September 16, 2007 - 11:00pm
By Molly OToole
Last Monday the Ithaca Town Board voted unanimously in favor of adopting a 270-day building moratorium for an area in northeast Ithaca adjacent to Sapsucker Woods, effectively freezing the development project Briarwood II. The decision represents a further step toward what may become the final resolution of a six-year disagreement involving neighbors, environmentalists, developers, the local government and the Lab of Ornithology.