M'burgh Village Buys MIDTEL Truck

MIDDLEBURGH - The Village of Middleburgh earlier this month agreed to buy a used truck from MIDTEL to replace an older model.

At their April meeting, village board members voted to purchase a 2001 Ford bucket truck for $5,000. It will replace a van that had been donated by MIDTEL years ago that is no longer running. The price was very reasonable, village officials said.

The truck will be used to put up Christmas lights, trim trees, and other similar uses.

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In other action, board members:

* Heard that fire hydrants are tentatively to be flushed from May 4 to 8.

* Heard that the street crew is working with Delaware Engineering on the proposed sewer extension and infiltration and inflow engineering project that the village has received grant funding.

* Heard that the curbing around the skating rink had been removed in Badgely Park. The village will get quotes on resurfacing the rink and getting hoops and nets. Fencing or batting cage netting may be used to surround the area for safety.

* Heard that the new water control panels were installed on April 14. The panels were needed for a year.

* Heard that the village trucks were being stripped down and cleaned up from the winter months.

* Heard that MABA held a bowl-a-thon for Miracle on Main Street.

* Heard that the Rotary Sloughter 5K will be held on May 22.

* Heard that the DEC is working with the village to keep village water clean. Trustee Bob Tinker said that two to five acres around the well, which is being used for farmland, should be purchased. It was also suggested by Soil and Water.

* Heard that the annual joint town and village meeting will be held on Thursday, June 11 at 6pm at the Community Center on Cotton Hill Road.