Brockport Mayor, M. Connie Castaneda annouces campaign for re-election under clouded circumstances

From the Brockport Village Board meeting minutes of May 14, 2013:

Village Elections – Mayor Castañeda announced for the record that she is running for re-election as Mayor with a team of two others running for Trustee, Danny Blackburn and Richard Ross. Their party name is Taxpayers First.

Editor's note: Mayor Castaneda is still a defendent in a legal case in Judge David Murante's court in the Town Of Ogden in which she has been charged with 10 counts of official misconduct and falsifying business records. This case has been pending since March of 2012. It is unclear whether it will be resolved before the election on June 18, 2013.

Further, while Mayor Castaneda announced that she is running with two other people, Danny Blackburn and Richard Ross, in the Suburban News of June 2, 2013 there is an ad on page 3 for the Taxpayers First campaign and Danny Blackburn has been dropped and a woman named Telles is suggested as a write-in candidate for trustee.

If anyone has any further information please send it to me at davidgmarkham@gmail.com.

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Vote on June 18th for competent, capable, dedicated, people

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Homeschoolers are assisted with college opportunities at Genesee Community College

From The Daily News

BATAVIA — Genesee Community College offers options for homeschoolers to earn the required 24 college credits to satisfy New York State High School Equivalency Diploma requirements and gain credits toward a college degree.

Representatives from GCC will be available to discuss the college’s opportunities for homeschool students in the Exhibit Hall during the New York State LEAH (Loving Education at Home) Conference, Thursday 05/29/13 through Saturday 06/01/13 at Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

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Brockport DPW paving King Street on Thursday, 05/30/13

The Brockport Department Of Public Works is comprised of a talented and skilled group of people who keep our Village operating efficiently.

This is the final phase of the project on King Street which began several weeks ago with milling the old pavement, replacing some sewer lines and water lines, putting in new curbs, and finally laying down new asphalt road surface today.

I think it is a coincidence that the tax bills are being mailed tomorrow, Friday, May 31, 2013, and I am one of those people who am very pleased to pay my Village taxes. Having lived on King Street since October of 2005, I receive excellent, high quality, efficient services from Village employees at the Department of Public Works, the Police Department, Code Enforcement, etc.. Our tax money is being used to create and produce very satisfying value for the resources expended. Many thanks to Harry Donahue, Dave Moore, Linda Baker, and the rest of the great staff.

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Village tax bills will be mailed on May 31, 2013

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Proposal to turn over part of Kenyon St. to college - hearing today 05/28/13

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The Brockporter Historic House Of The Week - 46 King Street

46 King Street currently owned by David Markham is the only single family residential house left on King Street. All the other houses are non owner occupied and used as rentals mostly to college students.

Markham bought the house in 2005 at an auction. The previous owner Sara Watts had lived at the property for 36 years. Prior to that the home was occupied by George Marks, a prominant electrician in Brockport. One of George's sons, George, Jr., was killed in Viet Nam in the 60s.

The house was built in 1840, and is a federal style brick house with a two story carriage barn in back built around the turn of the century in the early 1900s.

Earlier history is not known at the present time.

The house is assessed at $79,900.

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