TAIMES
symbol of hate
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 13, No 43
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OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1, 2016
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ONE DOLLAR
Sisters are
tennis champs
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Marlboro student emails Swastika through district’s communication system
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last Friday a Marlboro High School
student emailed a picture of a swastika
over the district’s communications
system. The swastika was the official
symbol of the Nazi Party and the Third
Reich.
Superintendent Michael Brooks said
Continued on page 4
Fire prevention week
Marlboro Fireman Mark Ciaglia shows the students the long hoses that are used to spray water on a fire during fire prevention week, last
week, in the Marlboro School District. Story, photos on page 25.
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Lloyd
amends
Ethics Code
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
After lengthy consideration and a
public hearing, the Lloyd Town Board
amended the town’s Ethics Code that
will now allow a town resident to file a
written complaint directly with the Ethics
Board concerning a town employee or
official. Previously for a resident to file a
complaint with the Ethics Board they had
to have a town employee or town official
bring the matter forward, which some
said could present a conflict of interest
in itself or force the recusal of a board
member.
If the Ethics Board feels a complaint
has merit, they will review the matter
and issue an advisory opinion to the
Town Board for their consideration and/
or action.
The code states that the town’s Ethics
Board shall render advisory opinions to
the officers and employees of the town
that have requested ethical clarification
regarding their own conduct. In addition,
the code states that the Ethics Board
offers advisory opinions to the Town
Board “regarding the conduct of any
officer or employee of the Town.”
The code notes that the Ethics
Board may also make recommendations
concerning the drafting and adoption
of the town’s Code of Ethics “and any
amendments thereto.”
The code points out that it is the Town
Board, and not the Ethics Board, that
has subpoena power in the collection
of information regarding a particular
matter under consideration.