Finding Ulysses

Currently natural gas prices are at multi-year lows because supply is so plentiful. We are NOT in a natural gas crisis in this country. There is no earthly reason to drill for natural gas in Tompkins County except greed. But we are inviting a health crisis in Tompkins county and other residential and agricultural areas where natural gas companies are gobbling up land leases if we don’t attempt to regulate natural gas drilling now!

Residents of the Trumansburg Fire District (which includes the Village of Trumansburg, Town of Ulysses and parts of the Towns of Covert and Hector) have recently received or should shortly receive a mailing from the Village of Trumansburg regarding an important upcoming public hearing to discuss the possibility of billing for EMS services on a per [...]

Local legend has it that, when he didn’t get his way in the past, Mr. Auble spitefully set up a pig farm on the property he now wants to be annexed, with school buses buried in the ground, in order to create a literal stink in Trumansburg, along an eyesore. I don’t know if this story is true, given that I didn’t live here at the time. If the story is true, Trumansburg ought to be very careful in dealing with such a person.

Can anyone tell me what a garden’s accessory appurtence is? I’ve been gardening for years, and I’ve never used an appurtence, as far as I know. Maybe that explains my troubles. Maybe I really need an appurtence.

Anyone have their repose interfered with recently? Been annoyed by someone else’s disorder? I hope these laws don’t apply to my baby’s habit of squawking in in the middle of the night, or that patch in the front lawn that I missed while mowing this afternoon.

I wonder what the American Whitewater volunteer would have thought if he had returned last summer, when the water was running high and fast for almost the entire season.

TOWN OF ULYSSES
PLANNING BOARD
12/13/05
Approved December 27th 2005
Present: Interim Chairperson David Tyler, Planning Board Members: Margot Chiuten,
David Means, and John Wertis, Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun.
Excused: Rose Hilbert, Rod Porter, and Darien Simon.
Applicants: Rich Hayward representing Kim Lanphear
Joseph Hucko and Matthew Moore representing [...]

VILLAGE OF TRUMANSBURG
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
12/12/2005
APPROVED 1/9/06
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor John Levine, Trustees Mary Bouchard, John Hrubos, and David Filiberto. Trustee Rose Hilbert was excused.
CITIZENS & OFFICERS PRESENT: DPW Supervisor Bruce Vann, Code Enforcement Officer Doug Austic, Zoning Officer Deanna Kline, MSP Assistant Susan Henninger, Police Chief Tom Ferretti, Bob Brown, Rich Hayward, and Steve Ferrari [...]