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Liz Schevtchuk ArmstrongNews Editor

Armstrong was the founding news editor of The Current (then known as Philipstown.info) in 2010 and later a senior correspondent and contributing editor for the paper. She worked earlier in Washington as a White House correspondent and national affairs reporter and assistant news editor for daily international news services. Location: Cold Spring. Languages: English. Areas of expertise: Politics and government

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Approval of New Zoning Code Moves Focus from Drafting to Application

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong May 11, 2011August 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

New code creates 9 districts, 7 overlays

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Cold Spring Candidates Spent about $11,000 Seeking Election

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Final election finance reports

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Town Board Passes New Zoning Code 5 to 0

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Three year process now complete

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Cold Spring Board Approves DEC Easement for Boat Club Area

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Agreement grants the state the ongoing right to monitor the tract

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Village Board Adopts Fiscal 2011-12 Budget

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Cold Spring lures camera crews

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Cold Spring Fire Company and Mayor Debate Firehouse Access

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A shouting match over keys

Boat Club
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DEC Again Cites Willingness to Revisit Plan to Not Remove Boat Club

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Dealing with underground coal tar pollution

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Board Hears of Building Permits Pending for Decades, Sewer Repairs and Problems

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Cold Spring Village Board April 12 meeting

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Village Wins Court Case against Marathon Site Developer Kearney

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Court decision spares village from granting possible precedent-setting variances

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Village Board Makes Staff and Sub-Board Appointments

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Cold Spring village board reorganizational meeting

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Draft Village Budget Draws Comments on Repairs, Maintenance, and Garbage

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Expenditures to rise less than 1 percent, but \”rate per thousand” in property taxes would increase from $9.84 to $9.94

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Village Board Adds Money for Mayor to Draft Budget, Discusses Parking Meters

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Friction over firehouse keys

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Gun-Rights Rally Planned

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Proposed law not high priority for Town

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Town Board Learns about SMART Garbage

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GIGO is not SMART but PAYT pays

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Infrastructure Problems Spill onto Village Board Agenda

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Parrott St. residents and village board debate responsibility for sewer pipe repairs

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Philipstown Board Drops Historic Protection Overlay from Rezoning Draft

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Cites need for a more \”holistic” approach

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Tentative Budget for Cold Spring Foresees Property Tax Increase of about 1 Percent

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Main St., firehouse, police costs and board pay discussed

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64 Percent of Cold Spring Voters Cast Ballots

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Majority cast their vote

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Town Outlines Emergency Command Center Plan

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Plan would provide staff, information and coordination

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Cold Spring Winners Look Ahead; Square Promises Ongoing Involvement

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Winners pledge intent to move ahead on important issues

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Cold Spring, Nelsonville Voters Return Incumbents to Office

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Updated coverage: Gallagher, Campbell, Falloon and Merante win

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2 of 5 Village Candidates File Financial Statements

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Board of Elections Campaign Finance Handbook states candidates must file disclosures

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Cold Spring Finances on Track Three-Quarter of Way into Fiscal Year

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$50,000 surplus projected by fiscal year’s end

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Town Debates Gun Law

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Support and opposition to proposed gun ban

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Cold Spring Trustee Contenders Scrap over Issues of Openness and Dysfunction

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Incumbents take on challenger: cite unapproved, unilateral actions

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