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Highway Superintendent Joe Herbst and the Town of Webster

Even in this age of instantaneous communication, even as fiberoptic rings embrace the Webster highway garage hooking into the communication pulse of the town’s fire, police, schools, and library, the heartbeat of Webster’s highway operations are stored in a deep, metal file cabinet. Click for more

Highway Superintendent David Gunner and the Town of Aurora

Not every highway superintendent gets involved in a media bash in the Buffalo newspapers because he oiled and stoned the 1.5-mile boulevard in Crestwood, home of many Buffalo Bills (the real ones, not the fans). Crestwood is probably the most prestigious community in the Buffalo area. Click for more

City Engineer and DPW Superintendent William J. Gray and the City of Ithaca

By the time you read this article Bill Gray will have begun his first phase of retirement from a job that for the past 25 years meant directing the city of Ithaca’s many departments consisting of the city’s department of public works. High on his list of immediate rewards for retiring may be the absence from his 114-mile daily commute from Fayetteville. Click for more

Highway Superintendent Don Divens and the Town of Hornby

If you have never heard of Steuben County’s town of Hornby, you are not alone. The tiny town without a store or gas station is gently tucked away into wooded hills. Hornby is not really on the way to anywhere. The largest farm in town (2,000 acres) is now a private hunting preserve. Click for more

Highway Superintendent Thomas Best and the Town of Hamburg

You can talk about the condition of the roads (which is excellent by the way) all you want to with Tom Best, the town’s highway superintendent, but don’t even hint that the hamburger probably wasn’t invented there. He won’t hear of it.

He readily admits to his tendency towards out-of-the-box-thinking. Click for more

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2013 in the Americraft Center of Progress at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. Click here for info about the event.