Vol. 36, No. 51 3 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2018 3 ONE DOLLAR PB girls Last roll minute Page 32 gifts WWW .W ALLKILL V ALLEY T IMES . NE T Medline scoping Gift of the magi session Larkin delivers one final gift to Walden Proposed warehouse facility prompts concerns from Montgomery residents By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected] The public expressed numerous concerns about a proposed 1.3-million- square-foot Medline facility in the Town of Montgomery at a public scoping session on Dec. 12. The planning board issued a positive declaration for the project, finding that the project may have a potentially significant adverse environmental impact and that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) must be prepared. The purpose of the Dec. 12 scoping session was to consider public and agency comments on the potential significant adverse environmental impacts which must be evaluated in the DEIS. State Senator Bill Larkin greets carolers from the Fox Hill Community last Thursday in Walden. He was there to deliver a $300,000 state Concerns brought up at the crowded meeting include impacts on traffic, the grant to be used towards the construction of a new community center at Olley Park. Wallkill River, visual impact, Medline’s request for tax abatements and impacts The carolers from the Fox Hill Senator Bill Larkin, bearing one think it’s fitting that he saved the best on the overall quality of life in the town Community were ready for their special oversized check. for last.” of Montgomery. guest last Thursday at the Walden The senator, about to end a four- The check will cover about half Several residents questioned the need Municipal Building.