TRR photo by Kimberly M. Weyandt At the Sullivan West school board meeting on Friday, March 17, Tammy Kreznar wanted to let the board know that although they are easy to cut, music and art are important.

Crossroads for Sullivan West

By KIMBERLY M. WEYANDT

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY—It was in the formal setting of the auditorium on Thursday, March 17 that the Sullivan West school board presented the budget options that they knew many district residents would take personally. After months considering every option, reality has brought the decision down to a hypothetical crossroads. The board must choose between a 23.6 percent tax increase or an 18.82 percent increase that would demand the closing of two elementary school buildings. They will present their final decision at the April 7 board meeting.

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Rusty Palmer leaps out of the ashes

By TOM KANE

HONESDALE, PA—The smoke was still smoldering from Rusty Palmer’s fire-devastated business on Route 6 when he walked down the road a few hundred feet and bought the Tri-State Sports Center.

Since Tri-State, owned by Tony Fritz, sold the same kind of products, he immediately had an inventory. Palmer sells motorcycles, snowmobiles, four-wheelers and jet skis. With his 70 employees, Palmer took over the new building in a few days.

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Voters say no to BOCES

By KIMBERLY M. WEYANDT

LIBERTY, NY—Residents poured out in the hundreds to vote on Sullivan County BOCES’ proposed $17 million building project on Thursday, March 17. With tallied votes adding up to 787 for the proposal and 2,484 against, residents made their opinions of the proposed project crystal clear.

But to BOCES District Superintendent Martin Handler, the results were surprising.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Cackletown Road development broached, then squashed
• Colleagues honor Marsha Hunter
• Five die in Route 97 collision and fire
• Hogue bows out
• Honesdale partnership is struggling
• Sullivan West inducts 35 into National Honor Society
• Liberty gears up to stage ‘Jekyll and Hyde, the Musical’
• Better times for Lackawaxen ambulance
• Landfill hearings renew complaints
• Concerns deepen for Mountain Laurel
• Radio station network will change hands soon
• Top-of-the-World must post a bond for its new roads
• Master plan trumps zoning changes
• So long Mrs. Weber—we’ll miss you

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