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§? muster riMMiiC BRIWS1IR J* 1 ™\ *0*i>lr •,„ BREWSTER. THE HUB Of THE HARtEM VAUEY tanoaro I • Vol. CVIV No. 26 BREWSTER, NEW YORK Thursday, December 30,1982 ESTABLISHED 104 YRS. 8 Pages Price $7.00 Per Year KENT POLICE BRING CHRISTMAS TO KIDS-Kcnt Patrolman Jerry Raneri [left] and Youth Officer Kevin Douchkoff [right] of the Kent Police Department escorted Santa Clans on visits to less fortunate children in the area Christmas Eve. The Kent Police collected gifts that were delivered to some 65 needy youngsters for the yule holiday. They also collected food for less fortunate families and sponsored Christmas parties but week for youngsters at the Hope Town School In Kent Cliffs and at the Putnam Assn. for Retarded Citizens at its new center on Rte. 6 In Carmel. State appraisers due to check property here Joseph J. Priore, director of Real Property Tax Services of Putnam County, announced that representatives of the State Divi- sion of Equaliazation and Assess- ment, working in the Property Valuation Bureau, will be starting their current survey in the county, in January. State field personnel will be gathering pertinent real estate information on randomly selected properties in each community in the county. At a later date, real estate appraiser reviewers will value each selected parcel as dictated by market estimates, said Priore. The information gathered in the survey will be used to update the annual state equalization rates, which are utilized for distribution of state aid to local- ities, including aid for education and highways, the apportionment of taxes among municipalities within the county and within school districts, and the limitation of local taxing and borrowing powers. Robert Post and Bud Leonard, senior real estate appraisers, will supervise the survey. They re- quested that property owners jooperate with the data collec- tors, permitting inspection, pro- viding information regarding land and buildings, plus any other data deemed pertinent to their pro- perty. The state staff have credentials to properly identify themselves, Priore said. Three injured in 2-car crash Three persons were injured in a 2-car collision about 3:50 p.m. Dec. 27 at Rte. 6 and Simpson Rd. in Southeast. The Sheriff's Office said a vehicle driven by Joseph Urbanski, 76, of Brewster, came out of Simpson Rd. into the path of a car driven by Rosemarie LoPrio, 20, of Carmel. Ms. LoPrio and her passenger, Christine DeFreitas, 19, also of Carmel, received leg injuries and were taken to Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel, where they were treated and released, deputies reported. Mr. Urbanski was under observation at the hospital for a head injury, the Sheriffs Office said. Deputies said traffic at the intersection was disrupted for 30 minutes. captured after chase Suspect in burglaries A 19-year-old New Fairfield, Ct., youth was captured Dec. 22 by Putnam County deputy sheriffs who charged him with a series of burglaries. Sheriffs officers went to the home of Howard J. Gombert Jr. at Cameron Rd., New Fairfield, at 10 a.m. Dec. 22 to take him into custody. The youth fled into nearby woods as the officers approached and police chases him through wooded areas of Putnam Lake for 45 minutes before he was apprehended, the Sheriffs Office said. Sheriff's investigators said 5 residential burglaries in Putnam Lake were reported on Dec. 18. Investigation of the incidents led police to Gombert, the Sheriff's Office said. Investigation led to the recovery of stolen mail, 2 stolen weapons, jewelry, credit cards, photographic equipment and a large amount of personal effects, according to the Sheriffs Office. Evidence was uncovered regarding numerous burglaries in New Fairfield, and this led to the lodging of felony warrants from the State of Connecticut, deputies reported. An investigation is being continued by the Sheriffs Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Connecticut police and U.S. postal authorities. Gombert was arrainged before Patterson Town Justice Fred Buechel on charges of burglary 2nd degree, criminal possession of stolen property, grand larceny and possession of stolen weapons. He was remanded to the Putnam County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail. Sheriffs Investigator Gordon Allen, Sgt. Wayne Brandt and Deputy Sheriff Charles Moore arrested the suspect. Goodhue and Leibell would tax state land A bill prefiled by Senator Mary B. Goodhue (R-C, Mt. Kisco) and cosponsored by Assemblyman- elect Vincent Leibell (R-Brewster) would subject all vacant state land in Putnam County to local real property taxes. Buildings owned and used by the state are not included in the bill. Senator Goodhue, who au- thored the measure, pointed out that about 87% of State owned land in other counties is presently taxed by such counties. \It's time the Legislature recognized this inequity,\ she declared, \and gave Putnam residents the same kind of brealr.\ There are'about 10,470 acres of State land in Putnam County -a substantial part being Fahnestock Park in the Town of Putnam Valley. This acreage would be added to some 3 million acres of State land already paying some form of local taxes in other counties. The Goodhue/Leibell measure would be effective in 1984, if passed in the upcoming 1983 session in Albany. At an estimated overall tax rate of $33.80 per acre, the State Board of Equalization has figured that the proposal would bring $353,886 in revenues to various tax districts in Putnam and would help reduce the tax burden on county residents. \This bill would bring Putnam into tax parity with Rockland County for purposes of taxing State lands,\ Senator Goodhue concluded. \I think it's high time we eliminated a discriminato-v policy under which Putnam has suffered for some time.\ Sewer study along Rte. 22 The Putnam Alliance Board of Directors has agreed to sponsor a sewer and water study along the Rte. 22 corridor from Milltown Rd. in Southeast to Rte. 311 in Patterson. Gay Forstbauer, Alliance exe- cutive director, said th* request for support was made to the Alliance by Harold Lepler, repre- senting Putnam County's Economic Development Council. She said EDC members indicated they would collect money to pay for the study. Mrs. Forstbauer said the Pat- terson and Southeast Town Boards approved the study. She said Lepler and other EDC members feel that if the study proves the water and sewer project to be feasible, businesses and individuals along the Rte. 22 corridor will pick up the costs so that no public funds are involved. Putnam seeking more tourists Gay Forstbauer, executive di- rector of the Putnam Alliance, said the 6-county promotion to promote tourist business in the area is scheduled between June 18 and Labor Day. Chambers of Commerce in Putnam County are being sol- icited for funds to help finance Putnam County's share of the cost of a Summer Tourist Festival promotion scheduled this coming summer in the Mid-Hudson Valley. . . ., The promotion reportedly will include TV and radio com- mercials, printing of a brochure listing summer activities in the county, etc. Putnam's share of the promotional costs would be $2,500, Ms. Forstbauer indicated. She said to date, Boscobel, the Cold Spring Chamber of Com- merce and the Alliance have each donated $500 toward the pro- motion. It is hoped the other $1,000 w|ll be contributed by other Chambers of Commerce in the county, she said. ..: . .......\ .;;.......
