GLEN SPEY — After other methods were unsuccessful, police will now begin enforcing the no-parking restrictions for the fire lane at MacKenzie Elementary School, Lumberland Constable Kirk Meehan said last week.

Meehan said the lane, marked on the schools traffic circle, has regularly been used for illegal parking even when parking areas are empty.

Meehan said there have been earlier warnings. "The school has sent out letters, but that hasn’t worked. So now we’ve been in touch with the Sheriff’s Department and the troopers and it will be enforced," he said.

ELDRED — A camera crew from NBC’s Today Show visited Eldred Central School last week in preparing a profile on teacher and former cartoonist, Herb Trimpe.

Trimpe was a cartoonist for Marvel for 29 years, working on such comics as "The Fantastic Four" "Godzilla" and "The Incredible Hulk." The crew was preparing a profile on Trimpe’s starting over in teaching after being fired by Marvel.

The segment is scheduled to air on March 18.

ALBANY — Two lawsuits opposing the St. Regis Mohawks efforts to build a gambling casino at Monticello Raceway were dismissed on a technicality in State Supreme Court last week.

Justice Joseph Teresi dismissed suits filed by the Sartatoga Chamber of Commerce and the New York Institute for Law and Society, for failing to name the Mohawks in the action. They named only Governor George Pataki.

The decision seems a final one though, as the Indian tribe may not be sued in state court and the state may not be sued in federal court.

HONESDALE — A Honesdale pharmacist is facing numerous charges related to illegally dispensing a controlled substance. Thomas Glinsky has been charged with more than 30 felonies and misdemeanors stemming from his alleged involvement in providing a narcotic painkiller to Jamie Romich of Honesdale. Romich allegedly obtained the painkiller Darvocet from Glinsky’s Drug Store following surgery in 1996 and continued to receive the painkillers for nearly two years. Romich committed suicide in April of 1998. Glinsky has been released on his own recognizance and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week.

Rep. Gilman anticipates that Congress would begin action on his bill earlier this week. Companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Charles Grassley of Iowa.

According to Gilman, the SPR was authorized in 1975 following the fuel shocks of the early and mid 1970s in order to address the type of crisis we are now experiencing. "The Administration’s reticence to use this resource at this time is inexplicable," said Rep. Gilman.