T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 15, No. 15
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APRIL 11 - 17, 2018
After the Lloyd Town Board recently
amended their code to prohibit solar
farms in residential areas, there was
some concern that Cypress Creek, who
had proposed a large solar project in
a residential area of town, might file a
lawsuit over this decision. The company
made a significant monetary investment
in their project but had not received any
approvals from the town.
Recently the company officially
withdrew their application to build off of
Perkinsville Road in light of significant
criticism from surrounding neighbors
and a mixed reception from the Town
Board.
In a letter, dated March 30, Marisa Scavo,
Senior Zoning Manager of Development
for Cypress Creek Renewables, made
it clear that while the company was
disappointed by the town’s actions “we
wanted to reach out to thank you all for
reviewing our project over the past year.
In accordance with the new [solar] law
we are formally withdrawing our project
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Solar company pulls out of Lloyd
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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application with the Town.”
Scavo offered a few additional
comments.
“On a personal note, I truly appreciated
the patience and professionalism you all
displayed throughout our application
process given the situation,” she wrote.
“The movement Cypress Creek, and I,
fully believe in is the distribution of clean
power that is affordable to all residents.
We hope one day the Town of Lloyd is
also able to realize the benefits of this
movement.”
Order in the courtroom!
The Marlboro High School Mock Trial Team went to Goshen last Saturday to compete in the first round of the Orange County Mock Trial
Tournament. Story on page 21.
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Skartados
dealing with
health issues
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
New York State Assemblyman Frank
Skartados (D-Milton) is presently dealing
with a serious illness, according to
his Chief of Staff Steve Gold. He said
Skartados entered the hospital on March
23 to attend to this matter.
Skartados was born in 1956 on
Astypalaia, Greece, a small island in the
Aegean Sea. He immigrated to the U.S. at
the age of 14 with his mother, settling in
Riverdale, NY.
Gold
said
Skartados focused
on his education,
graduating from
George Washington
High School and
went on to earn
a BA in Political
Science from SUNY
New Paltz and a MA
in International
Frank Skartados
Studies from the
University of California at Sacramento.
After graduation, Skartados entered
an internship at the Center Against
Apartheid at the United Nations.
Eventually Skartados returned
to the Hudson Valley and was a small
businessman and later purchased a small
farm in Milton.
Skartados lost a bid for a seat on the
Marlborough Town Board but got back in
the game and won a seat in the New York
State Assembly in 2008. Two years later
he lost to Tom Kirwan by 12 votes. After
Kirwan’s passing, a special election was
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