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County Officials Report Conference Productive

(Wampsville – March 11, 2010) Madison County leaders headed by County Board Chairman John Becker returned from Washington, DC, today after four days of meetings with federal officials and county leaders from across America.
Former Board Chair and Lenox Supervisor Rocco DiVeronica, DeRuyter Supervisor Dan Degear, County Administrator Paul Miller and County Attorney John Campanie also [...]

Brookfield Comprehensive Plan Committee to Meet

The Brookfield Comprehensive Plan Committee Regular Meeting will start at a new time, 7:30 p.m. on Thursday March 11 at Brookfield Town Hall.
All interested parties are invited to attend. We’d love to have you join us.

County Gets Support in Land Trust Position

Schumer Implores Administration to Not Institute ‘Carcieri Fix’
Martha E. Conway
(Wampsville – March 8, 2010) While attending a conference hosted by the National Association of Counties (NACo) in Washington, D.C., this week, Madison County officials received word that U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer wrote Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar about his position on the [...]

Madison County: Land Trust Litigation Continues

Decision Doesn’t Sway County Direction, Strategy in Land Trust Matter
Martha E. Conway
(Wampsville) The March 1 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn is not entirely surprising to Madison County officials based on his decision dismissing eight of the county’s 22 causes of action several months ago, said County Attorney S. John Campanie.
Campanie, speaking [...]

Supports Peters for Canastota Trustee

To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in support for Margaret Peters to become our next village trustee.
I have experienced first-hand Margaret’s organizational skills. She was chairwoman of my campaign last fall, organizing more than 70 volunteers and 10 committees to address all aspects for a successful campaign.
Margaret kept everyone focused on their areas of [...]

Valesky Dines at Local Home

Pictured from left are Lisa Bednar, Sen. David J. Valesky, Oliver Fields, Eric Hazzard, Mike Mazzullo, Candice Kirsch, Madison Cortland ARC Executive Director Ray Lewandowski, Deb Chesebro, Heather Campbell and Tracy Schmidtka.
Sen. David Valesky was invited to dinner at one of the homes the Madison Cortland ARC provides for people with intellectual disabilities.
“It was very [...]

Council to Learn SEQR Process

A two-year zone change request remains on hold
By Margo Frink
(Oneida – March 2, 2010) The Oneida Common Council was put to the test involving a zone change and the changes to State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) decisions. Planning Board Director Cassie Rose said after she attended a training session on the State Environmental Quality Review [...]

No More Pre-Meeting

Mayor delves into inner-workings of departments
By Margo Frink
(Oneida – March 2, 2010) The 6 p.m. pre-meeting or discussion period has been put to rest due to some confusion about taking action during this time. Under the discussion portion of the agenda the Oneida Common Council start time was the first item to be discussed. All [...]

Black Walnut Revisited

Planning Recommends Increased Sale Price for Treed Property
By Martha E. Conway
(Wampsville – Feb. 23, 2010) The Madison County Board of Supervisors Planning Committee heard a report on the estimated value of black walnut on a Hubbard Place property near West Elm Street in the city of Oneida. The property, in the possession of the county [...]

Court Guts Hennessy and Townsend’s Challenges to Oneida Trust Land

Legislators urged reliance upon failed lawsuit to reject $55 million County-Nation deal
(Oneida Nation Homelands) Highly publicized legal challenges by Assemblyman David Townsend, Oneida County Legislator Michael J. Hennessy and the Central NY Fair Business Association to the May 2008 decision by the U.S. Department of Interior taking take 13,000 acres of land into trust for [...]

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