T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 16, No. 27
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JULY 3 - 9, 2019
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
County
Marlborough presents final TOMVAC plan
Exec: we will
not cooperate
with ICE
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Recently Phil Bell, of Bell Engineering,
presented final plans for the TOMVAC
building to the Marlborough Town Board.
After a dozen years of minimal use,
TOMVAC will be getting a new lease on
life.
The plans call for revitalizing the 6,000
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last week Ulster County Executive Pat
Ryan signed an Executive Order directing
anyone in Ulster County Government
to not coordinate with Immigration and
Customs Enforcement [ICE], Customs
and Border Control [CBP] officers or any
other federal immigration entity.
The
Order
prohibits
County
employees, “from gathering information
about immigration status or sharing
information with ICE and CPB unless
compelled to do so by law, or unless
immigration status is relevant to the
provision of County services.” This
Order directs county employees not to
comply with administration warrants
that do not have a judge’s signature, “and
have become a common vehicle for ICE
and CPB officers to bypass the rights
of due process afforded under the U. S.
Constitution to all residents regardless of
immigration status.”
At a press conference held at the
Ulster County Restorative Justice and
Community Empowerment Center in
Kingston, Ryan laid out the reasons for
issuing the Executive Order.
“In light of statements and threats
coming out of Washington D.C. we
are here to make a clear, unequivocal
statement about our values as a county
and our values as a community,” he
said. “We reject division, we reject fear-
mongering and we reject xenophobia.
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sq/ft building into a community center
with one room capable of seating 150
people and an activity room that can
handle 75 people. In addition, there will
be a conference room, a new “full blown”
kitchen and a smaller “soft” kitchen,
several new windows, new men and
women’s restrooms along with sufficient
storage and closet space. Heating and
air conditioning is also planned for the
building.
A significant amount of work is slated
for the outside of the building; a new roof
and siding, soffits where needed, an ADA
appropriate main entrance on the Route
9W side and fixing up the back entrance
facing the parking lot.
Bell broke out the costs, which include
Continued on page 4
P omp & C ircumstance
Mark Reynolds
Highland graduates make their way onto the field Friday night for what would become a rain-interrupted graduation ceremony. Story on
page 20.
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