TIMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 12, No 43
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OCTOBER 28, 2015
Page 34
SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Osborn and Lanzetta face off once again for Supervisor
Ed Molinelli as well as Highway
Superintendent Democrat Gael Appler
Sr. are all running unopposed. In the
race for Town Justice, two newcomers
are in the race for one seat: Republican
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A day in the life
of the river
Marlborough elections
Republican incumbent Stephen
Osborn is being challenged by Democrat
Al Lanzetta for the position of Town
Supervisor. Town Councilmen Democrat
Scott
Corcoran
and
Republican
3
Daniel Jackson and Democrat Gregg
Hogancamp.
Profiles of the candidates follow.
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Croce faces
challenge in
Plattekill
Republican Joe Croce is facing
Democratic challenger Jaime Pagan for
the position of Plattekill Supervisor.
Democrats Gladys Figueroa and Rose
Guerrieri are running for Town Council
against incumbents Larry Farrelly and
Mike Putnam. Town Clerk Barbara Dawes
is running unopposed.
Profiles of each of the Plattekill candidates follows.
Joe Croce
Republican Candidate
for Plattekill Supervisor
The cast of the Wizard of Oz won the People’s Choice Award for their costumes at the Highland Halloween event on Saturday. Story, photos
on page 28 and 29.
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Republican Joe Croce is running for
his 2nd full two-year term as Supervisor
of Plattekill.
Croce said he enjoys the job, finds it
challenging “and I’d like to stay there.”
Croce said keeping the town budget
under the 2% tax cap is the most demanding part of the job. He points out that
some items in the budget, such as health
insurance and workers compensation,
continue to rise and make it difficult to
stay within the tax cap. He noted that the
2016 budget, averaging the general and
highway funds, is at a zero increase. He
said the board is applying $42,000 of the
general fund balance and $15,000 from the
highway fund balance to the budget.
Croce said the board is still discussing
and reviewing issues of what activities
are allowed on local farms and is consulting with NYS Ag and Markets before
they take any further action. He said that
at some point in the near future the town
will have to come up with rules and/or
laws to address these issues town-wide.
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