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Hudson Mayor Joseph Ferris has appointed two new members to the city's planning board. Ron Bogle, founder and president of the National Design Alliance, will serve as the board's chairperson, replacing Theresa Joyner. Peter Spear, a former Hudson mayoral candidate, will also join the board. Mayor Ferris expressed enthusiasm about the appointments, stating that both Bogle and Spear bring valuable perspectives and experience to the board. "Ron and Peter both bring important perspectives to the planning board," Ferris said. "I am thrilled they have agreed to join this important part of our city’s civic infrastructure."
The appointments follow the expiration of terms for Joyner and two other board members, Bettina Young and Randall Martin. There remains one vacancy on the board that Mayor Ferris needs to fill before the next meeting on January 13.
Both Bogle and Spear have been active in advocating for conditions on the operations of crushed stone supplier A. Colarusso & Son's waterfront dock. The planning board recently allowed Colarusso to operate the dock with specific noise and air pollution monitoring conditions, a decision that followed nearly nine years of debate and legal challenges.