By Trish Adams
Superintendent Tom O’Brien and architect William Taylor will be “top of the bill” at a Thursday, March 13 Roxbury Central School Board meeting, where they will make a presentation about a proposed capital project that will be on the ballot at the RCS budget vote and election on May 20. The meeting was rescheduled from its regular Wednesday date.
There will also be a presentation on the proposed 2014-15 school budget at that meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.

By Joe Moskowitz
The embattled owner of a local auto-salvage business now has a legal fight on his hands. William Hrazanek, 68, of Fleischmanns is facing criminal charges, which could result in jail time and fines.
Hrazanek was arraigned in Town of Middletown Justice Court last week on a total of 11 charges, eight of which are misdemeanors. 
Tiring Troubles: Storing more than 1000 tires is but one of almost a dozen environmentally-related charges leveled at the Fleischmanns businessman.

By Jay Braman Jr.
A Mount Tremper man who served a 22-year term at Attica Correctional Facility finds himself back in jail after he allegedly robbed a bank down the street from his residence last week.
Nicholas Liakis Jr, 54, of 5455 Route 212, allegedly entered the Community Bank on Route 28 in Boiceville shortly before noon on Wednesday, Feb. 26 with a handgun and demanded money. Police say he quickly fled the scene and drove to his home, which is about two miles west of the bank, and left the car out in front of his residence.

By Brian Sweeney
The MARK Project has announced the addition of $250,000 for its Small Business Development Fund.
The fund, which offers a combination of mini-grants and low-interest loans was established after Hurricane Irene to assist businesses in the Town of Middletown, will now extend the program to the towns of Roxbury and Andes. Projects in Bovina and Pine Hill will also be considered, according to MARK Executive Director Peg Ellsworth.

By Jay Braman Jr.
A new idea has pushed to the front of the line in the ongoing effort to decide how to spend $3 million that Shandaken has been given under the state’s NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program.
The money is supposed to be used to make towns more resilient to future flood events and provide economic benefits as well.
With that in mind, Town Supervisor Rob Stanley started to take a hard look at the decaying town hall, located in Allaben, that holds his office and the town’s highway garage next door. While neither got wet during the infamous flooding that came with Hurricane Irene in 2011, the government hub is actually located right in the floodway of the Esopus Creek and Stanley thinks the best way to spend the $3 million is to relocate everything.

By Cheryl Petersen
A mutually beneficial deal was struck between Delaware County Public Works and Margaretville Telephone Company (MTC) at the county board of supervisor’s meeting last Wednesday.
“MTC needed to expand their service and backup,” said Glen Faulkner, general manager of MTC. “Kelly Corners is a central location to add electrical equipment and a generator.”
MTC approached Wayne Reynolds, county public works commissioner, and asked if there was a place to install a generator and build a 12-foot by 12-foot building on county property at Kelly Corners.

The Catskill Mountain News this week officially announces the winners of its annual Best Service Awards contest.
News readers responded in large numbers to vote for their favor businesses, organizations and public servants.
The complete list of winners follows. Be sure to enjoy the profiles of some of the winners in our Features section. Congratulations!

HOME SERVICES
Cleaning Service:
1. Barb Short
2. Maid My Day

Contractors:
1. The Powell Company
2. Second Nature
3. Giorgi Contractors

Electrical:
1. Blizzard Electric
2. Hinkley Electric

By Joe Moskowitz
For the past six months, a committee of community leaders has been trying to figure out how to spend $3,000,000 in the Village of Margaretville to help alleviate flooding. Monday night, a crowd of more than 50 people found out how the money might be spent, and were given the opportunity to express their opinions on the committee’s plans.

A 41-year-old Hobart man was arrested on multiple charges following a robbery car chase involving Village of Delhi Police and State Police on February 21.
Delhi Police arrested Jamel Wilson on counts of Robbery Third, Petit Larceny and Harassment Second, stemming from the alleged burglary at the Country Store in Delhi. State Police additionally charged Wilson with Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance Seventh.

Margaretville Hospital officials and board members toured the recently completed renovations to the hospital’s Ambulatory Department on February 20.
All Better: Members of the boards of Margaretville Hospital and the Margaretville Health Foundation, along with staff, toured the renovated Ambulatory Department at an open house on Thursday. Among those reviewing the upgrades were, from left: Outpatient Coder Marnie Allen, Hospital Board Members Jenny Liddle and Don Bramley, OR Technician Jim Baker, Director of Nursing Marilyn Donnelly and Hospital Executive Director Sandy Horan.

The Ambulatory Department is where outpatient endoscopy procedures are performed by Kevin Dodd, MD, a gastroenterologist who sees patients at the hospital two to three times each month. The Department also cares for wound care patients who need dressing changes and those patients who require outpatient IV infusion treatments.