T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 14, No 26 3 JUNE 28 - JULY 4, 2017
The
Class
of 2017
Inside
The Lloyd Town Board is considering
adding a new chapter to their town code
that will require each owner of a hotel or
motel in town to obtain a special license
if they house registered sex offenders. A
public hearing on this law has been set
for July 19 at 7 pm at the Town Hall, 12
Church St., Highland.
The wording of the new law states
that hotel and motel owners must obtain
a town license if they “accept placements,
referrals, or payments by or on behalf of
any federal, state or local government
or any subdivision thereof, or from any
not-for-profit group, association or entity
of any type or nature, on account of
ONE DOLLAR
Umps walk
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Lloyd seeks hotel licensing for sex offenders
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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providing accommodations to one or
more registered sex offenders.” The law
requires owners to obtain the license as a
perquisite for providing housing to these
offenders. The Town Board would set the
fee for the license at a later date and a 30
day compliance period would take effect,
if adopted. There are penalties built into
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F inal A nxious M oments
Thruway
bridge to
close next
week
By NICHOLAS TANTILLO
Mark Reynolds
Members of the Marlboro High School Class of 2017 anxiously await their diplomas during commencement ceremonies last Friday in the high
school auditorium. Story on page 20.
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The bridge carrying State Route 32
over the Thruway in Plattekill will be
closed from July 6 to December 21, during
which time the New York State Thruway
Authority will replace the overpass. The
town board said the bridge is the original
overpass built when the state was
constructing the thruway in the 1950s.
Not only will the bridge be replaced,
but the new overpass will be taller than
the original. Some board members noted
cases when large vehicles have hit the
bridge. The town supervisor said the
Department of Transportation has
stressed the overpass is “not unsafe” at
this time.
The state maintains Route 32, while
the Thruway Authority owns the bridge.
The authority awarded the bid of $4.8
million to Harrison and Burrows Bridge
Construction. The bid includes the
replacement of the overpass in addition
to the rehabilitation of the bridge on
Union Avenue.
The preliminary plan calls for road-
side message boards on Firehouse Road,
Orfeo Road and the southern end of
Church Street. Part of the message will
be a pre-determined detour which will
take motorists through Forest Road,
onto State Route 300 and back onto State
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