By MARK REYNOLDS mreynolds @ tcnewspapers . com

By MARK REYNOLDS mreynolds @ tcnewspapers . com

Plans to improve the Milton Landing Park have been in the works for some time but last week the public got their first glimpse of architectural renderings of what it could actually look like in the not too distant future . The nearly 15- acre park is divided into two parts ; the

edge of one section touches the Hudson River and a second section is located at a higher elevation off of Sands Avenue . The two are connected by a walking trail .

John and Cynthia Behan , of Behan Planning & Design , started by thanking members of the town ’ s advisory committee for their input ; Gael Appler Jr ., James Appler , Allan

Koenig , Al Lanzetta , Daniel Pinnavaia and Rosemary and Jerry Wein .

“ These people have donated countless hours and we very much appreciate it ,” Cynthia Behan said .

Cynthia said they are very close to presenting a final master plan for the park that began with a kickoff meeting that engaged people in a dialogue about

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In the past month the Marlborough Town Board sought and received two legal opinions , one initially from town attorney Ron Blass and a second from Rebecca Valk , on the authority of their Building Inspector Tom Corcoran . This became an issue because of questions about signage at the proposed Dunkin Donuts in Marlboro , with Corcoran pointing out that it would be unfair to require this applicant to meet the code ’ s sign requirements while numerous business along the Rte . 9W corridor are in violation of this ordinance , perhaps from when they first opened their businesses .

When the Southern Ulster Times asked about the second legal opinion , Supervisor Al Lanzetta hesitated , saying he did not wish to talk about it in open session at last week ’ s board meeting . He indicated he would , instead , talk about it in his office .

“ I think that ’ s client-lawyer privilege type of stuff ,” he said .

Councilman Alan Koenig pointed out that since the first opinion by town attorney Ron Blass was made “ public ,” why would the second one be withheld . Lanzetta responded , “ I just feel uncomfortable with [ releasing ] it . If the board wants me to release that , that ’ s fine . The first one was sent to the board [ and ] it basically wasn ’ t released to the

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