Town of Dunham Hollow

DUNHAM HOLLOW VILLAGE REJECTED:

Residents went to the polls Tuesday and rejected for a second time a proposal to form a village of Dunham Hollow in a fight against three mining proposals. The final tally was 224-16, though about 440 people were eligible to vote.

Voters rejected the idea of a 4.93-square-mile village in the town's northeastern sector in March, 167-119. Turnout was considered high at the time, at 63.5 percent.

Dunham Hollow is a hamlet in the mostly rural town, and the village proposal was pushed by the Dunham Hollow Civic Association.

After the defeat in the first election, village proponents claimed voting was rife with irregularities and filed a lawsuit seeking a Supreme Court review.

Acting Supreme Court Justice Christian Hummel agreed with some of the claims, threw out the first vote and ordered a second.
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Urgency for a village waned after last November's elections when a slate of town candidates opposed to mining won seats and the Town Board then enacted a new law banning mining.