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ULSTER
Vol. 16, No. 9
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FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 5, 2019
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ONE DOLLAR
Tech
night Quest for
a crown
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Marlboro modifies 2019-20 budget Gerentine to
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
At the last few board meeting Patrick
Witherow, Director of Business, Finance
and Transportation for the Marlboro
School District, has continued to refine
the 2019-20 budget for the school board’s
consideration.
Witherow gave the board a look at a
roll over budget.
“That would essentially take
everything that we’re doing at the end of
June and continue to do it at the beginning
of September, with no changes to staff
and programs, just basically rolling
through and continuing everything we’ve
been doing this year,” he said. “That’s
kind of our base starting point and then
we’ll have some discussion on possible
program enhancements or any kind of
additions or reductions in budgetary
expenditures as we go forward.”
Witherow stressed that, “these
numbers are all still fluid, so the numbers
we see today we continue to evaluate the
data and new information that comes into
us, we adapt or will incorporate in future
presentations. But this should give us
some good ballpark estimates going into
the budget season.”
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Competing for a state crown
Jim Franco
Matt Malherio, of Highland, wrestles Mike O’Brien, of Section 11 Mount Sinai, in the second round of the Division II, 132-pound class of the New
York State Wrestling Championship at the Times Union Center in Albany on Feb. 22. Additional photos on page 32.
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retire from
legislature
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
After serving in the Ulster County
Legislature for 28 years Republican
Richard Gerentine announced recently
that he will retire at the end of this year.
During his tenure Gerentine has served
on a variety of committees; Ways & Means,
General Services, Budget & Finance,
Union Negotiations, Human Services,
Records
and
A d v i s o r y
Board and also
a stint as the
Chairman of the
Legislature from
2004-2005. Prior
to his service
in
Kingston,
Gerentine served
single terms as a
Marlborough Town Councilman and as
the Town Supervisor. Since 2006 he has
served on the board of the NYS Bridge
Authority and currently as its Chairman.
In addition, he serves on the board of
the Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and
Loan Association and has represented
the county on the Stewart Airport
Commission.
As a partner in Marlborough
Associates LP, Gerentine has constructed
four affordable senior citizen complexes:
Jenny’s Garden I & II, Golden View and
Milton Harvest.
Gerentine is also a member of many
local organizations, reserving a special
love for UNICO in his hometown.
Gerentine majored in Business
Administration at SUNY Ulster, starting
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