SOUTHERN ULSTER
TIMES
Vol . 14 , No 6 3
FEBRUARY 8 - 14 , 2017 3 ONE DOLLAR
Wedding Planner
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Swimmers ready for sectionals
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SERVING HIGHLAND , MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Marlboro drops tax levy
Plattekill
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By MARK REYNOLDS mreynolds @ tcnewspapers . com
Last month the Marlboro School district began the task of compiling data and information that will eventually lead to a budget for the 2017-18 school year . The public vote on the budget is scheduled for Tuesday , May 16 from 6 a . m . to 9 p . m . at the Marlborough Town Hall , 21 Milton
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Tnpk , Milton . Absentee ballots must be received by 5 p . m . on this day to be counted in the vote . If the budget fails to pass , a mandatory revote is scheduled for Tuesday , June 20 from 6 a . m . to 9 p . m ., also at the Town Hall in Milton .
Superintendent Michael Brooks said as the budget process moves along he and department directors and principals will work to develop a “ true program focus
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for what we would like to see the school district move towards .” He said initially consideration of cost is set aside in order to allow for an open dialogue “ over real wants , needs as far as what we ’ d like to have for our children … Then we start to get into more of a sobering moment when we look at the realities of what we can and
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still waiting
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Reflections winners |
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By MARK REYNOLDS mreynolds @ tcnewspapers . com |
The Marlboro School district honored their Reflections winners . Pictured L-R starting in back row : Robert Kunkel- Intermediate Literature , Fiona DeBenedictus- Primary Literature , Lex Antonelli- Visual Arts , Paige Beaulieu- Intermediate Photography , Gabriel Appler- Intermediate Photography , Miles Giasante- Primary Photography , Adeline Appler- Primary Visual Arts and Photography , Emily Hite- Intermediate Visual Arts , Emma LaPolla- Intermediate Visual Arts , Gianna Faricellia- Visual Arts , Angelina Faricellia- Visual Arts Front Row : Kathryn Greiner- Intermediate Musical Composition . and Emma Bogaczyk- Intermediate Literature .
As of last week , Plattekill Supervisor Joe Croce said the town has not received any escrow money or a copy of the appraisal of their current building from the Library Board of Trustees as has been requested .
“ I have not received anything I don ’ t think Councilwoman Delgado or Councilman DePew , who had been meeting with two representatives of the library board , have received anything either ,” he said .
DePew added , “ Nor any correspondence or anything . It ’ s been very quiet .”
Croce said there has been some correspondence between the attorneys for the library and the town .
“ Its about how they would like to move forward [ and ] that ’ s what we are going to be discussing in executive session ,” he said .
Croce said the town is unaware of any restrictions surrounding the possible transfer of the library property , which the town owns , to the library itself .
“ Out Town Clerk Barbara Dawes gave me a box of information , which I actually took right up to our attorney to have him review ,” he said . “ We did contact the Wallkill Central School District and asked them to go through their records
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