T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 14, No 39 3 SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 3, 2017
Summer
abroad
The public was sharply critical of
the Plattekill Library Trustees last week
during their monthly meeting. The
criticism centered around the trustees
decision to not hold a budget vote for
2018 because it is the same amount as last
year’s budget, an action that is legal. The
public also voiced their dissatisfaction
in the way the library has handled their
finances over the past few years, citing
board President Lynn Ridgeway in
particular for her role in the loss of a
returned deposit check in the amount of
$9,250.
Councilman Dean DePew, who is a
ONE DOLLAR
Lady
Dukes
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
No library vote in Plattekill
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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Town Board’s liaison to the library, said
he is in favor of the town selling the
present structure and land to the library,
saying “this makes good sense” for the
community to continue at their present
site and it would not take any other
property off of the tax roll.
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And the winner is.....
Lloyd
passes
reworked
towing law
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Mark Reynolds
MC Willy Biggin holds the mic for Kirsten Droney (5) as she reads the winning 50/50 raffle ticket at the 15th annual UNICO clambake fundraiser.
Story on page 2.
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After more than a year in development
the Lloyd Town Board passed a new
version of a towing law last week. Once a
few details are fixed it will be submitted
and filed with the state and will take
effect in 60 days.
An initial tow law the board previously
developed and adopted was challenged by
lawyers representing Joseph DiBlanca,
of Autos By Joseph, forcing the board
to withdraw it and reinstate the previous
decades old one while drawing up yet
another new law.
At last week’s Town Board meeting
DiBlanca’s lawyer Christopher Coleman
indicated that his client would object to
a provision in the newest version of the
tow law that requires tow operators to
have both a flatbed truck and a tow truck
with a hitch if they wanted to be on the
town’s tow list. He said a flatbed should
suffice. After discussing this matter with
their own attorney, the board backed
down, with the law now stating that a
towing company must have a flatbed or a
tow truck in order to be on the tow list.
The Town Board also capped the tow
list at 11 companies after consideration
was first given to having 15 on the list.
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