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» Trinity Presbyterian Church

Wed, Dec 18, 2013 • Trinity Presbyterian

This is a follow-up to the meeting notice regarding the Trinity Presbyterian Church presentation at the December 17, 2013 session of the Town Village Harrison Planning Board. At last night's meeting, the Trinity Presbyterian Church applied for a special exception use permit to build a place of worship on 526 — 530 Anderson Hill Road. The plan includes constructing a new building of 19,800 sq. feet and at least 130 paved parking spaces. The Planning Board declared itself as "lead… Read More

» Anderson Hill Road

Sun, Dec 15, 2013 • Anderson Hill Road

Our community is presently facing a plan of significance. The plan involves a religious organization, which wants to construct a building for worship on the Anderson Hill Road corridor. PEPA is concerned about additional construction, and the potential environmental, safety and traffic issues. The Trinity Presbyterian Church and their developer have applied to the Town for a special exception use permit and will be presenting their application at the upcoming Harrison Planning Board Meeting on Tuesday, December 17th at 7:30… Read More

» Mayor Announces Purchase Street Repairs

Sat, Sep 7, 2013 • Harrison

Mayor Belmont's September 2, 2013, newsletter addressed his concern for "the road condition on Route 120-Purchase Street," and he announced "after several discussions with NYS Department of Transportation, the Town of Harrison should be enjoying a new and improved roadway in the near future." PEPA shares the Mayor's concern for the deteriorating conditions of Purchase Street and very much appreciates the Town's attention to this important roadway! Kudos to the Mayor. We look forward to his upcoming announcement detailing the… Read More

» Board Saddened by Passing of Peter Flanigan

Thu, Aug 1, 2013 • General

The Purchase Environmental Protective Association (PEPA) is saddened by the news of the passing of Board Member Peter Flanigan. Throughout his life as a business executive, political advisor, and philanthropist he was a loyal and generous supporter of PEPA. While serving on the PEPA Board of Trustees since 2001 he helped to lead the organization through a decade of dramatic growth and revitalization while serving as a mentor and guide to new board members and a sounding board for executive… Read More

» County Begins Updates to Westchester Airport Master Plan

Sat, May 11, 2013 • Westchester Airport

Dan Offner's article County Airport to Update its Master Plan appeared in The Harrison Review this summer. Here is an excerpt: "One of several key issues taken into consideration by the county and their consultants will be noise abatement, which has been the concern of many living in the Purchase area who have complaints of planes flying overhead. In addition to the noise, the county public works department has taken environmental concerns into consideration. In the past, the Purchase Environmental… Read More

» Harrison Public Library

Sun, Jan 27, 2013 • Harrison

I wanted to bring to your attention a very important initiative to create a Public-Private Partnership to renovate Harrison's Downtown Library, which is in critical need of improvement. The effort is being led by Ross Halperin, who is a 3rd generation Harrison resident and the Library building is named in honor of his father, Richard. His proposal basically asks for the Town to fix the deferred maintenance in the building (which they will have to do soon anyways) and then… Read More