TIMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 13, No 10
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MARCH 9 - 15, 2016
Page 40
SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Developer seeks 500+ acres near ‘Northeast urban population centers’
Last week Highland Supervisor Paul
Hansut said he recently met with a group
of New York City developers, headed by
James Sherman, who are looking to purchase a 500+ acre parcel to build a highend recreational resort that will include a
grand lodge and conference center facility with a spa, fitness center and a 200-seat
ONE DOLLAR
Date with
destiny?
Adventure resort in Highland?
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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restaurant/banquet hall. The proposed
plan calls for clearing 100 acres for outdoor recreational events along with offering martial arts, marksmanship opporContinued on page 4
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Dukes set sights on state championship
Mike Zummo
Marlboro players, coaches and managers gathered for a photo after beating Southhampton in a State Quarterfinal Playoff, Saturday, at Mount
Saint Mary College. A win on Friday against Bishop Grimes will earn the Dukes a chance to play for the state championship, Saturday in Glens
Falls. Story on page 39
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Brooks
takes stock
of Marlboro
Michael Brooks was hired eight
months ago as the Superintendent of
the Marlboro Central School District and
by all accounts, it appears to be a good
match.
When Brooks heard the district was
interviewing for the position “I immediately wanted to apply for Marlboro. I don’t
know that I can quantify or qualify why, it
was just a gut reaction.”
For years Brooks brought his family
to the area in the fall to go apple picking,
with the Prospect Hill Farm a particular
favorite. He said he often crossed paths
with Marlboro professionally concerning curriculum and instruction issues
with BOCES when he was the Assistant
Superintendent for the Cornwall School
District.
“It was a no-brainer for me and I said
I’m going to throw my hat in the ring.
Let’s see if there’s a match here, let’s see
if they’re where I am and I am where they
are, so to speak,” he said.
Brooks said after he accepted the position he began to focus his attention on
two broad topics: expanding and building
the district’s educational programs while
at the same time ensuring that the district scrutinize their finances, in light of
the significant loss in tax revenues from
the bankruptcy and reassessment of the
power plants.
“We have to be fiscally responsible
and we have to focus on our academics,”
he stressed. Brooks pointed out that the
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