By TOM KANE

DAMASCUS - Two years after a flawed resurfacing job on Atco Road by the Suit-Kote Company and three months after the town board voted to move ahead on resurfacing, the Damascus board postponed the project.

"We can't afford to put down topping on the road at this time," said Supervisor Stan Kuta, "so it doesn't make sense to begin a work which we can't finish."

Suit-Kote has agreed to partly redo the road by grinding up the surface to prepare it for final finish. The state, through the Agility Program, which rewards the town's care of state roads, will lay down tar and chipping without charge.

At this time the town will be responsible for final surfacing. "We'll finish it next year when we have some money," Kuta said.

Many residents at the meeting asked that Suit-Kote pay for the entire project.

In other matters, the board will vote on the proposed junk yard and garbage ordinance at a special meeting on July 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Hall.

A public hearing on the Princetown Tower Company's request to erect a tower is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on August 2. The hearing will also discuss a request for a kennel license.

The board also approved a bid from a company to begin reconstruction and expansion of the town offices. The work will begin in a few weeks.