T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 15, No. 18
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MAY 2 - 8, 2018
After being roundly criticized for
allowing the Tremont Hall/High Bridge
residential project to be built under the
Adaptive Reuse section of the town code,
the Lloyd Planning Board decided last
week that they would recommend to the
Town Board that this section in the code
be abolished in its entirety and that a new
one be developed in the coming months.
The Town Board will receive the Planning
Board’s recommendation at their May 2nd
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Lloyd set to scrap adaptive reuse law
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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meeting.
Planning Board chairman Peter
Brooks said, “there has been a lot of fuss
about Ethan Jackman’s Pratt lumber yard
building, which didn’t get reused at all, it
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Tunnel work
4 vie for
Marlboro
School
Board Seats
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
There are four candidates running for
three seats on the Marlboro School Board.
There are two, full term 3 year seats (7-1-
18 to 6-30-21) that will be filled with the
first and second highest vote tallies and
an unexpired term of the former board
chair from (5-16-18 to 6-30-19) will go to the
3rd highest vote tally.
All four candidates will be on the
ballot at the school budget vote that is
scheduled for Tuesday, May 15 from 6am
to 9pm at the Marlboro Town Hall 21
Milton Turnpike, Milton.
Mark Reynolds
A large chunk of South Riverside Road in Highland has been removed to make way for a tunnel as part of a westward expansion project of
the Hudson Valley Rail Trail. Once the tunnel is set in place, the roadway will be replaced and the rail trail that is seen off to the left will pass
beside the basketball courts and go through the tunnel and eventually on to South Street.
JoAnn Reed
Joann Reed has served on the Marlboro
School board for seven years.
“During my tenure I have made it my
personal mission to be a fierce advocate
for all children,” she said. “If you know
me, you know that I am a loud voice
that continually challenges our district
to properly use its resources to serve
all children in an equitable manner
regardless of their needs.”
Reed is the mother of two boys with
special needs that she says, “provides me
with the knowledge and understanding
of special education,” something she has
been an advocate for the past 12 years. She
helped bring back the Life Skills class at
the High School.
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