Red Hook gets $200K Bard pledge for water tank repair, half what was expected

Red Hook gets $200K Bard pledge for water tank repair, half what was expected

RED HOOK, N.Y. –  Bard College’s $200,000 pledge toward repairing the Water District No. 1 storage tank came in at only half the amount Town Board members expected, officials said. During a Tuesday, Feb. 10, Town Board member passed the proposal to the town’s Water Board for comments before voting on the contribution. “When the talk was built in the late ‘80s, Bard College…was using water a lot more than they are now (and) agreed to pay for half…