Family seeks help with speeding vehicles
Here's one family that will probably buy into an HOA next time, after this experience with stereotypically slow response from local government:

The white plastic fence that used to line the front yard of Jon and Tracy Hall's home is long gone, the victim of one of the many cars that have barreled across their lawn after missing a curve near their house.

All that remains of the fence are broken stumps — what were once its main posts — sticking out of the ground.

Since September 2000, when the Halls moved to 1416 Peekskill Hollow Road, at least five northbound cars have failed to negotiate the left-hand curve on a slight hill just south of their house and careened across their front lawn. A stone ledge above one side of their driveway then serves as a launching pad, sending the vehicles flying into the woods.

The Halls have appealed to the town of Kent and Putnam County for help but said the problem persists.

Town Supervisor William Tulipane said he was in their corner and can't understand why the county won't install a guide rail in front of the home, as the Halls have requested.
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