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Cell tower gets okay

By CHARLIE BUTERBAUGH

NARROWSBURG, NY — With a little help from radio communications engineer David Groth, Rick Lander should be able to attract a cell provider to vend better cell phone reception to Tusten and surrounding townships.

The planning board granted Lander a special use permit to erect a 300-foot communications tower on his Royal Oaks Estates property, roughly 100 feet from his 60-foot tower. Lander said he would continue to provide free space for ambulance communications.

The 300-foot tower will be 36 inches in diameter, and soil studies are being done to determine the best way to set foundations for supporting guide wires, Lander said. Some neighbors came to express concern about visual impact of the tower, though no one expressed complete opposition.