T IMES
SOUTHERN
Figueroa
challenges
Croce for
Plattekill
Supervisor
ULSTER
Vol. 14, No 43 3 OCTOBER 25 - 31, 2017
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Dogs’ day in Milton
Marlborough Eagle Scout completes dog park
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Republican Joe Croce is seeking a
third term as town supervisor. Standing
in his way is Democrat Juan Figueroa,
who is also on the
‘People of Plattekill’
line.
Croce
began
his political career
in
Plattekill
in
2010 as a Town
Councilman.
He
became the Deputy
Supervisor for Bruce
Joe Croce
Loertscher and upon
his passing in 2013
Croce was appointed
to the position of
Supervisor. He is now
running for a full
third term and will
be on the Republican,
Conservative
and
Independence lines
Juan Figueroa
this November.
Croce has worked on five town budgets
“and we have not had a tax increase in
the Town General fund in any of those
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Mark Reynolds
Boy Scout Robert Ahlers built a dog park at the Milton Landing Park as part of the requirement for Eagle Scout. He had the support of
his fellow scouts and many in the business and governmental communities.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Robert Ahlers started out in the first
grade as a Tiger Scout and stuck with it
and at the age of 16 recently completed
the final requirement for the rank of
Eagle Scout by building a dog park in
the upper portion of the Milton Landing
Park off of Sands Avenue.
“I came up with the idea [for the
park] because Marlborough didn’t have
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a dog park and as an owner of two dogs I
really wanted a place a little closer than
Gardner; someplace to let them run
around other than our yard,” he said.
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