Dissident shareholders win Empire National control
Empire National Bank’s proxy battle concluded with dissidents capturing 12 of 19 board seats, including the election of Belle Mayer Zeck as a director. The vote at West Point’s Thayer Hotel followed a merger bid from Bank of Commerce and Financial General. eight Rockland-connected directors elected, with Carl Barmann winning an independent seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Rosenberg
New York
Empire National Bank
Bank of Commerce of
New York City
John Payne Jr
Carl Barmann
Middletown
West Point
Thayer Hotel
The
Corporation Trust Co. of
Schmidt Payne
Financial Bankshare Inc
Bank of Commerce of New York
Richard H. Stover
Norman MacBeth
Newburgh
Belle Mayer Zeck
Rockland County
Rockland National Bank
County National Bank
Empire
mid-Hudson
Schmidt
Financial General
Bankshares Inc
Washington, D.C
Stewart airport plan faces FAA approval hurdle at court
A New York FAA official said environmental review remains incomplete as the MTA presses a Stewart Jetport expansion. Judges urged FAA to issue advance approval to avoid potential millions in wasted work while the MTA seeks federal land seizure and eminent domain rulings amid local opposition and public hearings planned for Orange County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Cardinali
FAA
New York
Henry J. Friendly
Wilfred Fineberg
Leonard P. Moore
Asst. U.S. Atty
Daniel Riesel
MTA
Stewart
TransPlan, Inc
Seegle, Stevenson, Value and Knecht, Inc
New York City
Mid- Hudson
Orange County
HRWC
HRVC
Federal District Court
Ryan
Annexation vote challenged in Highlands dispute
A Highlands resident filed a show cause order in Orange County Supreme Court to probe the June 19 annexation election. Attorney John K. Gifford seeks impartial experts to review the voting machine after 206 on the registry but only 166 votes tallied, with the annexation passing 86 to 80. The hearing is set for July 6. officials said procedures were followed and no machine issues were found locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Town of Highlands
John K. Gifford
Poughkeepsie
Patrick W. Guiney
Gifford
Plane crash injures trio on Mount Abraham in Vermont
A Cessna carrying Ernest Kastellc, William Wigline, and Donald Hemmer from Cornwall-on-Hudson to Stewart Field crashed atop Mount Abraham in Lincoln, Vermont, injuring all three. Hemmer walked out for help. rescue teams from Bristol, Lincoln, Sugarbush Ski Area, and state police reached the site. By 1:21 p.m. the injured were en route to Mary Fletcher Hospital. Kastellc suffered head and hand injuries, Wigline possible skull fracture, Hemmer minor cuts and exhaustion. cause of the crash was not determined.
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Lincoln, Vt
Cornwall-on- Hudson
New Windsor
Mount Abraham
Ernest Kastellc
William Wigline
Donald Hemmer
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Twin Mountains
N.H
Stewart Field
Hemmer
Lawrence Felton
Felton
Vermont
Ruth Cobb
Lincoln
Bristol Rescue Squad
Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department
Sugarbush
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Kastellc
Wigline
Eviction Looms For Stewart Airport Squatters
DOT official Patrick J. McIntyre Jr says squatters on 8 657 acre Stewart Airport expansion land face court eviction if they do not seek extensions before the August 13 deadline. By mid June 208 of 337 families have relocated. about 129 remain with roughly one third expected to move by October.
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Stewart Airport
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Patrick J. McIntyre Jr
DOT Real
Stewart
Orange
Ulster
McIntyre
Washingtonville
MTA
Silverstream
Manhattan
Dotsi Poughkeepsievalsige
MT4
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Empire National
Walter Lasher
Guiney
James E. O'Neill High School
Saterlee Grove
Thomas Armstrong
Fort Montgomery
Michael Pittman
West Point Mobile Homes
William Duncan
Arthur Yogel
Mary Paden
Stewart Air Force Base
Central Hudson Gas and Electric Co
Roseton
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