Supervisors slash DPW position

 The Washington County Board of Supervisors has eliminated one position from the Department of Public Works while re-establishing funding to Cornell Cooperative Extension.  

In two successive resolutions, the board voted Friday to eliminate the position of the public works manager/deputy superintendent of public works (Resolution 330) and reinstate funding to Cornell Cooperative Extension and other offices (Resolution 331). 

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Politcs season kicks off

Election shapes up for town seats 

Caucuses for Democrats and Republicans have finished and voters will get to choose three candidates for running the town of Granville in November.

Voters will have to decide on Nov. 3 who occupies two open board seats and the town supervisor’s chair for the next two years.

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Repairs start soon

 

Within the next month, the current Clinton Street bridge will start to be no more.

Washington County Department of Public Works Superintendent Willie Grimmke said the bid has been awarded for the work that will replace the three bridges that allow access to downtown Whitehall over the railroad tracks on Clinton, Division and Saunders streets.

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County budget under fire

Sheriff warns night patrol will be casualty of budget cuts

In a Friday morning fax from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Roger Leclaire warned that the cuts he was being told to make to his budget would force the elimination of the nighttime road patrol in the county beginning in 2009. 

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