The Town Council unanimously approved the expenditure of $6,484 from the Expendable Maintenance Trust Fund on Monday night for repairs and improvements at Town Hall. The allocation will cover the shoveling, plowing, and treatment of parking lots, walkways and fire…
The Planning Board adopted the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) for 2014-2021 with a unanimous vote at its Oct. 8 meeting. Before adopting the CIP, the board amended the document to reflect a decrease in the estimated cost of completing Phase…
April 22 is Earth Day, the annual event when we’re reminded to think about where we live. Not our town or even our country, but Planet Earth. Outdoor celebrations and political speeches all have their place, but the message we…
Stu Arnett of the Arnett Development Group and Roger Hawk of Hawk Planning Resources, LLC held a workshop at the Planning Board concerning the town’s Growth Management Ordinance (GMO), with the result that the ordinance will likely sunset at the…
Neighborworks, which has two developments planned for two properties on Mammoth Road, was granted a one-year extension of its site plan. Neighborworks plans to add three buildings on the Whittemore Estates age-restricted property on Trail Haven Drive off Mammoth road.…
The Planning Board has signed off on the Woodmont Commons Master Plan and accepted revisions to a proposed amended impact fee ordinance. At its Wednesday, Oct. 2 meeting, the Planning Board heard from Town Planner Cynthia May, who said the…
Schools have focused on increased security in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., last December, in which both students and staff members were killed. In an effort to protect the town’s children and staff,…
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Manager and Comprehensive Planner Jon Vogl briefed the Planning Board on the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for FY 15 to FY 20.
Three subdivisions went before the Planning Board last week, with differing results. Thomas J. and Christina L. Wolfinger requested a waiver at the July 10 Planning Board for their 35 Bartley Hill Road property of the ordinance that requires underground…
Resident Jack Falvey, a longstanding opponent of the Woodmont Commons Planned Unit Development (PUD), has again made his feelings known, this time circulating a petition stating his ideas of what the property should contain. The petition is aimed at garnering…
