Progress

Closing The Asphalt Plant

By:  Progress For WHB

When you start a business from nothing the risks are highest but the possibility for reward is greatest; when you buy an existing business the risks are more modest, but the possibility of rewards are also reduced.  In 1945 the asphalt plant at 100 Rogers Avenue was built, and for over 70 years that first venture has been rewarded.

We have been a nation of risk takers beginning with the colonization of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.   In 1862 the Homestead Act rewarded the risk takers who were ready to settle the frontier.  With the passage of the Homestead Act  it was the policy of the government to give federal land away to settlers willing to risk everything, travel great distances, and build where there was nothing.

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We support those who make something from nothing.  We even condone outright theft of private property to do it!  If a person takes a chance and occupies empty land, uses it, is obvious about it, and if the owner doesn’t throw him off the property within ten years he gets to keep that property without paying for it.  There is a risk.  If he improves the property, builds a home and clears the land he can still be ejected by the owner before the ten years has elapsed and he will have nothing.  This is the law of “adverse possession.”

When the asphalt plant on Rogers Avenue opened in 1945 the owner created a factory where there had been nothing.  At the same time he also planned to take air quality Continue reading Closing The Asphalt Plant →

Our Village

Monday Night Movie

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By:  Progress for Westhampton Beach

Tonight, July 11th:

This season’s second Monday Night Movie on the Great Lawn is Dirty Dancing a movie set in summer of 1963 in the Catskills.  The film stars Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swazey, Jerry Orbach, and Kelly Bishop and was originally released in 1987.  In 2004 the movie was adapted for the stage with the play being put on in London’s West End, Ireland, and Toronto.

The movie soundtrack went platinum 11 times selling more than 32 million albums.

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Run time is:  1 hr. 40 min. with a rating of PG-13

Sunset is at 8:23 movie begins then, with free popcorn as usual.

Stop by Brunetti’s Pizzetteria and bring dinner with you.  After the movie head down Main Street for dessert from Shock Ice Cream.

Trustee Meeting

July 5th 2016 Meeting

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By:  Progress for Westhampton Beach

The official village year having commenced on July 4th at noon 1) Village Law 3-302(1)  An official year begins at noon on the first Monday in the month following the date of the general village election or the date such an election would have been held had elections been held annually.the board of trustees held its reorganization meeting this evening with Stephen Frano taking the oath of office as a new trustee.  Mayor Moore appointed Ralph Urban to serve as Deputy Mayor, a repeat performance for Mr. Urban as he had previously served as Deputy Mayor during Mayor Teller’s tenure.

There was a full agenda that included changes to the village code and three public hearings.

The code changes:

  • simplified the process of putting up a single storage shed provided it is no less from than ten feet from the rear and side lot lines.
  • provided for increased protection from misdirected outdoor lighting that can prove bothersome to neighbors.
  • allows improvements made to a principal residence on lots where there is a non-conforming second residence to be completed, in most instances, without having to obtain a variance from the ZBA.

Then there were the public hearings… yikes Continue reading July 5th 2016 Meeting →

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1. ↑ Village Law 3-302(1)  An official year begins at noon on the first Monday in the month following the date of the general village election or the date such an election would have been held had elections been held annually.