westfaironline.com April 10, 2023
Trump pleads “not guilty” to charges in indictment
BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com
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n what was an historic event for the U.S., Donald Trump on April 4 entered a plea of “not guilty” to charges in a New York State Supreme Court indictment. The indictment charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office had obtained the indictment from a grand jury.
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$35M recreation center in Harrison moving forward BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com
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he village of Harrison’s Board of Trustees on March 30 approved issuing $12 million in bonds to help finance construction of a new recreation center at 270 Harrison Ave., at the corner
of Harrison Avenue and Calvert Street. The total cost of the center was presented as being no more than $35 million. Harrison Town/Village Engineer Michael Amodeo is expected to shortly advertise for bids for the first phase of the project’s construction. Phase 1 of the project is
intended to include site work involving installation of a subsurface geothermal well system to prepare for the geothermal heat pump to be used in heating and cooling the building, preparing a stormwater management facility and installing other utilities.
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Rendering of the planned Harrison Recreation Center.