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Renovations Approved For Montclair's Bellevue Theater: 'This Will Be An Economic Engine'
After several years of vacancy, a Montclair movie theater will soon be brought back to life.
The Tudor-style Bellevue Theater in Upper Montclair has sat vacant since the prior operator's lease ended 2017, but at a meeting on Monday, June 10, redevelopment plans were unanimously approved.
The plans were brought forth by Angelo Cifelli Jr., the attorney representing the theater's owner, Jesse Sayegh, and guided by Brendan Yan, of RHG Architects + Design.
The application requires no variances and calls for the renovation of the three-screen theater, the addition of three apartments upstairs, …
New Westchester County Budget Cuts Property Tax Levy By $6M
The new 2023 Westchester County budget will bring some relief to checkbooks, as it cuts the county's property tax levy by $6 million, county officials said.
The new budget, unanimously passed by the Board of Legislators and signed by County Executive George Latimer on Monday, Dec. 12, totals $2.365 billion and includes Latimer's fourth property tax cut in a row, according to county officials.
In addition to tax cuts, the budget also funds the county's Department of Corrections, Public Safety, Probation and Emergency Services at the "highest level" in the county's history, county…