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Blue Ridge Begins Budget
By Ted Brewster

At a workshop on March 22, the Blue Ridge School Board began the first round in its budget deliberations for the fiscal year that will begin on July 1st. Business Manager Loren Small laid out preliminary figures for the revenue side of the budget, cautioning that levels of state subsidy could be difficult to predict, in light of the budget battles in Harrisburg last year that continued well into December. Mr. Small is projecting total revenue next year of just over $13.5 million. Board President Alan Hall said that he was not anticipating an increase in taxes this year.

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Susky Reviews Resolutions
By Barbara Whitehead

Susquehanna Boro council met on March 23 with Chad Haley and Bill Kuiper not in attendance.

The mayor’s report gave a summary of a meeting held earlier that day, the second advisory committee meeting of the Susquehanna River Trail project, which is an attempt to get federal designation for our part of the river. Representatives of neighboring municipalities, in both PA and New York, met to discuss what services are available along the river; local business owners were also invited. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for some time in August.

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