Government
By BOB DUMAS
May 15, 2021MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Thanks to a $129 million increase in town-wide assessments, taxpayers could actually see a small reduction in their school tax bills this year.
“We received the tax rolls from the county and in those rolls, total assessments went up $129 million,” said Sandra Clohessy, Mahopac schools’ assistant superintendent for business. “When assessments go up, they ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - A plan to build a 72-unit apartment complex on Baldwin Place Road that would provide 36 affordable apartments and 36 supportive apartments has been put on hold as developers head back to the drawing board to consider “significant changes to the project size, scope, and location.”
The development, known as Fairhaven at Baldwin Place, is being proposed by Search for ...
This article is the first in a series examining the impact of possibly having a marijuana dispensary in the town of Carmel. Over the next few months, we’ll publish articles, release a podcast and host a community forum on Zoom around this topic.
Edward Abrahams understands why residents may be opposed to having a marijuana dispensary in the town of Carmel, which has until ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Carmel Police Department will install three license plate readers as a continuation of their project that began in 2020.
Two readers will be installed at fixed locations in Carmel and Mahopac, as well as a mobile reader installed on a department vehicle. The project would cost the department $39,716.47, fitting right under the $40,000 budget allotted for surveillance ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Lake Mahopac Park District Advisory Board is taking on the services of an attorney to help examine more closely the laws that govern Lake Mahopac, which is owned by the state, in an effort to make it safer for those who use it.
Compton Spain, chair of the Advisory Board, went before the Town Board at its April 14 meeting to seek authorization to retain the services of White ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The town of Carmel is on tap to receive $3.7 million in stimulus money, and Putnam County would receive $19.07 million, as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
Unlike school districts, which must follow guidelines on how they use their stimulus money (Mahopac schools are expected to receive $1.2 million), local municipal officials are expected to have broader ...
CARMEL, N.Y. - A report issued by a county panel of elected officials, law enforcement leaders and citizen stakeholders has recommended a litany of police procedure and policy changes, including providing de-escalation training and using dashboard and body cameras on all police officers while on duty.
The Carmel Police Department issued its own separate report as well.
The county’s ...
