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A business meeting was prepended to the Blue Ridge School Board’s scheduled workshop on March 30th in order to make some big changes in the District’s administration.  The Board also looked further into a new budget for next year that calls for no increase in property taxes.  When it was all done, the Board treated itself and its guests to a delicious soup and some blueberry-cherry cobbler.  A good evening indeed, on the cusp of Spring.

Rick Ainey, at the April 2nd meeting informed Council members what he found out about grant money that was to be appropriated through the state for Phase 2 of the New Milford Borough project. Phase 1 was the senior housing, and Phase 2 is for building garden style apartments for seniors. The grant money was transferred to a similar project in Forest City due to a report of contaminated water and soil on the property in New Milford Borough. Rick phoned DEP and they said there was a covenant, a deed restriction filed on the property due to numerous contaminates. Because of the reported contamination of the property, Susquehanna County Commissioner Allen Hall signed a letter transferring more than $600,000 to another site that he said was more suitable at this time. Terri Gulick stated the property identified as being contaminated is not the piece of property that is slated for the senior garden apartments. Rick Ainey expressed concern that the New Milford Borough Council members were not previously notified, and they only found out the information by inquiring whether or not the grant money was approved. Council members decided they would invite Karen Allen to attend a council meeting to discuss their options to move forward with this project, by obtaining another grant.

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