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Town meeting makes ponies tax free

SALISBURY — Voters at a Salisbury town meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, unanimously approved eight agenda items.

The first item was to combine the town’s Land Capital and Building Capital accounts into one new account, called the Building and Land Capital account. This was approved by unanimous voice vote.

By paper ballot, voters approved an expenditure of up to $80,000 to complete the work on the steps and ramps at Town Hall; an expenditure of $42,000 for the Planning and Zoning Commission to work on regulations on housing density in the village areas served by...

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Might v. right in history project

Wed, 02/28/2018 - 11:29am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan

SALISBURY — “You are going to succeed in your task because you have right on your side.”
So wrote Col. John H. Parker of the U.S. 102nd Infantry to Joseph F. Murtagh, the commander of the 26th Infantry Division, on July 3, 1918. Murtagh’s men were about to go into combat with the German army.
This remarkable letter is part of an exhibit at Salisbury School devoted to the military career of Murtagh, the great-grandfather of sophomore Matt Wesson, who comes from Hoboken, N.J.

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Willis honored in Salisbury report

Wed, 02/28/2018 - 11:13am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan

SALISBURY — The annual Salisbury town report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, was formally accepted at a town meeting on Thursday, Feb. 22.
This year’s report is dedicated to Roberta Willis, who represented Salisbury and the 64th District for 16 years before retiring last year.
Her husband, Bill Willis, is the chair of the Salisbury Board of Finance. He started the introduction to the dedication, laughed, and said “I don’t know if I can read this.”

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Trills and thrills at open recital

Wed, 02/28/2018 - 11:07am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan

SALISBURY — The Feb. 25 open recital for Tri-state music students, now in its 37th year, started off with a strong, confident performance of Muzio Clementi’s Sonata in C major, Opus 36, No. 3 by Isabella Deng on the piano.

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From Jacob’s Pillow: Why we dance

Wed, 02/28/2018 - 10:41am
By
Leon Graham

SALISBURY — Dance is as old as human history. Indian rock paintings from 9,000 years ago show people dancing; 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb paintings depict angular, ritualistic dances. Greek statues represented dancers, often clothed in diaphanous robes. But why do people dance? And what does it mean for us in the 21st century?

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Affordable housing plans take shape in Salisbury

Wed, 02/28/2018 - 10:40am
By
Leila Hawken

SALISBURY — About 115 Salisbury residents turned out for a workshop on affordable housing on Sunday, Feb. 25, at Salisbury Central School,  hosted by the Affordable Housing Commission.
Concerns were raised, including the long commute for essential workers such as teachers and business support staff, who are often priced out of the real estate market here. Some travel up to 30 miles or more each way and each day to work. This makes it difficult for employers to find and retain workers.

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Something Victorian, something blue

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 11:02am
By
Alexander Wilburn

SALISBURY — The 178th anniversary of the royal wedding between Queen Victoria and her German-born first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840 was on Saturday, Feb 10. 
A week later, the Scoville Memorial Library commemorated the date in its Era of Elegance series of lectures. Costume historian and museum consultant Lynn Zacek Bassett spoke to the library on Feb. 17 about Victoria, Victorian garb and even “Victoria,” the much-watched Masterpiece Theater series airing on PBS. 

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Welcome to the dog days of February

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:24am
By
Alexander Wilburn

SALISBURY — The Scoville Memorial Library celebrated the Chinese New Year on Saturday, Feb. 17, a day after the official beginning of the Year of the Dog. 
It may have been a day late, but the library made up for it with lots of color — specifically red, the color of good fortune and a decorative mainstay of the festivities for the new year. 

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Open books

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:15am

Salisbury Resident State Trooper Chris Sorrell read “Where’s Rodney?” by Carmen Bogan to third-graders at Salisbury Central School on Feb. 14, part of Read Aloud. For full story and another photo, see For the love of reading, a Valentine’s Day Read Aloud.

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Open books

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:15am

Salisbury Resident State Trooper Chris Sorrell read “Where’s Rodney?” by Carmen Bogan to third-graders at Salisbury Central School on Feb. 14, part of Read Aloud.

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Climate change: room for optimism

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:13am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan

SALISBURY — Joshua Ginsberg, president of the Cary Institute in Millbrook, gave an overflow audience at Noble Horizons five reasons to be optimistic about climate change on Saturday, Feb. 17.
He immediately tempered his optimism by remarking he could also think of 50 reasons to be depressed.
However …
He said that despite the United States withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the Paris emissions targets will be met by 2020 anyway.
American energy emissions are dropping and energy efficiency has improved, he added.

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