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Grants boost
community
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Vol. 16, No. 42
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OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
G reat P umpkins
Former TOMVAC building
to be transformed
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last week the TOMVAC renovation
project got a much needed shot in the
arm; $375,000 from State Senator James
Skoufis and $175,000 from Assemblyman
Jonathan Jacobson. This money, along
with $250,000 that was previously
secured by the late Assemblyman Frank
Skartados, brings the total to $800,000,
which is expected to cover the amount
needed to complete the project.
The two recent grants were obtained
through the New York State and Municipal
Facilities Program, which is used to fund
capital projects. It may take more than
a year, however, for the town to actually
receive the money for the project.
Supervisor Al Lanzetta said once
the town signs a contract with the state,
they have to proceed according to the
stipulations in Wicks Law.
“We have to do everything in separate
bids; the construction, plumbing,
electrical, and heating and air-
conditioning. Then you hire an overall
contractor who does all of the framing,
the roof and stuff,” he said. Wicks Law
was enacted 1924 for publicly funded
projects over $50,000.
Lanzetta said a town committee, along
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Mark Reynolds
Pumpkins fill a field at the DuBois Farm in Highland.
Delgado tours Milton Train Station
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Congressman Antonio Delgado [D-NY
19th] visited the Milton Train Station
and the waterfront park on Monday
afternoon. Supervisor Al Lanzetta,
Councilman Howard Baker and others
were able to show the Congressman how
the town transformed a former oil depot
and a 19th century train station into a
recreational paradise for the residents of
Marlborough.
Lanzetta showed Delgado the southern
pier and highlighted the plans to fix it so
large boats can tie up to allow visitors
to take day trips to the local wineries,
restaurants, bakeries and farm markets
to name just a few of the area attractions.
Delgado also took a tour of the
renovated 1883 Train Station that is on
the National Register of Historic Places
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and is now a town community center. In
the freight room Judy Clarke, President
of the agricultural organization Meet Me
in Marlborough, showed Congressman
Delgado a timeline of the evolution of
Marlborough, starting in the late 1600s.
Gail Hepworth spoke to Delgado about
the importance of the farming community
to the local economy and of the emerging
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