Vol. 36, No. 10 3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018
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Student safety a priority
Schools look for ways to increase security
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
School safety has been a heavy topic
of discussion since the recent Parkland,
Florida school shooting at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School which
left 17 people dead.
A number of concerned parents are
voicing their opinions on their children’s
safety. Now, school administration is
responding.
A parent of a student who attends
Circleville Elementary School brought
up the issue during a February 27 Pine
Bush Board of Education meeting.
“The world is a changing place,” she
said. “What we’ve been doing worked
but I don’t think it works anymore. An
example: my son goes to Circleville
Elementary. Anybody gets buzzed in that
building. All you have to do is say, ‘I’m
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Bond Brungard
The Bushmen of Pine Bush celebrated their Section 9, Class AA championship over the weekend at SUNY Orange. Story on page 36.
Shawangunk
refines
solar law
By TED REMSNYDER
The Shawangunk Town Board is
moving closer to approving legislation
that would regulate solar developments
in the municipality, as the council refined
the proposed local law at its meeting on
Thursday evening. The public hearing on
the law opened during the board’s meeting
on Feb. 1, and at last week’s session the
board revealed minor tweaks to the law
based on feedback from residents.
The latest version of the law reiterates
that all large-scale solar farms in the
town would be limited to 20 acres, which
would not allow for the proposed 94-acre
project on the Borden Home Farm
property. A passage was added to the
purpose and intent section of the bill
to further clarify the point of the local
law. “The Town Board further finds and
determines that large-scale solar systems
shall continue to be prohibited within the
ridge stewardship, zones RS1, RS2 and
the Borden Home Farm Historic overlay
(BH-O) zoning districts, as these lands are
previously determined to be unique and
of heightened sensitivity in the town,”
the proposed law states. “Additionally,
large-scale solar systems will continue
to be prohibited in the various business,
commercial and industrial zoning districts
within the town, so that these new lands
may be developed for those uses which
increase the town’s commercial base.”
The public hearing will remain open
through the board’s next meeting on
March 15, and could continue into April if
the board does not close the hearing and
vote on the law during its next session.
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