Southern Ulster Times Nov. 04 2015

TIMES SOUTHERN ULSTER Vol. 12, No 44 3 NOVEMBER 4, 2015 Confirmation class Page 29 The two Town Council seats were uncontested with Democrat Scott Corcoran receiving 1,194 and Republican Ed Molinelli receiving 1,088. For the position of Town Justice Dan Jackson had a razor-thin margin of 786 votes to 777 for his opponent Gregg Hogancamp. Gael Appler Sr. ran unopposed for ONE DOLLAR Dukes drop Burke Page 44 SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL Lanzetta, Croce win; Lloyd too close to call Former Marlborough Town Supervisor Al Lanzetta was returned to office, Tuesday, beating incumbent Stephen Osborn by a vote of 825 to 708. On his win, Lanzetta said “We worked hard, went door to door and did all of the right things. I am blessed and it will be a pleasure and honor to serve the people of Marlborough.” 3 Highway Superintendent and received 1,184 votes. Town of Lloyd As of press deadline, the races in the Town of Lloyd are close. For Town Supervisor, incumbent Paul Hansut Continued on page 2 By MARK REYNOLDS [email protected] Fingerprinting Mark Reynolds Parents were provided with optional fingerprinting for their kids at the recent Community Day at the Marlborough Police station in Milton. Story, photos on page 3. WWW.SOUTHERNULSTERTIMES.COM Lloyd hesitates on sign law At their last meeting, the Lloyd Town Board held a public hearing on amending a section of the town’s sign law concerning regulations on digital signs. The board received input from resident Mike Sweeney on a different section of the law that calls for the removal of all wooden billboards in town by the end of this decade. “Anything that restricts business in this town is foolhardy to me,” he said. Sweeney said the revenue he receives from leasing his land for billboards helps him pay his taxes. He said Building Department Director Dave Barton’s comment that a person will have to sue the town to keep them beyond 2020 is “insulting.” “If that’s the attitude of the town, let people come and sue us for reasonable things, something is really wrong,” he said. “[I] never thought a town board would say we’re going to rip down every billboard in the Town of Lloyd; never thought in a million years.” Councilman Mike Horodyski said he could go either way on keeping them or having them removed but surmised that part of the impetus for removal was for aesthetic reasons. Three current Town Board members – Jeff Paladino, Kevin Brennie and Mike Horodyski – voted yes in 2010 on a measure that called for the removal of all billboards by 2020. Wording in a recent draft of the sign law sought to keep ones Continued on page 5