Highway Superintendent Brian Sherman Archives

11/05/19 10:00am

The Reporter’s endorsements for Election 2019

PETER WALDNER ILLUSTRATION
Candidates for supervisor and Town Board seats. Front row, from left, Marcus Kaasik, Supervisor Gary Gerth and Mike Bebon. Back row, from left, Councilman Paul Shepherd, Councilman Jim Colligan, Gerry Siller and Julia Romanchuk Weisenberg.

Gary Gerth for supervisor
Two fine public servants are vying for the job of supervisor on Tuesday.

Democrat Gerry Siller, a local businessman, former town supervisor and former member of the School Board, is dedicated to making the Island a better place.
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11/01/19 8:44am

Highway Department rapidly clears Island roads after storm

by Ambrose Clancy

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BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO Crews at work this morning on Midway Road.

The strong, gusty winds of yesterday and last night brought down four big trees, snapped a telephone pole and left the Island strewn with branches, according to Highway Department Superintendent Brian Sherman.

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Editorial

10/07/19 8:00am

Reporter Editorial: Key to the highway

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Islanders owe debts of gratitude to Town Engineer John Cronin, the Engineering Department’s intern Andrei Oraseanu, the current Town Board and its predecessor for making safe, reliable roads a priority. (more…)

Andrei Oraseanu, Cornell Local Roads Program, Highway Superintendent Brian Sherman, Jay Card Jr., premium, Reason Foundation, Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report, The American Society of Civil Engineers, Town Engineer John Cronin

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06/10/19 12:00pm

Town Hall lot gets blacktopped

by Julie Lane

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Blacktop is being applied to the enlarged parking area at Town Hall.

The initial plan was to enlarge the parking area at Town Hall and create a surface that would be permeable. But Highway Superintendent Brian Sherman realized that, with eventual plans to put in pipes that would link to a nitrogen-reducing I/A septic system, it would make sense to delay that work. (more…)