from Airmont, and would not be able to attend the meeting.  You are erroneously under the impression that our village has a biased agenda, and seem to be perpetuating this untruth.

Perhaps as you mature in your thinking, you will learn a tolerance and understanding of others' actions and not jump to conclusions concerning their motives. 

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The mayor misunderstood. I did not want to close any public hearing. What I wanted to do is schedule two additional public hearings on additional zoning matters for a future date. I made this clear to her in an email a few days ago. In addition I am sure we could have found another date to reschedule the 4/1 meeting if the mayor really wanted to.

Thanks for the opportunity to set the record straight.

Trustee Dennis Cohen

Airmont is a village which has experienced, over the last 20 years some tension between its residents, as is well known and need not be rehashed or belabored here. Mayor Boesch clearly recognized this in her first bid for election, after having been appointed mayor, in that she tried to court both sides of the village, and succeeded in winning because of that outreach effort.

 

The AirmontScoop, which seeks to serve the whole of our diverse community and not any single faction, was not editorializing in the e-mail sent to the Mayor (which is posted above); it was reporting genuine perceptions of a significant number of the village's Orthodox Jewish residents, and the legitimacy of those perceptions was enhanced by Trustee Dennis Cohen's independent objection to holding the first board meeting following the election during Passover, one of the holiest occasions of the Jewish calendar, revered and held sacred by Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike.

 

The AirmontScoop is taking this opportunity to promote transparency in government by publicizing the mayor's response to the concerns of a number of her constituents. It is our endeavor to assist her in her continued outreach effort with which she conducted her election campaign, in the firm belief that a successful term in the mayoralty requires that the outreach to all members of the community be successful, and genuine.

 

We also hope that proper accommodation of all religious and civil occasions celebrated in the village will be the norm for all future village board functions, and that this scheduling was an unfortunate occurrence which will not be repeated. 


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Airmont Organizational Meeting Scheduled for April 1st

Dear Resident:

Below is the Board of Trustees meeting agendas for Monday, April 1, 2013, please note the start times below:

 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
APRIL 1, 2013
7:30 PM
REGULAR MEETING TO FOLLOW


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Despite it being late March, snow is expected. Here is the Weather forecast for Airmont, NY:

Today Sunday 3/24/2013 Hi: 46° Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Lo: 30° Partly cloudy in the evening...then mostly cloudy with a chance of snow after midnight. Lows around 30. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.

Tomorrow Monday 3/25/2013 Hi: 40° Snow likely. Light snow accumulation possible. Highs around 40. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 70 percent.

Lo: 29° Mostly cloudy. Snow likely...mainly in the evening. Additional light snow accumulation possible. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening. Chance of snow 60 percent. 


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NY, Winning Numbers Drawn For $320 Million Powerball Jackpot

People across the country are hoping to pick the six winning Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night — and the $320 million jackpot that comes with them.

The numbers are: 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31.

The prize is the sixth highest ever. No ticket matched all the numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. 


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Chairwoman Stavisky strongly condemns the deplorable actions in the Village Trustee campaign for the Airmont Village Elections. Over the past week, voters in Airmont received an unsigned letter urging them to vote against candidate Randi Mallia. On Saturday, mere hours after Ms. Mallia and her running mate put signs up, her mailbox was vandalized and destroyed. Reasonable people can disagree on the letter. Dirty politics sure, but not out of the realm of possibility.


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Park-and-ride lot plan for routes 59, 306 makes progress

What’s old is new again when it comes to building a giant commuter parking lot near the corner of routes 59 and 306.“We have been proposing a park-and-ride there for a decade,” Rockland Public Transportation Commissioner Tom Vanderbeek said.

But there finally might be reason for optimism that a 372-space lot could open on Saddle River Road within two years and serve as a new home for bus commuters who park at the former drive-in theater in Monsey.

The state Department of Transportation and the Town of Ramapo are negotiating an agreement to use state land behind a garage and tire dealership.


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Power Outage Effects Hundreds

There was a big transformer fire on Robert Pitt Drive. Over four hundred customers lost power, including many stores. Orange and Rockland promises to restore power within a few hours.


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Letter from the AirmontScoop Inbox

Dear Airmont residents,


My Husband and I have been residents of Airmont since its inception in 1991. We thought it would be a good place to raise a family with a nice culturally mixed neighborhood. We live on Smith Hill Road. Almost since we came here we noticed that there was a problem in that the neighborhood was overrun with feral cats. Click here to continue reading.


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Airmont Election Results - Incumbents Sweep the Election

The AirmontScoop is pleased to congratulate the winners of today’s Village of Airmont election


Mayor Veronica Boesch won reelection with 791 votes.  The incumbent trustees, Dennis Cohen (1252 votes) and Ralph Bracco Sr. (913 votes) will serve four-year terms, and Philip Gigante (866 votes) who will serve a two-year term, were all returned to office to continue to serve the needs of our community.




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Doors of Village Hall, LOCKED!

Despite the long line of cars with people waiting to vote in the Village Hall parking lot, The doors of Village Hall were locked at 9pm sharp. As per the Airmont Future Facebook page, Trustee Philip Gigante wrote: We're well past 1400 as of now. Just locked the doors and processing the people left on line.





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Heavy Traffic on Cherry Lane

With just 22 minutes till the polls close, there is heavy traffic on Cherry lane. Despite the bad weather conditions, the people of Airmont are out voting.  This proves that many people view this is is a crucial election. As of 7pm, 1166 people voted. Our population is 5600 people. Stay tuned to AirmontScoop for the Election results! 



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TODAY MARCH 19th is a date everyone here in the Village has marked off on their calendar.  In a contentious race for Mayor two Candidates are vying to serve out the remaining two years of the unexpired Mayoral term which was held by our beloved former Mayor Dennis Kay who died in April of 2012. Following the Mayors death, Deputy Mayor Anthony Valenti served as interim-mayor for a short period of time. A short while later the village board appointed Trustee Veronica Boesch as Mayor.






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Free mulch for Ramapo residents


The town has made free, untreated root mulch available for residents at Provident Bank Park off Fireman’s Memorial Drive. The mulch is available for pickup at the west side of the parking lot from 9 a.m. to dusk, Monday through Sunday. For more information




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Commuters, particularly those in the higher elevations, are urged to be mindful of possible slick driving conditions Tuesday morning after a winter storm leaves up to 6 inches of snow across parts of the region accompanied by a mixture of sleet and freezing rain.The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning Monday for northern Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties from 4 p.m. Monday until 10 a.m. Tuesday and a winter weather advisory for southern Westchester.




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From the AirmontScoop Facebook Page

The following note was written on the AirmontScoop Facebook page by the Mayor of Airmont Veronica Boesch:


Veronica DeMeo Boesch: It is apparent that "Airmont Scoop" is favoring my opponent in this race. This is an unfortunate choice if you love Airmont. If he lies about my record, how will anyone be able to trust him to run the village. He foolishly claims a "zero"% budget, but there is no way the needs of our community can be met this way. I was able to keep our tax increase down to 1.58% working with my trustees on a budget presented to me by our experienced village accountant. I presented the budget to the board exactly how our accountant presented it to me, allowing my trustees a voice in how we would pare it down to less than two percent. I did this because I believe our board and mayor must work as a team. The key word in my ethic is "work". I believe my opponent will not put in the amount of work and time that I have and will continue to do. My employment record is exemplary. I cannot say the same for my opponent.


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