T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 14, No 16
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APRIL 19 - 25, 2017
Fast
start
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In early 2014 the Plattekill Library
Board of Trustees
was considering
buying the Cider Mill property just down
from their present location on Rte. 32 as a
site for a new library. They sent the owner
a check for $9,250 as a deposit, which was
cashed. In November of that year, the
owner sent back a check of his own for
this amount, indicating that the sale was
off but board President Lynn Ridgeway,
with the backing of Vice President Valerie
Smith, continued to mislead the board by
insisting they had a viable contract with
this seller. Ridgeway further misinformed
the board by saying the check was put
in escrow, which left the impression
that the money was back in the library’s
bank account. In reality, the library’s
attorney placed the check in a folder, with
Ridgeway’s knowledge, and claimed he
was told to do so by the full library board.
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Plattekill library still out deposit money
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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There is nothing in the library board
minutes that lays out this timeline of
events or anything that shows the board
approved a motion to have the check
placed in a folder. Eventually this check
was no longer valid and in recent months
the library has been unsuccessful at
getting the former seller to send another
check to them in the amount of $9,250.
Library Director John Georghiou said
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Growing
up in
Milton
Milton Fire Station
addition in full swing
Walkoff win
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Mike Zummo
Highland’s baseball team had a eason to celebrate after beating Port Jervis in the consolation game of the Hambletonian Classic last week
in Chester. Story on age 38
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The Milton Firehouse is making
room for a two-story 3,000 sq./ft. addition
that will nearly double the size of their
building.
Fire Commissioner James VanVliet,
who is overseeing the project, said they
are hoping to be finished by the time they
host the Ulster County parade at the end
of July.
“With the winter they didn’t do too
much and now everything seems to be
breaking and everyone is putting a lot of
effort in,” he said. “I know the contractor
has about three or four other firehouses
he is starting to build and I think he
wants to get this one done.”
VanVliet said they broke ground last
August after the town moved a sewer line
for them. Before the winter frost set in
they had the footings poured but left the
block work until this spring.
VanVliet said the ground floor will
have an apparatus bay that will allow
them room for at least one fire truck “and
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