Next month, former Town of Richfield Supervisor Daniel Sullivan will receive the Levine Community Service Award on Monday, April 8 during the NYPF’s 83rd annual conference, held in Saratoga Springs.…
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The seeds of success were sown a decade earlier, five town administrations ago, at a meeting in Richfield Springs during the fall of 2014.…
The Town of Richfield and the Village of Boonville have each been awarded $4.5 million in state funding and investments to revitalize their downtown neighborhoods and generate new opportunities for long-term growth following the local planning process.…
At Fiery Meeting, Town Board At Loggerheads In Richfield…
READ ZONING-CODE RESOLUTION Richfield Board Charts Retreat On Zoning Code Majority Shifts; 3-2 Votes Punctuate Reorganization By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – At the Richfield Town Board’s two-hour reorganizational meeting this morning, the shoe was now on the other foot. Where Town Board member Larry Frigault’s 3-2 majority was in control through Dec. 31, the control shifted today to newly elected Town Supervisor Nick Palevsky and his allies, Town Board members Fred Eckler and newly elected…
Town of Richfield Comp Plan, Zoning Showdown Tonight Anti-Windmill Faction Plans Vote RICHFIELD SPRINGS – A showdown is expected this evening between two factions on the Richfield Town Board when a vote is due on a comprehensive plan and zoning code that grew out of the opposition to the the Monticello Hills Wind Farm. The board meets at 7 p.m. in the Richfield Springs Central School cafeteria.…
Fate Of Richfield’s Divisive Comp Plan Uncertain For Now 3 Wind-Farm Opponents Seeking To Push Vote Through, But Election Could Erase It By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The fat’s on the fire in the Town of Richfield, and may be until a new town board is installed after Jan. 1. About 70 people descended on the RSCS cafeteria this evening for two hours of polite but divided opinion on a new comprehensive plan and associated…
from PATRICK DOYLE Richfield Zoning Restricts Business; Many Oppose It To the Editor: This letter is in response to your March 20 article on the process to develop new zoning in Richfield, “Petition Drive in Offing,” and a follow-up letter from Larry Frigault, Richfield Town Board member. To recap, the March 20 article highlighted concerns that the proposed zoning for Richfield would limit business in the town. The article also wondered if, with “windmill foes” and their allies now in…
from LARRY FRIGAULT ‘Disgraceful’ Article Miscasts Volunteers Who Devised Plan To the Editor: I read with disbelief the factual errors, insinuations and conclusions put forth in this past week’s edition concerning the Town of Richfield’s governance. I have only been on the Town Board two years, hardly enough time to “take over” anything as implied. A fundamental rule of democracy is the voters get to decide who best represents them. I ran openly advocating for a Comprehensive Plan and the…