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Jan
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2006
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 27 January 2006 |
District Attorney Arcuri, Democratic Candidate for Congress, To Speak in Lansing
Michael Arcuri, the District Attorney of Oneida County and Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in New York’s 24th Congressional District (which includes the Town of Lansing), will speak to voters on Thursday, February 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lansing Community Center. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.The meeting is hosted by the Lansing Democratic Committee. John Cawley, chair of the Committee, sees the meeting as a great opportunity for Lansing residents to engage in participatory democracy. “We’re delighted that Mike Arcuri is reaching out to, and seeking the input of, voters in Lansing and the rest of Tompkins County. We’re eager to hear his thoughts on the state of the country and the needs of Lansing and the rest of upstate New York. All Lansing residents are welcome to attend to hear Mr. Arcuri’s remarks and participate in a question-and-answer session afterwards.” Arcuri was recently re-elected to his fourth term as District Attorney of Oneida County. “I’m very troubled by the things I’m seeing in Washington,” Arcuri told the Utica Observer-Dispatch, referring to the war in Iraq, the loss of jobs in the area and the handling of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “It gets magnified by lawmakers who seem to balance the budget on the shoulders of the people who need it the most.” The site of the event, the Lansing Community Center, is located at 25 Auburn Road, near the Lansing Community Library (27 Auburn Road) and the Lansing Town Hall (29 Auburn Road).
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Jan
27
2006
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by Hugh Bahar
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Friday, 27 January 2006 |
I sit on the Ad-Hoc committee for the proposed capital improvements to the Lansing Schools. In my opinion, there is ample justification for the repairs to the bus garage, replacement of deteriorating window sills and windows, improvement of biology, chemistry, physics and art labs, improvements to the klunky and loud heating/air conditioning systems in the high school and elementary school (the latter of which did not make it into the budget), acoustic panels and a new boiler for the middle school.
However, the bulk of the proposed $40 million budget, which results in approximately 60% additional square footage, will go to support choral practice rooms, an auditorium, and orchestra practice rooms. Additionally, very expensive additional parking and traffic flow changes are proposed, without addressing one of the most fundamental problems: children crossing an unmarked public road on a daily basis to get from the middle school to the high school. While responsibility for this does not rest with the school alone, making it happen should be a priority for the town and the school.
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Jan
27
2006
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 27 January 2006 |
The Ad hoc Facilities Committee met for the fourth and last official time to learn more about the Lansing School District's upcoming Capital Improvement Project. Formed by School Superintendent Mark Lewis and open to any community member, 56 people crowded into the High School library Wednesday night. Among them were administrators, teachers, students, the project's architects and district residents.
On the agenda was a rundown of costs and the impact on maintenance, a presentation on how the High School is utilized and a question and answer period. Kirk Narburgh, of King & King Architects was on hand with his crew to answer questions. The two hour session generated a lively discussion as people who are for and against the project learned more about it.
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Jan
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 27 January 2006 |
One pleasant recurring agenda item in Lansing's Board of Education (BOE) meetings is "Student Highlights," in which students who have done something outstanding in the school or community are recognized by the Board. At last Monday's meeting High School Principal Michelle Stone presented students from her school who had been recognized by Tompkins County.
"It's an honor for me," she told the Board, "because certainly they are students who have shown a great deal of leadership here in the High School. They are very involved in High School types of things. It's one thing to be recognized by the people that see you every day and know about those accomplishments, and yet another to have the community notice that in your students and ask them to serve in a capacity that will not only impact our school and the youth in our community, but also in the County."
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Jan
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 27 January 2006 |
Tempers flared at Lansing's Sewer Committee meeting Wednesday when Village Trustee Frank Moore told the committee that Village officials have not considered alternate scenarios to the Route 34 sewer trunk line choice. Town officials are anxious to choose a route and get the project moving, but have extended deadlines several times to allow Village officials to choose their preferred route from the Cayuga Heights Treatment Plant to the Town.
Mayor Don Hartill, Town Supervisor Steve Farkas and engineer Jim Blum are negotiating with the State Department of Transportation (DOT) to waive construction regulations that would add about $900,000 to the cost of the project if it is constructed on Route 34, a State road. Blum worked out alternate scenarios that could lower that amount to $400,000, but Town officials said that is too much when an alternate route along Cayuga Heights Road would not engender the restrictions or the extra cost.
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