For my mother, who had never left Pringles, it was a way of expanding the town from within.
Everyone agrees that more space is needed, but this will be Monroe's third attempt to expand the town hall and library.
It was a massive undertaking that would expand the town to 32 square miles from one and cause it to become the fifth largest municipality in the state in area.
The hotel restaurant and bar, called Madalin's Table, will specialize in classic American food, expanding the town's formerly limited repertory of Southwestern fare at Santa Fe or sushi at Osaka.
Even though the trailer parks provide much needed affordable housing, Linda D. Puglisi, the Cortlandt supervisor, said town leaders were happy to get the gift of the land so they could expand the town's $2 million Steamboat Dock Park, which already includes a fishing pier, boat ramps, benches and a flag pole on the riverfront.
Aside from the economic fallout, the uncertainty in the town's government comes as important business is at hand, including trying to find financing for a new municipal well and drafting an annexation plan that, if the housing market ever turns upward again, could expand the town's tiny tax base.
A few years later the mayor and people of Hertford petitioned King Charles II to confirm, amend and expand the town's charters.
Proposals were put forward in 2008 to expand the town with the building of 178 houses on Braidbar Quarries next to Huntly Park, involving the Park closing for a period of two years.
Last month, the town expanded the program by requiring office buildings and other private parking lot operators to set aside spots for these fuel-efficient vehicles, similar to the spots, close to elevators or doors, that are reserved for the disabled.
