SOUTHERN ULSTER
TIMES
Vol . 14 , No 3 3
JANUARY 18 - 24 , 2017 3 ONE DOLLAR
SERVING HIGHLAND , MARLBOROUGH &
Getting down to business Marlborough adopts tow and telecommunication laws
Dukes Madness
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PLATTEKILL
Plattekill requests
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By MARK REYNOLDS mreynolds @ tcnewspapers . com
At the first Marlborough Town Board meeting of the new year the board adopted a new law that regulates tow trucks in the town .
At a previous public hearing on the new law , two key issues arose that are
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now included in the law ; When a tow operator is called by the Marlborough Police Department to remove or impound a vehicle it must be stored at a registered NYS repair shop they own or lease that is within ¼ mile of the limits of the town , unless otherwise directed by a member of the Police Department . In addition all storage yards must comply with all |
applicable planning , zoning and building laws .
The new law spells out the general procedure for tow operators . The town police will run two rotational lists ; one for tow operators who can handle normal passenger vehicles and light trucks and a second one , called the heavy-duty list ,
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J . P . Aponte
Abby Dickson , 2 , of Albany plays broomball with family , Saturday , at the Winter Fest at the Hudson Valley Rail Trail in Highland . More photos on pages 28-29 .
At last week ’ s meeting of the Plattekill Library Board of Trustees , Town Councilman Dean DePew asked for a full and unredacted copy of a recent assessment the trustees had done of their present building . The library board is discussing the possibility of purchasing their current location from the town .
DePew said he was “ baffled ” that the library board on their own went ahead with an appraisal when it was previously agreed that the Town and Library Boards would settle on one appraisal firm and split the cost . DePew and fellow Councilwoman Cindy Delgado have been meeting with trustees William Farrell and Luz Ledesma for the past year to broker a deal on the transfer of the property . Sharing an appraisal was part of the discussion .
“ There was an open dialogue there and I have to tell you I am very disappointed that we did not receive any clarification or notification or any kind of request or changes to requests that we sent back ,” he said .
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