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Committees, Leo Club, housing, Arnoff

The following excerpts from The Millerton News were compiled by Kathleen Spahn and Rhiannon Leo-Jameson of the North East-Millerton Library.

October 17, 1935

Committees Announced By Auxiliary

Committee appointments for the year were announced at the regular meeting of the Millerton American Legion Auxiliary last Wednesday night. They were: Membership, Mrs. Bessie Mathews; rehabilitation, Mrs. Marie Loan; welfare, Mrs. Agnes Diegnan: Americanism, Mrs. Florence Wood; national defense, Mrs. Josephine Best; Fidac (note from library: Fidac is Fédération Interalliée Des Anciens Combattants, English: The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations) , Mrs. W. E. Parks; legislation, Mrs. Jessie Sprague.

October 21, 1976

Lions Form Club For North East Teenagers

The Millerton Lions Club is forming a “Leo Club” for boys and girls ages 12 to 20 who live in the Town of North East.

At the first meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 13, the following were elected Leo officers: Keith Bradley, president; Bruce Valentine, vice-president; Laura Shoifet, secretary; and Bob Cuddeback, treasurer. The 13 teenagers attending designated the first and third Mondays of the month as meeting nights. The time will be 7 p.m.

Millerton Lions Kevin Smith and Edwin McGhee will serve as the club’s advisors.

October 18, 2001

NE/Village Officials Mull Housing Project

MILLERTON — The North East Housing Committee and the Rural Preservation Company of Dutchess County have been approached by one of the leading not-for-profit builders in the northeastern portion of the United States about a possible project in Millerton.

Village of Millerton officials along with their counterparts from the town of North East are excited but cautious about the potential housing project, which would require a significant amount of federal and state aid to be constructed.

Community Builders, a not-for-profit developer which is constructing a similar project in Kent, is considering a project for the Millerton area.

The project was made public at a meeting of the North East Housing committee Monday.

The meeting was designed to continue work on a housing survey which will soon be circulated to the community.

Town and village officials said they are excited because Community Builders has been able to gain federal and state approval for many other projects, attracting the financing necessary to make the projects become a reality.

“They have an outstanding track record, particularly when it comes to applying for grants,” said Pat Sassaman, the executive director of Rural Preservation Co. of Dutchess County (RPCDC), who is also a member of the housing committee.

Community Developers is considering a 24-unit housing project for Millerton, which if constructed, would be the largest public housing project in the history of the town.

The construction firm would ideally like a three acre tract of land to build such a project. However, a representative told the committee they could construct on as little as two acres of land

Town of NorthEast Supervisor Dave Sherman called the potential of such a project “very exciting.” But he said, “It will require a great deal more thought and much more work before we move forward.”

Arnoff Looks To Millerton

MILLERTON - The village of Millerton Board heard a proposal from a moving company for a possible new site in the village last night. Arnoff Moving and Storage based in Poughkeepsie shared its plans in a meeting with the Village Board.

Arnoff is considering a three-acre site on Route 22 near the red light in the village. The location is the site of the former Village Auto and prior to that it served as the site for Stateline Chevrolet, before that car dealer went bankrupt several times in the mid-1990s.

Peter Levy, a representative of Arnoff, briefed the board on his company’s plan for the site in Millerton. Arnoff operates a storage and moving facility in Lakeville, 4 miles east of the village.

In other business last night, the Village Board was to consider a temporary curfew of 9 p.m. for Halloween night.

“This was the last meeting before Halloween so we needed to have the curfew in place,” Mayor Mariley Najdek said.

The meeting took place after our press time.

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