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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
T he F uture T akes F light
Lloyd
mulls two
eco-friendly
projects
By ALLY TURK
Two proposed projects at the Lloyd
Planning Board meeting on Thursday
could help make the town more
environmentally friendly.
Sam Wilkinson of Solar Generation,
hired by Selux Corporations, discussed
details with the board about the
construction of solar panels at 5 Lumen
Lane in Highland. The panels will be a
ground-mounted fixed panel system tilted
at a 30 degree angle facing south, coming
up to about 12-14 feet.
One of the concerns from board member
Lambros Violaris was the possibility
of the panels reflecting sunlight into
drivers eyes. Wilkinson quickly put that
concern to rest by explaining that when
the solar panels are working they don’t
reflect sunlight, and if they break then
the chances of people seeing them are low,
they will be naturally screened from route
9W with no penetration to the road.
The board needs more paperwork from
Wilkinson, including a pathfinder report,
before any more decisions can be made on
the matter.
The second green proposal, which has
been being discussed since March, is the
opening of an EZ Bottle and Can Returns
on South Roberts Road. Ridespreet Singh
owns and operates several other can
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Carl Aiello
New graduates of Marlboro High School toss their hats into the air Friday night at the school’s 83rd commencement exercises. Coverage
begins on page 4.
Kirky’s Deli is back in business
By ALLY TURK
Kirky’s Deli and & Pizza started the
New Year off on the wrong foot when
an SUV crashed into the building, but
they’re finally starting to get back to
normal.
Robert Kirk has run Kirky’s for 32
years, and when a man fell asleep at the
wheel and swerved into Kirky’s, Kirk had
a lot to figure out for his business.
“When a person has that happen to
them, you really don’t know what you’re
going to do,” Kirk said. “There really was
no time to react.”
Kirk says the first thing he had to do
was make sure his customers were okay.
There was only one injury to a customer
and Kirk went to him right away to help
before thinking about his shop.
The community reaction to the crash
was one of shock but everyone was ready
to help with whatever Kirk needed. A
local landscaping company drove him
home after to get his car, friends came
down to the shop to help in any way they
could.
“The fire department was a great
asset,” Kirk said. “They helped me clean
out everything.”
Kirk’s employees were also a huge
helping hand after when a lot needed to
be done. They took inventory of the store
while Kirk was left to deal with his shop’s
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insurance.
Mostly structural damage was done
to the shop, which the landlord was in
charge of repairing. That was the biggest
issue Kirk had with the crash, the fact
that he wasn’t in charge of the repairs.
When the landlord started the repairs
they originally said it would be ready
within a month or two, but then the
deadline kept being pushed back.
Kirk did not expect the rebuilding to
take four months, he says he wanted to
get back to his business way sooner than
that.
The deli opened for business at the
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