Article: Outcry greets board appointments; Lame-duck Town Board names 2 to Planning Board as new members and town activists object.(Capital Region)

Byline: KATE PERRY Staff Writer

NORTH GREENBUSH - Two new Planning Board members will take their seats tonight at a meeting where a controversial shopping mall will be discussed, much to the chagrin of some residents.

The Republican members of the outgoing Town Board appointed Linda Mandel-Clemente and Jim Reid to the Planning Board last Thursday, despite opposition from some residents and the two Democratic members of the Town Board.

Democrat Alan Michaels, a newly elected Town Board member who will take office in January, said Mandel-Clemente's appointment is the Republicans' last-ditch attempt to control development in the town. All three ...

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