TIMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 13, No 45
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NOVEMBER 9 - 15, 2016
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Milton Train Station restoration celebrates 10th anniversary
A dedicated group of friends and
volunteers, who have worked tirelessly
for the past 10 years to restore the 1883
Milton Train Station for use by the
community, met recently over dinner
at the Powelton Club in Newburgh to
acknowledge the effort that everyone has
put into the project. They have brought
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A decade of progress
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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back a dilapidated structure to its former
glory days. The exterior remediation and
painting is the last step in the project,
which is expected to be finished in the
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‘Triangle’ on the Marlboro stage
Phase I
nearly
complete
Highland School Directors
report progress
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last week Highland School District
directors submitted their monthly
reports, which gives a snapshot of trends,
activities, progress and departmental
needs within the district.
Transportation
Director of Transportation Doug
Carter performed a second ridership
survey on in-district busses in early
October that compared “favorably”
with last June’s survey. To calculate
bus ridership, Carter takes the average
number of students who ride the bus over
a two-day period and compares that to
the number of assigned students, finding
that this “was up on all three levels.” At
the elementary school ridership increased
from 72% to 79%; Middle School jumped
from 62% to 65% and the High School rose
from 52% to 62%.
Carter noted that these results are
“encouraging because they show that
more students and parents are choosing
to use the safest-known and most
efficient means of pupil transportation.”
He pointed at that the Middle and High
School busses, however, are overbooked
with 44 students per bus, while the
Emma Friederich
The Marlboro High School Drama Club presents Triangle, a play set against the backdrop of the tragic fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory,
with shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Story on page 24.
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