Maine
Town of Maine public hearing has full house against potential corporate park
TOWN OF MAINE (WBNG) – On the evening of February 20, a public hearing was held in the Town of Maine concerning a potential corporate park for the area. The Broome County IDA is spearheading the effort for a corporate park.
When it comes to the lengthy process, Tuesday’s public hearing addressed whether or not to pursue the rezoning of 305 East Maine Rd., 1577 Airport Rd. and surrounding properties within the Town of Maine from the Rural Residential and Residential-1 Zoning Districts to the Industrial District.
A strong showing of residents stopped by and all addressed their concerns moving ahead.
“They haven’t performed any site plans, there’s no paperwork,” said Resident Bob Utter who has been closely following the project. “The Town of Maine has not received any paperwork from the IDA in the last year and a half and they’ve asked at numerous public meetings for the information.”
“We should not bow to a group that doesn’t care about us even though they say, if you read their editorials, that this is going to be lower taxes,” said Resident Philip Childs. “The whole thing, that’s always stated.”
Representatives from the Broome County IDA weren’t in attendance, but a letter from Executive Director Stacey Duncan was addressed to the town board and read out loud. “At the IDA’s January 2024 meeting, the Board passed a resolution of the IDA’s intent to declare Lead Agency status for the SEQR process. We have been informed that the Town of Maine Town Board would like to challenge the IDA’s Lead Agency status. We are preparing our response as to why we feel it best for the IDA to serve in this capacity.” In another part of this letter, Duncan also asked the town to “keep an open mind.”
At the end of the public meeting, Town Supervisor James Tokos said, “The Town Board has no intention of pursuing the rezoning of the above-referenced properties to the Industrial Zoning District and we have further resolved that this resolution should take effect immediately.”
When it comes to emails sent to the town board, Tokos said they have not received emails from anyone supporting the project.
This is a developing story, so stay with 12 News in the coming months.
Copyright 2024 WBNG. All rights reserved.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
-
Arkansas2 minutes agoSax star Merlon Devine joins Lupus Foundation of Arkansas to jazz up awareness month
-
California8 minutes agoGOP California governor candidates to face off at Clovis forum ahead of primary
-
Colorado14 minutes agoCoworking firm Industrious takes former WeWork space in Denver
-
Connecticut20 minutes agoNew Haven man found with ‘Super Mario’ meth pills to serve federal prison time
-
Delaware26 minutes agoWho governs matters: Why school board elections deserve your attention
-
Florida32 minutes agoSouth Florida officers sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming details in ‘The Rip’ are too real
-
Georgia38 minutes agoGeorgia Democrats seek answers from Justice Department over Fulton election worker subpoena
-
Hawaii44 minutes agoMan killed while changing tire after crash in South Kohala