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Lowville approves zoning law limiting smoke shops

LOWVILLE — A change to the village’s zoning law was approved Wednesday, limiting the number and locations of smoke shops and tobacco stores allowed in the municipality.

Lowville residents to be heard about combining village court with town court

County-wide water district encouraged by Lewis County study

Lowville invites public to comment on a lower tax rate, increased tax levy in Wednesday budget hearing

LOWVILLE — Village voters will get a chance to look deeper and make comments on the draft 2021-22 budget Wednesday afternoon during a public hearing and special meeting of the village Board of Trustees. Mayor Joseph Beagle said that while the tax rate will drop by 1.5% this year, increased property assessments last year have resulted in an approximate increase of 4% in the total amount of taxes collected in the village, known as the tax levy. In the 2020-21 budget, the tax levy for Lowville was $1,653,936 but the increase in value of some properties throughout the municipality has raised the levy by $66,372 in the 2021-22 tentative budget to $1,720,308.

Lowville, village police force are open to feedback on draft reform plan

LOWVILLE — The village is bringing its tentative plan for “police reform and reinvention” back to the people who helped to create it for final feedback: the villagers themselves. In a public notice posted to the village’s website Monday, residents are provided the document resulting from the police reform process and asked to once again share their ideas on the proposed changes and updates to local policy. “The big thing with the changes we’re going to have in the future is more diversity training for our officers and (training) dealing more with mental health. (The training will) make it so they’ll deal with those issues on a much smoother basis,” said village Mayor Joseph Beagle.