Local landscape artist and charcoal kiln historian Cliff Waldow was the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Amenia Historical Society on Sunday, Oct. 26. Newly elected President Judy Westfall joined him beside his painting of an open door at his Amenia Union home.
AMENIA — The Amenia Historical Society held its annual meeting on Sunday, Oct. 26, electing Judy Westfall to serve as president for a two-year term.
Westfall provided welcoming remarks and led the business portion of the meeting when the additional election results were read. Walter Dietrich will serve a two-year term as vice-president, and Maureen Moore was elected to serve as Secretary. Trustees elected to three-year terms were Julian Strauss, Ericka Howard and Larry Havens. Two-year terms as trustee will be held by Deb Phillips and Vicki Doyle, and a one-year term by Victoria Herow.
The program that followed featured local landscape artist Cliff Waldow whose paintings of local barns, charcoal furnaces and landscapes capture some of the town’s historic features as well as historic kilns dotted throughout the eastern seaboard. Waldow’s talk was titled “Scenes Behind the Paintings.”
Stories of the search for remote charcoal kilns that fired wood to make charcoal, essential to the iron industry over two centuries, engaged Waldow’s audience. Once the industry changed, the kilns were abandoned where they stood. As the years passed, Waldow found that clues about the locations would be found in the fragile memories of the elderly.
Waldow sought to locate forgotten stone kilns, frequently returning to a wooded mountainside numerous times to locate a kiln. Some of these kilns became the subjects for his paintings, his interest in painting having begun in 1951 when he was newly married and had moved to Florida.
Lime Rock has a significant history in iron production, with factories running around the clock with two 12-hour shifts to meet demand.
Included in the display were Waldow’s rural scenes from the Amenia area, including the old Chase Farm in Sharon, no longer standing, and his own Amenia Union home depicted as a slightly ajar rustic door leading to his basement.
Without formal art instruction, Waldow nevertheless managed to capture landscapes with clear authenticity.
“Painting was a challenge,” Waldow said.
Nathan Miller
Orange safety cones mark off the incomplete sections of sidewalk along Route 44 in Amenia near the entrance of Beekman Park. Town officials say multiple mistakes and poor communication with contractor Southern Industries Corporation caused delays and a stop-work order from the state Department of Transportation.
AMENIA — Work on the new sidewalk along Route 44 near Beekman Park has stalled after the New York State Department of Transportation issued a stop-order in January over safety concerns.
Amenia Town Supervisor Rosanna Hamm first disclosed the stoppage at an April 1 Town Board meeting. She said the matter is being handled by the town’s attorney, and it’s still unclear what the next steps will be, but she holds out hope that the work will resume soon.
Hamm said construction company Southern Industries had already poured, removed and replaced sections of the sidewalk multiple times since construction began in August 2025. Inconsistent work schedules and construction continuing into the winter months further complicated the project before it came to a halt.
Hamm said that town officials, along with the engineers who designed the sidewalk and DOT representatives, have inspected the work and determined much will need to be redone, including catch basins along Route 44.
A Jan. 9 letter informing Amenia of the stop-work order cites safety concerns including improper traffic control and poor pedestrian safety.
Some portions of the concrete will need to be replaced, Hamm said, because construction crews attempted to install the sidewalk while temperatures were too cold. That caused the concrete to cure improperly, leading to flaking and weakness that significantly reduces its lifespan.
“This has been a slow process, which is frustrating,” Hamm said.
Southern Industries Corporation is a Westchester-based construction company. New York Department of State filings list Jonathan Delisa as CEO, although Delisa denied being the company’s CEO in a recent phone call.
It’s unclear who officially serves as the company’s CEO. Delisa said Southern Industries’ owner recently retired and sold the company to a private equity firm based out of Ohio, but did not provide any other specific details.
Hamm also drew attention to large piles of debris left behind by construction crews in the Beekman Park parking lot along Route 44. Crews from the Amenia Highway Department cleaned up the debris in April.
Hamm said that the cleanup cost the town money and will need to be reimbursed, potentially resulting in a fine for the contractor.
Town officials pointed to Southern Industries for the delays. Hamm said inconsistent communication and a failure to maintain agreed work schedules strained the relationship with the contractor.
Delisa pointed back at the town, saying officials were difficult to work with and project designs were insufficient. He said town officials were placing undue blame on Southern Industries, prompting the company to cut ties with the town.
“They still owe us money,” Delisa said. He added the piles of debris were left behind because the contract was terminated. “If both parties had to cancel a contract, and you’re still owed money, why would you go the extra mile and continue working there for free?”
Delisa and Southern Industries are currently facing multiple civil court battles regarding accusations of forgery, impersonation and wage theft.
Delisa would not comment on the lawsuits. All of the suits were filed in the months following Amenia officials’ decision to award the sidewalk contract to Southern Industries.
The construction work currently sits incomplete, with orange safety cones blocking access and causing pedestrians to walk on the shoulder along Route 44, posing a risk to themselves and drivers, Hamm said.
“There’s no place for anybody to walk,” Hamm said. “They’re walking alongside the road, and that’s just no good.”
Graham Corrigan
John Merryman stands in front of a ground-mounted solar panel array that supplies electricity to his home in Millbrook.
MILLBROOK — Technology and tradition are often at odds. But on John Merryman’s Millbrook property, they have coalesced. Familiar sights remain: The knees of his jeans are spattered with mud after a morning planting grass seed. The tires of his solar-powered farm cart are similarly smudged. It’s just another day tending to the various needs of Merryfield Farm, Merryman’s Millbrook horse farm.
Merryman purchased the property in 2022, seeking to turn aging stables into a haven for his passions. Since then, he’s turned the property into a home for his tech business and his horses.
Many of Merryman’s chores are standard fare. His beets and potatoes are already in the ground, and the horses always need looking after. Others, however, hint at the bright-eyed farmer’s many interests. Maintaining the fiber optic cables that run all over Merryfield, for example, or trimming the shrubs growing around Merryman’s massive solar panel array to allow for maximum exposure. Some afternoons, he welds. Others, he uses his pilot’s license to take to the air.
Then there’s the inside work, those moments when Merryman steps inside to check the status of his AI team. There’s a bank of four monitors in his office. Some are filled with computer code, others showing new updates for Merryman’s latest tech venture, a Ticketmaster competitor called PlayHouse.
It’s a dichotomy echoed in the property itself. “The barn and house were rented out, and they weren’t taking care of it,” said Merryman, who grew up in nearby Irvington. “I love projects. I love working with my hands and building things. And it’s kind of what I do for work, but it’s also what I do for fun.”
Merryman’s career grew on a track parallel with that of the internet. He was fascinated by computers from a young age. His first consulting job came when he was still in high school — Merryman built an HR database for the French bank Credit Lyonnais.
Soon thereafter, he graduated from Johns Hopkins in the midst of the dot-com boom and quickly found work as a sales engineer in New York City.“Everyone knew the internet was going to be big,” Merryman said. “People’s behavior was fundamentally changing.”
But it wasn’t changing fast enough. “The companies building products for the Internet were so far out ahead of customers’ behavior change,” he said. “They were assuming that this huge amount of revenue would materialize. It took longer than anyone thought.”
By the end of 2002, the dot-com bubble had burst, wiping out about $5 trillion from the economy and causing a recession. The similarities to the current AI frenzy are not lost on Merryman. “I think it’s likely that there will be some high profile bankruptcies or contractions,” he said. “But I do fundamentally believe that AI is legitimately incredibly valuable. I just think it’s going to take people longer than they think to use it.”
Merryman landed on his feet after the crash. His first CTO job was at Yodle, an online advertising startup. Merryman was the eighth employee — when he left 10 years later, the company numbered over 1,500. “I was definitely on the front lines,” he said. “I was an active coder, did a lot of hiring, figured out how to get people across multiple functions to work well together.”
By the time Yodle was bought out in 2016, Merryman was seeing a shift in the industry: archaic systems were being replaced wholecloth by technologies that could perform their simple tasks without the clutter of spreadsheets and manual data entry.
The AI revolution was still in its infancy, but it wasn’t long before Merryman saw opportunities to test its mettle. He partnered with a former co-worker from Yodle, Brian Battjer, to create TowFlow.ai, a system that automates barge logistics for commodities traders. Merryman was encouraged by how quickly the program could catch an antiquated process up to speed. “You’re catching people up to speed who otherwise would be left in the dust,” he said. “It’s never scaled to the point where we’re going to take away all their jobs … we want to make them more efficient at busy work.”
The two linked again when Battjer was approached by an old friend, Tyson Ritter. Ritter is the lead singer of All-American Rejects, a rock band popular in the early 2000s. The band saw their popularity spike unexpectedly last year when, fed up with Ticketmaster prices and fees, they started performing at unconventional venues like backyards and roller rinks.
Ritter reached out to Battjer about turning the concept into something repeatable, that other bands could use to escape Ticketmaster’s predation. Battjer turned to Merryman, and the two started building the infrastructure for PlayHouse.
Merryman saw the AI potential immediately. Using a combination of Claude Code and Cursor, he built a platform where local fans can express interest in seeing a specific band. If enough people show an interest, the bands can start selling tickets and looking for a venue.
“As an artist, you can prove your demand before you lock in a venue,” Ritter told Forbes earlier this month. “you can throw your weight into a room and say, ‘Hey, I’ve got 150 tickets sold. I need a place to do it.’”
“I like having an impact,” Merryman said. “I like building something that people actually use. It felt like fundamentally, there is a real need for this…anybody who knows much about what Ticketmaster has done does not like them.”
That includes the federal government. Last month, a jury found Ticketmaster guilty of antitrust violations, including overcharging for tickets and a monopoly over concert venues.
The full ramifications of the ruling have yet to be felt, but the need for an alternative is clear. Merryman is building one from his farm, using little more than his four monitors and a server.
“Those tools have done everything from build the code to run operations,” Merryman said. “I troubleshoot when things go wrong, but you can get an enormous multiple on your productivity.”
PlayHouse is currently fielding applications from more than 60,000 bands. They’ll be rolling out new artists each week, and in the meantime, Merryman has plenty to keep him occupied. “I enjoy the act of figuring something out,” he said. “If something’s hard, I want to figure it out even more.”
Leila Hawken
Local art lovers were attracted to the Millbrook Library for the opening of the gallery’s latest exhibit, “Un Real,” on Friday, May 8.The works of six area artists are being shown, including left to right, Laura Von Rosk, Betsy Brandt, Daniel Walworth, Sharon Bates, Monica Miller Link and Fern Apfel. Sponsored by the Millbrook Arts Group, the exhibit features the works of six area artists and will continue until June 28.
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Leila Hawken
AMENIA — Town Board members began to discuss their duties in updating the town’s comprehensive plan in preparation for an update to the document that serves as a guide for officials.
The discussion began on Thursday, May 7, as volunteers work to complete the first update to the town’s comprehensive plan since 2007.
During public comment, Ken Topolsky, a member of the Comprehensive Plan Review Committee, said that zoning code regulations relate to the Comprehensive Plan.
“The Comprehensive Plan is aspirational,” Topolsky said.
He cautioned against any changes to zoning laws while the Comprehensive Plan is being updated, a process due to be completed within a few months.
“Wait for the Comprehensive Plan,” Topolsky advised. Later in the meeting, Bill Flood, CPRC chairman, spoke in support of Topolsky’s viewpoint.
Topolsky also noted apparent confusion about the meaning of “workforce housing” and “affordable housing,” saying that the two seem to be used interchangeably in discussion, but in fact, they are different.
“The distinction needs to be worked out,” Topolsky told the Town Board.
During wide-ranging discussion regarding code enforcement relating to fences and outdoor storage of junk, including cars, Town Board Attorney Ian Lindars recommended that the Town Prosecutor be consulted. He had undertaken an evaluation of existing imprecise town code sections that have been difficult to enforce.
“You can’t do things magically,” Town Supervisor Rosanna Hamm said, regarding residents who have complaints about such things as junk stored in yards. “The Code Enforcement Officer cannot force removal of junk without a process.
“There is a process that people need to go through,” she explained.
Councilwoman Vicki Doyle pushed back, saying enforcement has been lacking in the town. “But there have been decades of yard junk infractions,” Doyle said.
Hamm cautioned that enforcement can be difficult without proper legal support. “The first step is to invest the time to tighten the codes,” Hamm responded.
Discussion continued, turning to the responsibilities of the Housing Board.
“The ultimate question is whether or not the Housing Board is responsible for administering the workforce housing code,” Lindars said, having conferred with the Planning Board attorney.
Lindars advised that the Town Board has the authority to hire a professional to oversee the implementation of the Housing Codes that the volunteer Housing Board is responsible for, if necessary.
In other business, the board voted unanimously to appoint Ericka Howard to the position of Secretary to the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals. The appointment will be effective on June 1, upon the retirement of long-term Secretary Judy Westfall.
Joseph Brennan
AMENIA — Voters will have a chance to fill the vacant seat on the Town Council this year after the board has spent nearly two years with an incomplete roster of four voting members.
Two candidates — democrats Damian Gutierrez and Kimberley Travis — are eyeing the seat. Both are seeking the democratic party line on the ballot in November, and will face off in a primary election on June 23.
The local head of the Republican party, Jaime Vitiello, said they will not run a candidate for supervisor or councilperson as no one showed interest.
Travis, who’s best known around town for organizing the regular anti-Trump protests at Fountain Square in Amenia, said local Democratic Party leadership asked her to run because of her skills with organizing people and events. She said she wants to focus on listening to others and serving all townspeople if she is elected to the town council.
Travis emphasized a desire to push Amenia forward on issues, lamenting projects she said have stalled such as the Route 44 sidewalk.
“I want to see our local tax dollars go toward the betterment of our community,” Travis said. “Not get stuck in a quagmire.”
Damian Gutierrez has already served the town as a councilman and a member of various committees. He said he is looking forward to possibly rejoining the current board.“I’ve only ever worked with Vicki before and we accomplished a lot together, Gutierrez said. “To me it’s not about personalities or party.”
He believes his private sector experience could help. “I spent a lot oftime when I was in office working on legal matters,” Gutierrez said. “I helped migrate the town from a 1980’s email back office technology to a cloud solution intended for small governments.” One of the “big idea projects” he is interested in is the creation of a Facilities Director to look over town properties and lands and buildings as a paid position.
An unfilled board seat has become part of the local political scene over the past three election cycles, beginning with Leo Blackman being elected to the supervisor position the same year that two new board members, Paul Winters and Brad Rebillard, were elected. At the time, the council rejected the appointment of Vicki Doyle. Instead, the Board voted to interview other candidates in executive session and Nicole Ahearn was appointed when Rosanna Hamm, a Democrat, chose to support a Republican because she thought they could work well together, all political power aside.
Then Paul Winters’s sudden death created another open term that would require a second appointment.
This time, the board decided not to fill Winters’s position and chose to function as two Democrats and two Republicans. That vacancy continued after the November 2025 election, when Rosanna Hamm was elected supervisor and left an open year on her board seat. Once again, the board chose to function as four, and while it was technically three Democrats and one Republican, working together across party lines prevailed and the major issues facing the town — the new town garage, sidewalk, water projects, and pending lawsuits — were addressed with compromise, town officials said.
Current membership has focused on functioning smoothly and keeping tempers calm since the elections last November, working hard to avoid the acrimony of recent past boards. A new member, Walter Dietrich, and veteran Doyle — who was reelected to a seat on the board in 2025 — have voted almost unanimously with incumbents Hamm and Ahearn on the current issues facing the town.
“All four of us want the best for Amenia and that’s the point,” Dietrich said.
Doyle similarly emphasized a commitment to work fairly with anyone, regardless of party affiliation. “I will work with Republicans,” Doyle said. “We should fight for the town, not each other.”
Ahearn summarized the mood of the current board. “Not a lot of 2-2 votes,” Ahearn said. “We’re trying to come together for the town.”
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET,
ANNUAL MEETING, SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION AND VOTE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the North East Central School District, Dutchess and Columbia Counties, New York, will hold a Public Hearing on the Budget in the High School Library at the Webutuck High School Building, 194 Haight Road, Amenia, New York, on Monday, May 5, 2026 at 6:30 P.M., for the purpose of presenting the budget document for the 2026-2027 School Year.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the budget for the 2026-2027 school year, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during business hours, between 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M., prevailing time, at the Webutuck Elementary School, Eugene Brooks Intermediate School, Webutuck High School and at the District Administrative Office between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, effective April 28, 2026, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays. Copies of the Budget will also be available at the Northeast-Millerton Library and the Amenia Free Library. A report of tax exemptions, showing how much of the total assessed value of the final assessment roll or rolls used in that budgetary process is exempt from taxation, shall be annexed to the budget document.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Annual Meeting, Election of Members of the Board of Education and Vote on the Budget of the qualified voters of the Northeast Central School District, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at the Webutuck High School gym, 194 Haight Road, Amenia, New York, between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, when the polls will be open for the purpose of voting by voting machine:
A. To elect three (3) members to the Board of Education: All three seats are for three-year terms commencing July 1, 2026 and ending on June 30, 2029 to fill the vacant seats of incumbent Board Member Judy Moran, and incumbent Board Member Jerry Heiser and incumbent Board member Aimee Wesley, whose terms expire June 30, 2026.
B. Proposition I: 2026-2027 North East (Webutuck) CSD Budget
SHALL the 2026-2027 Budget as adopted by the Board of Education in the amount of $29,941,252, with anticipated revenue exclusive of taxes in the amount of $10,276,001 and the amount to be raised through taxes of $19,665,251 be approved?
C. Proposition II: 2026-2027 Transportation Vehicle Purchase
SHALL the Board of Education of the Webutuck Central School District be authorized to: (1) acquire two (2) 64-passenger school buses and one (1) Bobcat Multipurpose Vehicle, at a cost not to exceed $429,327, which is estimated to be the maximum cost thereof; (2) expend such sum for such purpose; (3) levy the necessary tax therefor, to be levied and collected in annual installments in such years and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Education taking into account state aid; and (4) in anticipation of the collection of such tax, issue bonds and notes of the District and/or enter into installment purchase agreements at one time or from time to time in the principal amount not to exceed $429,327, and levy a tax to pay the interest on said obligations when due?
D. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York.
The election and budget vote shall be by machine, early voting or absentee ballot. The hours during which the poll shall be kept open shall be from 12:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, or for as long thereafter as necessary to enable qualified voters who are in the polling place at 9:00 P.M. to cast their ballots.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the qualified voters of the School District shall be entitled to vote in said annual vote and election. A qualified voter is one who is (1) a citizen of the United States of America, (2) eighteen (18) years of age or older, and (3) resident within the School District for a period of thirty (30) days preceding the annual vote and election. The School District may require all persons offering to vote at the budget vote and election to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law section 2018-c. Such form may include a driver’s license, a non-driver identification card, a utility bill, or a voter registration card. Upon offer of proof of residency, the School District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name and address.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that early mail ballots and absentee ballots will be available for this Election and Vote. Applications for early mail and absentee ballots for the School District Election and Vote may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk at the Webutuck High School building, Haight Road, Amenia, New York on school days during school hours, or on the district’s website at www.webutuckschools.org beginning March 1, 2026 but may not be returned to the District clerk any earlier than April 20, 2026, and must be returned to the District Clerk by May 12, 2026 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, May 18, 2026, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Early mail and absentee ballots must be received at the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, on the day of the Election and Vote, May 19, 2026.
The Education Law makes special provisions for absentee voting by“permanently disabled” voters of the District and any questions regarding these should be directed to the District Clerk.
A list of all persons to whom early mail ballots and absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District at the said District Administrative Offices during regular office hours, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the election, including the day of the Election and Vote. Any qualified voter may file a written challenge the acceptance of the ballot of any person on such list, by making his/her challenge and reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls. A challenge to an early mail voter may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an absentee ballot.
The Education Law also makes special provisions for absentee voting for “military” voters of the District. Specifically, the law provides a unique procedure for “military ballots” in school district votes. Whereas absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots must be received by the voter by mail, a military voter may elect to receive his/her absentee ballot application and absentee ballot by mail, email or facsimile. The military voter must, however, return his/her original military ballot application and military ballot by mail or in person. The Clerk of the Board shall transmit the military voter’s military ballot in accord with the military voter’s preferred method of transmission, or if no preferred method is identified by mail, not later than twenty-five (25) days before the vote, April 24, 2026. The Clerk of the Board must then receive the military voter’s military ballot by mail or in person not later than 5:00 P.M. on the day of the vote.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with Education Law §§ 2035, 2008, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with and directed to the District Clerk at the District Office, on or before April 20, 2026; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District; and must state the name and residence of the candidate, and the name and residence of each signer. However, the Board of Education will not entertain or place before the voters any petition or any proposition if its purpose is beyond the power of the voters or is illegal, or any proposition requiring the expenditure of monies which fails to include specific appropriations for all such expenditures required by the proposition.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of North East, Dutchess County, New York, on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 7:00 PM or soon thereafter as possible, in the Town Hall, 19 North Maple Avenue, Millerton, New York, on the application of
Joseph Frydl and Victoria Charles, owners of tax parcel #7070-00-493746, for a front yard area variance to enlarge their house. The parcel is located at 188 McGhee Hill Road in the A5A Zoning District of the Town of North East.
The above application is open for inspection at the Town Hall.
Persons wishing to appear at such hearing may do so in person or by attorney of other representative. Communications in writing relating thereto may be filed with the Board at such hearing.Dated: May 4, 2026.
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TOWN OF AMENIA PLANNING BOARD
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Chapter 105 of the Town of Amenia Code, the Planning Board of the Town of Amenia will hold a public hearing on the application by Tower Hill 2014 LLC (the “Applicant”) for a lot line change consisting of transferring 18 acres from 365 Tower Hill Road, tax parcel 132000-7066-00-237191 to the adjoining 85-acre farm (the “Application”) on the property located at tax parcel # 132000-7066-00-266271 in the Town of Amenia (the “Project Site”). The Project Site is located in the Rural Agricultural zoning district.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Planning Board will hold the public hearing on the Application on May 27, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at Amenia Town Hall, 4988 NYS Route 22, Amenia, New York 12501.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the Application is on file in the Amenia Planning and Zoning Office for public viewing and inspection during normal business hours. The Application can also be viewed and downloaded from the Town’s official website at www.ameniany.gov.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Planning Board will hear all persons interested in the Application at the public hearing noticed herein. All persons may appear at the hearing in person or by agent and may also submit written comments to the Planning Board at or prior to such hearing by emailing comments to Planning Board Secretary Judith Westfall at jwestfall@ameniany.gov.
Dated: April 29, 2026
Robert Boyles, Jr., Chairman
Town of Amenia
Planning Board
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DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town of Pine Plains Zoning Board of Appeals on the 26th day of May 2026 at 7:30 pm at the Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains, New York, for the purpose of hearing all persons for or against the area variance application submitted by Kristina Dousharm Architecture for the premises located at 7723 South Main Street, Pine Plains, NY, Dutchess County, Tax Map ID# 134200-6871-06-398968-0000. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed action requesting a proposed building to have a footprint of 8,989 square feet, in lieu of the maximum of 6,000 square feet, in the Hamlet Main Street District. The application is available for review at the Pine Plains Town Hall during regular business hours.
By order of:
Scott Chase,
Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals
05-14-26
TOWN OF
PINE PLAINS
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town of Pine Plains Zoning Board of Appeals on the 26th day of May 2026 at 7:30 pm at the Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains, New York, for the purpose of hearing all persons for or against the area variance application submitted by David Caswell for the premises located at 319 Stissing Mountain Road, Pine Plains, NY, Dutchess County, Tax Map ID# 134200-6772-00-792445. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed action requesting a proposed garage to have a side yard setback of 20 feet, in lieu of the minimum of 50 feet, in the rural district. The application is available for review at the Pine Plains Town Hall during regular business hours.
By order of:
Scott Chase,
Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals
05-14-26
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