TRR photo by Fritz Mayer Joseph Conway, the proprietor of Buzz Equipment Company, poses with an electric compact pickup truck.

Surge of electric vehicles on the horizon

New technology and record gas prices spur innovation

By FRITZ MAYER

WOODRIDGE, NY—Turn the key in a Miles electric vehicle and you encounter an unexpected sound?silence under the hood. The car is ready to move as soon as you step on the accelerator, but when the vehicle is at rest, there is no such thing as idling.

Press the accelerator and the vehicle moves forward, picking up speed at about the same rate as a gas-powered car. But, the gas-powered car costs about 40 cents per mile to operate and spews harmful byproducts into the atmosphere. The electric vehicle costs an estimated four cents per mile to operate and produces absolutely no emissions during operation.

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Tackling trash in Sullivan County schools

Students and teachers drive recycling efforts

By SANDY LONG

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—Some are striding ahead; others are striving to catch up. But all of Sullivan County’s public schools are angling toward increased recycling efforts. Here’s what’s happening at the Eldred, Livingston Manor, Monticello and Sullivan West central school districts.

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Networking for a drug bust

Cooperative 18-month investigation takes out drugs from Queens

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—Law enforcement officials knew that 25-year-old David Bloom had been dealing cocaine in Sullivan County for years. They tried several times to close down his operation. But according to Sullivan County District Attorney Steve Lungen, they were unable to infiltrate his network.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Budgets and board members
• Hard-pressed dairymen are drawn to gas leasing
• The state on gas drilling
• Sullivan lawmakers get a lesson in gas drilling
• Manhunt for missing man
• Sullivan County Energy Commission Announces Public Meetings
• Knock down build up
• Sullivan West inducts 32 into National Honor Society

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