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Waiting on the vote

By CHRIS CONROY

SMALLWOOD, NY — More than twenty people, pictured above, gathered on June 8 to show their support for the veterans’ park expansion proposal that was to be discussed again at the June 10 meeting of the Town of Bethel Planning Board.

The park expansion, proposed by 17B Quickstop owner Paul Zaccari, was first discussed at a May 27 public hearing but no vote was taken. Voting on the proposal was tabled pending further exploration of aesthetic issues raised by the Bethel First beautification group, including signage and vehicle storage at the Quickstop.

Zaccari, and those who came to show their support, said that aesthetic concerns are being given too much credence at planning board meetings. Flyers handed out to passing motorists during the June 8 rally posed the question, “Are they [the planning board and Bethel First] overstepping their bounds?”

At press time, the outcome of the planning board meeting was not available.