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Adirondack Living B6-B7 Obituaries B8 CalendarHometown B9 Stocks BIO Business Bll i SECTION" The Post-Star City Editor: Dick Bennett Regional Editor: Diana Deppe Wednesday, April 29, 1987 Hiland Park dominates discussions Briefly environemental imapact statement. "We urge the town board to take a good look at this," he said. Eleanor Oudekerk, an owner of property on the southern portion of the proposed development, said she was concerned about septic tanks being constructed near her farm propurty. She said she wanted to preserve her property as farmland and not surrender it to residences. However, she said Bowen had reassured her that there would be no septic tanks near her property and her land would remain agricultural.

"We looked over the plans with Hiland Park will add significantly to the traffic around Bay Road and in the town overall, Caffry said. But Bowen said the traffic counts are accurate and the project will not significantly add to traffic problems. "The right numbers are all in there," Bowen said. Caffry also called for more low-income housing, preservation of wildlife and agricultural land at Hiland Park. Caffry said, however, that residences in Hiland Park would be spaced out adequately and not lumped together in a small space.

"This is one of the most beautiful areas in Queensbury," Caffry said, as he called for a more 'adequate' It was the Hiland Park proposal, however, which received most of the meeting's time and discussion. "We'd like to see the land be rezoned for agricultural use." said John Caffry of the Queensbury Association. "But if you can't do that, this (the Hiland Park plan) is a good plan. It's better than some of the other plans that have come along lately." he said. The comments regarding Hiland Park came at a public hearing at the town board meeting.

The hearing was held to discuss a draft environmental impact statement on the proposed multi-acre development to be composed of senior citizens homes, family residences and recreational facilities. r)ji on Riverside Drive by the treatment center, drawing water off the hydrant into other trucks and several portable ponds set up at the scene. A deluge gun was operating at the front of the building to keep the walkway cover hosed down so that it would not burn. Skenesborough Ladder trucks 2 and 4 had aerial hoses spraying down the roof from the north and south. "An exact count of equipment, manhours spent, gallons of water pumped, what have you, wouldn't be available for at least a day or two," Martell said.

"I'll have to sit down and figure out exactly what was used." Some equipment may be left on the scene even after the fire is out. That way, should the structure flare up again, the equipment would already be in place to save set up time, fire officials explained. Older "I wasn't surprised by what was said." Hiland Park developer Gary D. Bowen said after the hearing "I was very pleased with what was said." Comments at the hearings will be included in a final environmental impact statement and in future decisions made on the project by the town board', said project officials and board members. The criticism leveled at the project was directed at two major concerns traffic and sewage.

Traffic counts included in the draft environmental impact statement are inadequate because they were not taken during the summer when area traffic is at its peak, Caffry said. shifting winds, made fighting the fire a bone-chilling affair. Washington County Fire Coordinator Bob Potter was on hand to observe the companies as they kept the fire knocked down. "It would have probably gone quicker if they hadn't kept putting it out," explained Les (Essie) Dennis, a member of the Skenesborough Fire Department Fire Police. By 6:55 pm, the building was well involved and several firefighters were using air tanks and masks, similar to scuba gear, to breath as they moved in to put water on the ever expanding fire.

There were 30 air tanks available at the scene, and more could be called in by the fire coordinator at any time they were needed. As the night wore on, it became apparent that they would not be this time. Whitehall Truck 48 was stationed committee, appointed as representatives of Greenwich residents to investigate and report on the feasibility of the construction and operation of the proposed plant. (The review committee is separate from the Greenwich Citizens Committee, formed last year by residents as a watchdog organization to oversee town planning and zoning efforts. Many of the people attending See GREENWICH: Next Page Firefighters put an end to the old Whitehall rail station Tuesday Whitehall without a 90-yeor-old landmark.

Th Insert shows night. The event was an exercise In bottling a blaze, but it left the building as It looked before the fire. (Rob Barends photo) Firefighters burn Whitehall RR station Motorcyclist killed in crash WHITE CREEK A head-on collision along County Route 68 here Monday night left a Bennington, Vt, motorcyclist dead, state police said. Timothy J. Watson, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 8:30 p.m.

accident, a trooper in Salem said. The collision occurred as Watson, who was heading east on the two-lane highway, crossed into the westbound lane to pass a car, the trooper said. A car driven by 35-year-old Diane K. Bamrick of Hoosick Falls was heading west in that lane, the trooper said. Ms.

Bamrick and her two children, whose names and ages were unavailable, suffered minor injuries during the accident, officials said. Ambulance crews from the Cambridge and Hoosick rescue squads rushed them to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, police said. Man is charged in boat theft BOLTON A Saratoga Springs man was charged with third-degree grand larceny Tuesday in connection with the theft of a $30,000 boat from a marina here. Warren County sheriff's officials said. Doyle E.

Ross, 24, is alleged to have stolen the 26.5 foot boat Friday from its dock on Lake George at Check's Marina in Bolton Landing, said sheriff's investigator Roger Combs. The fiberglass boat, owned by East Hills resident Robert Larson, was found abandoned this weekend pounding against a rocky shoreline in Bolton, Combs said. It apparently re- ceived some hull damage, he said. Ross was arrested on the charge Tuesday, Combs said, following a Sheriff's Department investigation of the theft. Ross was scheduled to have been arraigned on the charge Tuesday night.

Combs said. Today Town of Argyle board meeting, Argyle Central School, 7p.m. Fort Ann Central School Board meeting, Fort Ann Index Athol Fort Ann Long Lake Mineville -B5 -B4 -B12 -B12 -B3 Saratoga Springs -Ticonderoga Warrensburg Whitehall Wilton B12 B4 B3 Corrections As news staffs compile and report thousands of facts each day, errors occur. It is the policy of The Post-Star to correct mistakes promptly and prominently in this standing feature. If you spot an error, please call it to our attention.

You can reach the editors at 792-3131. Astudent was misidentified in an Abraham Wing school play picture in Tuesday's paper. The student pictured was Shannon Heidorf, not Nicole Mitchell. Both students were portraying cats, not bunnies, as was listed. A LITTLE LEARV i iCFMSE IS THE.

r- ISSUED yj KIT'S OVER 71 I 1 See HILAND Next Page buildings, like the railroad station, were made of heavy timbers and lumber that could smolder for a long time. i The Skenesborough Fire Company purchased the station from the Railroad for the purpose of demolishing it. The property still belongs to the railroad and will probably be cleared off once any risk of flare up is over. By 7:30 pm, the majority of the building had fallen in and the crowds began to thin out. Throughout the evening, many people came up to take pictures as the historical site went.

down. There were also many people on hand video taping the event. "Whitehall has lost another beautiful old building due to lack of interest on the part of the railroad," commented Mrs. Doris Morton, town historian. fore he constructs a platform for his candidacy, he will have' to secure the Republican Party said he had received indications of support from several party members, but stopped short of saying he was confident of receiving the Republican nomination.

"I have talked to a number of people," Borgos said. See QUEENSBURY: Next Page (we hope) By Scott T. Balthazard Staff Writer Despite receiving some verbal shots, the proposed Hiland Park development in Queensbury appeared to have general approval of speakers at a public hearing Tuesday. Hiland Park was one of three projects discussed by the Queensbury Town Board. Resolutions regarding the Earltown and West Mountain Village proposed developments were passed by the board.

Those resolutions are designed to allow the projects to go forward. The board took no action on the Hiland Park proposal. Moreau district is eyed By Michael Kilian Staff Writer MOREAU The discovery of improperly buried chemicals at the site of the former Abalene Pest Control Service on Saratoga Road might provide impetus for the creation of a town water district, town board members said Tuesday. The town is already embroiled in a dispute with General Electric Co. and the federal Environmental Protection Agency over how.

public water should be supplied to more than 100 homes, and perhaps as many as 500 homes, whose wells have been or might be contaminated with toxic chemicals. The chemicals came from a dump that contains waste from area General Electric plants. Three weeks ago, the state Department of Health found trace elements of toxic chemicals in the wells of homes near the Abalene site, where more than 75 chemicals were, found on March 30 to have been improperly buried. The town is providing bottled water for more than 20 homes in that area. Health department, officials have said an alternate water source must be found for homes near the Abalene site.

"I think the Abalene situation might change the whole situation," Town Councilman John Donohue sajd, referring to the possibility of creating a town water system. "We've got a problem here and a problem there. We might as well coordinate things and take care of the whole Town Supervisor R. Gardner Con-gdon said he would not comment on the water issue because he did not want to risk damaging the town's legal position in both the General Electric and Abalene situations. The town is seeking reparations from General Electric, for costs incurred since the seepage of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other chemicals was discovered from a site near Bluebird Road nine years ago.

Lawyers for the firm and the town are currently seeking a settlement in lieu of the town entering a state attorney general's lawsuit against General Electric that tentatively has been settled. General Electric already must provide an alternate water source for affected homes under the terms of a consent order it signed with the EPA. The company and the EPA have advocated piping water from the Village of South Glens Falls to 118 homes known to be affected by wastes from the dump. Town officials, however, contend that a much vaster area of the; town has. been contaminated by the General Electric chemicals, and that the South Glens Falls water supply would be inadequate for this wider area.

Congdon has said he favors piping water to the town from the town of Queensbury. Councilman David Casey said Tuesday he thought the Abalene situation might strengthen the argu-, ments of those favoring the Queensbury solution to the town's water problems. "In the long run, the town will be a lot better off with all the public water it could get," Casey said. "South Glens Falls cannot supply that quantity of water," Donohue said, adding that he wanted more information before making a deter- See MOREAU: Next Page By Sandy Mclntire Correspondent WHITEHALL As members of the Skenesborough. Whitehall, Ft.

Ann and Kingsbury volunteer fire companies stood by 'the 90-year-old Whitehall Railroad Station was burned down Tuesday night. Fire Chief Harold "Huzzy" Martell gave the order to start the fire at 6:35 pm. Within an a Whitehall landmark was gone. Hoses and men were deployed around the building to keep the fire from getting out of control and to keep the sparks and ashes from spreading. Moderate breezes kept the crowds at a distance as spray from the hoses soaked many who came too close.

The dipping temperatures, combined with the Queensbury election race is shaping up Angry residents confront board in Greenwich By John Sullivan Staff Writer Both Democrats and Republicans are moving toward the starting line for this year's Queensbury Town Supervisor race. One possible Republican contender has already started out running; Town Board Member Stephen Borgos announced his candidacy to the Queensbury Republican Committee Monday night. Borgos said Tuesday that be By Elizabeth Muhlig Correspondent GREENWICH Sometimes you can't do anything right. That was how it might have seemed for the town board at its Tuesday night meeting with the resource recovery review committee. About 80 residents many of whom appeared irate attended.

Supervisor Michael Karp had called a special meeting with the Winter makes its final stand Corp. spokesman said. Also, about 1,500 customers were without power in Ballston Spa for two hours Tuesday morning when a tree branch fell and broke a power line, said power company spokesman Frank Kelly. Tuesday's snow was not the latest or the greatest snowfall that has occurred in late April and early May, Palco said. Storms, some major, have hit as late as May 9 and 10, he added.

A major snowstorm struck on May 9, 1977. when nearly a foot of snow fell, Palco said, and another storm hit on that same date in 1966. "We're really not that far from normal," said Palco of the snowfall and the temperatures. The highs and lows for this time of year in this area fall between 60 and 64 degrees and 35 and 40 degrees, respectively, the meteorologist said. weather is expected for Friday and Saturday, but rain is expected again by late Sunday, Palco added.

"This certainly wasn't a major snowstorm," said Palco. "We had about one inch here, but it was washed away by the time it hit the ground." About an inch fell at Warren County Airport. The snow melted into a liquid precipitation count of .16 inches. Light dustings of snow were reported throughout the area and most of the white was washed away by wet rain by afternoon. The most snow fell in the western Adirondack hamlet of Boonville in Oneida County, which recorded 4.5 inches of snow, Palco said.

Minor power outages from the snowfall were reported in Ticonderoga, a Niagara Mohawk By Scott T. Balthazard Staff Writer Just when you thought it was safe to store the snow gear, the jaws of winter snapped for one more bite Tuesday morning. The bite was small, though, as less than an inch to a dusting of snow -was reported from the Capital District up through the Glens Falls area. Area residents should get used to the cool weather for the next few days, said Joe Palco, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Albany. Rain, sometimes mixing with snow, is expected through the end of this week, and temperatures should be in the 50s during the day and in the 30s at night, Palco said.

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