Finding Ulysses

Trumansburg artist Dan Burgevin and his friend Alan Vogel have purchased a 14-1/2-ton diesel school bus which Dan will drive on the 21st Pastors for Peace US-Cuba Friendship Caravan. The bus, whose purchase was made possible by a matching contribution from the  Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance,  is in the process of being [...]

At a Town Board Meeting last Wednesday 6/23, The Ulysses Town Board passed a resolution which reversed the position of a resolution passed by last year’s Board, which had supported the Village of Trumansburg’s plan to initiate a fee for service EMS. Town of Ulysses – Resolution Whereas, the Ulysses Town Board is concerned that [...]

They say that it’s expired, like a carton of milk. I’ve heard many parents say that it’s frustrating that they can’t see their kids easily when they’re playing inside the structure, but then I always thought that was part of its charm. Today marks the end of an era at the Trumansburg schools. The castle [...]

On December 14th 2009, Ulysses Supervisor-elect Roxanne Marino wrote a letter to the Trumansburg Village Board, urging them to not go forward at that time to implement their fee for service EMS plans.  A majority of members of the Ulysses Board as constituted on January 1, 2010 signed on to the letter which included, “…….we believe it is [...]

I went to the Village EMS privatization planning session last Thursday.  (See post below)  I picked up the “Joint Ambulance Billing Policy Task Force Recommendation”  They intend to implement this by January 1st.  Here’s part of it below.  My comments are in italics, NOW THEREFORE, it is recommended that the town boards of each of [...]

I went to the sucker fish interview.  Med-Ex, came down from Leroy with a sales guy and the president.  They went on and on for nearly and hour about how they were the best choice for squeezing money out of recalcitrant health insurance companies, which they said, love to deny claims for a multitude of [...]

Through both active opposition and passive enabling of Big Oil’s agenda of pollution for profit, Congressman Arcuri has ensured that Jacques Cousteau’s vision of a clean planet protected for future generations has not come to pass.

We humans are naturally afraid of sharks, and most of us are a little bit disgusted by the sucker fish that attach themselves to the much larger and more dangerous predators.  The Task Force is inviting various ambulance billing companies to come and make their cases for how much blood they can suck out of [...]