blooming grove: Court rules against village charging Hasidic developer for attorney - 07/11/10 05:29 AM
South Blooming Grove - A state Supreme Court justice has declared it illegal for the village to charge a Hasidic group attorney fees for legal advice on the group's request to open a yeshiva at the old Lake Anne resort.
The decision by Judge Lewis Lubell is a setback for the village, which has been locked in fierce battles with Hasidic developers, who own the majority of undeveloped land - more than 800 acres - in the village. At least three lawsuits and one counter-lawsuit have been filed by Hasidic Jews and the village in the three years since the village … (2 comments)

blooming grove: Blooming Grove shelter manager fired - 03/26/09 11:56 PM
BLOOMING GROVE - Animal shelter manager Kathy Forian has been fired because she brought her own pets to work and adopted dogs without approval, a shelter official said.
The termination is the second for Forian, who was fired from the Town of Monroe animal shelter three years ago after being accused of overpaying her daughter, who worked with her.
Forian struck a plea agreement in that case, just as she began working as animal control officer for Blooming Grove.
Rick Horn, Blooming Grove Humane Society president and a town councilman, said Forian did nothing criminal.
"We let her go because we … (0 comments)