LJ 01.31.08
January 31, 2008 on 2:08 pm | In Local, Media |
A bunch of good news stories this week. On the front page, Cynthia Hochswender has a preview of the state legislature’s upcoming session, while the state is buying the 300-acre DeLuca property on the Falls Village-Cornwall line, some East Canaan farmers are building what I call a cow-pie-to-energy plant and the SWSA ski jumps are slated for next weekend (we are hoping for good weather).
Inside, we learn from yours truly that a vintage car club will help 90-year-old auto racing legend John Fitch with his legal bills, there has a been change in bus policy at Salisbury Central School (thanks to my significant other) and the search for a new Salisbury-Sharon transfer station has been stalled again.
At least for the time being, Sharon residents voted down a proposed community center (also see letters to the editor in the print edition), Kent Center School is looking for a new principal and we’ve got a slightly snarky editorial on disgraced former Gov. John Rowland’s new job in Waterbury.
In the B section, Karen Bartomioli has a comprehensive story on the proposed asphalt plant on the North Canaan-Sheffield line, while I did a piece on the Region One long rang planning committee’s look into a future that surely includes doing more with less money.
Of possible interest in our sister paper, The Millerton News, The Lakeville Journal Company’s publishers (current and emeritus) met over the weekend with a group of veterans at the American Legion. The vets were protesting — of all things — the editing of a press release about the military service of a young Millerton resident.
The perceived slight caused the father of the young soldier to walk into the office of The News and threaten its editor, who promptly called the Dutchess County Sheriff’s office. For weeks, a sign outside legion headquarters protested that The News “discriminates against the legion, veterans and the troops.” It’s a good read that raises some very interesting issues about what newspapers do and do not print. If you get a moment, let me know what you think. And enjoy.
P.S. In the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up department, Marshall Miles’ satirical blog poking fun at anonymous commenters has provoked howls of outrage from … the anonymous commenters.
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As a former bus driver for Salisbury Central School, this policy is news to me. (I drove from December 2005 through June 2007.) Drivers were told that students could ride any bus as long as they had a note from the school that detailed where they were to get off and for how long (one day only, all week, etc.). It seems like this was a policy that was never enforced.
Comment by Amy — January 31, 2008 #
Don’t forget the big story last week, and little blurb this week, about my photo show at Sharon Historical Society! The opening is Saturday at 4pm and all your readers are invited!
Comment by Jenny — January 31, 2008 #
Amy,
That’s very interesting. I wonder if the policy was changed this year and then back, or whether, as you suggest, it was not enforced during the time you drove. I will look into it.
Jenny,
Good luck with the show. I mentioned it this morning on Marshall & Mike.
Comment by Terry — February 1, 2008 #
re: the bus rules.
I too am surprised that this was a “policy”.
It does not give much leeway for parents who work later than the schools dismiss and scramble for a babysitter.
In Webatuck, we can have the child switch to any bus as long as the parents send in a note telling them where the are to go and WHO will be there to get them off the bus.
Comment by fred — February 1, 2008 #
Terry, you’ll want to talk to Patricia Stevens, who is SCS’s “bus coordinator” (I think that’s her title; she sits at the first desk on the left in SCS’s office). She is the person who doles out bus slips and makes sure everyone is where they are supposed to be. As long as she’s still there, which I’m fairly sure she is.
Comment by Amy — February 1, 2008 #