ELDRED - The Town of Highland will lose a second town justice in six months time on June 30.

Ed Hefferon said personal reasons were involved in his leaving the town bench.

Franz Kopf was appointed Justice earlier this year after Alan Hochhauser resigned in February.

ALBANY - The new interstate I-86 will be on the fast track for completion.

State lawmakers last week agreed on a $17 billion, five-year transportation plan, which includes the completion of highway upgrades for the former Route 17 in five to seven years. The state's previous timetable for completing the work had been 10 to 12 years or more.

SURVEY SAYS...

WORLD WIDE - Last week we asked what you thought about the new possible casino deal at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello. According to the ongoing River Reporter Online poll results 30.77 percent of respondents expressed a tentative sentiment that it could work out. 26.92 percent thought it was a terrible idea with the original Monticello Raceway proposal being better. 19.23 percent think it is a much better idea than the raceway idea. 15.38 percent feel that there's no way gambling is a good thing. Finally, 7.69 percent feel that it will never happen.

This week's question is do you feel that the recent dressing-up of the statues outside of St. Francis Xavier Church in Narrowsburg are hate crimes? Tell the world what you think at www.riverreporter.com.