Congrats, Mom! A great win for Cornwall-on-Hudson!

Congratulations Rick and Barbara. The turnout and the margin of victory shows that the village is looking to move ahead. This is a great win for the Village and a show of support for our mayor.

Congrats, Barbara!! Your neighbors are very proud of you! Definitely the right person for the job.

I really hope MORE village residents attend meeting and stay on top of this new board. If we do not participate then we deserve what we get.

I think village residents already patricipated by showing up to vote!! A strong turn-out usually doesn't bode well for incumbents, it means the voter wants to see a change. Good luck to the new board.

I wonder how many registered voters there are in the Village?

Rick ran as the "green" canidate. I hope now he can convince the board to over turn the decision to pick up recyclable material less often. More people are going to be throwing out things they could have recycled. Help us Rick. This will only lead to increased garbage costs.

Surfmom raises a valid point regarding lowered compliance as a result of the bi-weekly pick up schedule.I can tell you I was at the work session when the details of the plan were discussed and I was the only one to raise the issue of the unintended consequence of lower compliance. In defense of the plan, though, we have to realize that this is a balancing act. Fuel costs are now painfully real, as is the state of our aging fleet of DPW trucks, and most importantly our multi-million dollar debt. On balance, it may be that villagers will, by necessity, have to condition themselves to follow the schedule which the town has shown to work successfully. For years, we used the plastic buckets which the village provided for recycling. At some point they started breaking apart, so we purchased half-sized garbage containers, which were larger than the village buckets but smaller than standard garbage containers. Speaking for my family of four, we can handle two weeks between pick-ups, although weekly pick-ups have certainly been convenient. Dave Halvorsen explained that many of the containers emptied under the current schedule are only slightly filled. In terms of overall energy savings, this is a more environmentally friendly plan, AS LONG AS villagers are able to shift gears with this schedule. Hopefully, we'll hear from more people on this and make adjustments if possible. Thanks for speaking up.

Rick Gioia

Mr. Gioia, I appreciate your addressing my comment.