SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP ― A zoning variance for a 195-foot cellphone tower proposed by Verizon was rejected by the Springfield Township Board of Zoning Appeals in a unanimous vote on Wednesday night.

The town’s Zoning Board of Appeals, in trying to resolve the dispute, “arbitrarily determined what uses it believed should permitted” on the property, a state Superior Court judge said.

GARDINER — A contentious land dispute in Ulster County might be closer to a resolution. On Oct. 29, the town of Gardiner’s Zoning Board of Appeals voted to grant the Awosting Club, a ...