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Ramapo, N.Y. When John F. McAlevey first ran for town supervisor of this New York City suburb in 1965, he campaigned on a platform of controlling growth. He had seen the local population triple since 1940. He also recognized that developers largely determined the patterns of growth, paying little heed to the integrity of the rolling landscape or to the tax consequences of their actions. McAlevey promised to save Ramapo from being submerged in a sea of little houses. He won that election and every one since...
...McAlevey's first step was to draw up a master plan for the area and then a zoning ordinance based on that plan. To prepare further for future development, the township set six-year capital budgets for public works. By 1969, the whole package of coordinated controls went into effect. Now, before any project is approved, the developer must prove that it conforms to the master plan and will not overload municipal services, including sewers, roads, parks and playgrounds. If those services do not yet exist, the developer has either to wait until the township builds them on schedule...
Last year, ruling on a suit by landowners and developers who wanted to overthrow McAlevey's program, the New York State Court of Appeals upheld-and praised-Ramapo's scheme. Says McAlevey: "What we fought for was the right of a community through its elected officials to chart its own destiny...
...yards dash, trials: Exeter--R. Higgins, H. L. Moore, H. A. Gregg; Andover--C. Summner, R. Edwards; Dummer Academy--J. J. Healey; Lynn High -- G. McAlevey; Newton High--D. Newell; Somerville High--J. M. Story, A. S. Trueman; Worcester High J. F. Doyle, D. W. Wilber, N. Cooper, H. P. Bogart...
...Team race: Concord, N. H., High--Kelley, Robinson, Foster, White; Lynn High--R. E. Bailey, H. L. Wentworth, A. E. Cain, G. McAlevey; Chelsea High--Fletcher, Haines, Evans, McIntire; Medford High--M. P. Coe, R. E. Sampson, A. B. Whittemore, A. F. Walsh...