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Somers Supervisor Won't Seek Fifth Term Somers Supervisor Won't Seek Fifth Term
Somers Supervisor Won't Seek Fifth Term A longtime elected official in Northern Westchester will not be seeking re-election when his fourth term concludes. Somers Supervisor Rick Morrissey announced that he will not be running for a fifth two-year term in November when his current term expires, opening the door for new candidates to take over at the helm of the town. Morrissey, a Republican who has been a mainstay around Somers for more than three decades, said that when his term is up, he intends to spend more time with family after serving the community for years. During his time as an official in Westchester, Morrissey also s…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Westchester Land Trust Completes Easement to Protect Stuart’s Fruit Farm Westchester Land Trust Completes Easement to Protect Stuart’s Fruit Farm
Westchester Land Trust Completes Easement to Protect Stuart’s Fruit Farm Westchester Land Trust (WLT) closed a conservation easement on Monday, April 16 to protect Stuart’s Fruit Farm in Somers.  The project -- which took a decade to complete -- is valued at almost $3 million. WLT’s partners included New York state, Westchester County, Scenic Hudson Land Trust, the Town of Somers and Somers Land Trust.  The conservation easement blocks development rights on the farm’s 172 acres thereby ensuring the land remains available for agricultural use in perpetuity. In the absence of this conservation easement, the farmland could have been sold for residential developmen…

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by Jon Craig