TIMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 12, No 52
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DECEMBER 30, 2015 - JANUARY 5, 2016
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Highlights waterfront grant among accomplishments
The Town of Marlborough recently
received a grant of $135,000 from the NYS
Department of State’s Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program [LWRP]. It was
secured through a 2015 Consolidated
Funding Application [CFA]. The money
will be utilized along the entire water-
front of the town to enhance river access,
revitalize the town’s hamlets, protect the
character and natural resources of the
town and to seek tourism opportunities.
This grant, in particular, will be used for
planning and identifying projects that are
priorities for the community; resulting in
a document that will be re-submitted to
the Department of State for their approval. This will then be used to obtain fund-
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Osborn bids farewell
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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ing for implementing the projects.
Supervisor Stephen Osborn said he
was initially an “anti-grants” person.
“My thinking of giving [tax] money to
the state to then beg back is an inefficient
way to do things,” he said.
Osborn said he eventually “came
around” to the way the system works,
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Holiday Music
A student jazz band, under the direction of Matthew Gallagher, performed several selections at the start of the last Marlboro school board
meeting for 2015.
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State Ed
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By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Before delving into the regular
Marlboro School Board meeting, the
board and the public were treated to
several rousing jazz selections played by
a variety of musicians under the direction of teacher Matthew Gallagher. A
highlight was their rendition of Stevie
Wonder’s “Superstitious.”
Superintendent Michael Brooks welcomed everyone, saying it was a nice
change to have the school board meeting
at the Middle School.
“I really enjoy my time when I come
here and spend some time wandering
around with the energy level of our preteens and our teenagers,” he said. “I
know it’s a wonderful age, maybe parents
don’t think that sometimes as our middleschoolers come home with their wonderful stories of the day or their non-stories
of the day – how was school? fine, what
did you do? nothing; [but] there is a lot
that goes on here, I can attest to that, a lot
of fantastic things. We are very proud of
that.”
Brooks circulated a flier entitled
“Connect With Us” that listed the disContinued on page 5