Finding Ulysses

Caroline town Supervisor Don Barber warns Trumansburg residents about the dangers of rural industrialization that come along with natural gas drilling.

Susan Steingraber speaks in Trumansburg about natural gas drilling using the controversial technique of fracking

A community forum on hydrofracturing – also known as fracking will come to Trumansburg on December 8. The forum will begin at 6:30 PM in the high school auditorium, and will include several speakers, including Trumansburg’s own Sandra Steingraber and a former Executive Vice President at Mobil Oil Corporation.

Trumansburg Superintendent, Paula Hurley, describes the problem as follows: “We’re in our budget process currently, and we’re looking at approximately a 5 percent reduction in aid from New York State… That will translate for us into reductions of staff, the use of some of our reserves, as well as an increase in our tax levy.”