Archive of Superintendent's Profile Articles
Highway Superintendent Bill DuBois and the Town of Sodus
Sondra Rossi - December 2015
Bill DuBois has been the Sodus highway superintendent since 2000. But before that, he had an entirely different line of work … apples. Bill’s family has been in the apple business since 1935 and their 125-acre apple orchard produces an average of 70,000 bushels of apples a year. ... more on Highway Superintendent Bill DuBois and the Town of Sodus
Craig Mongeau - November 2015
Everything, it seems, is beginning earlier than it used to. The Christmas shopping/advertising season starts November 1st, right after Halloween, which, planning, shopping and decorating for that now starts around mid-September. ... more on November 2015
Superintendent of Highways John Greeley and the Town of LaFayette
Laurie Mercer - November 2015
Fifty years from now, on June 1, 2065, somebody will open up a highway department’s inspired time capsule. The four-foot metal tube, clearly marked, was set into the wall of the town of LaFayette’s brand new, state-of-the-art highway department, which had an illustrious ribbon cutting in May 30, 2015. ... more on Superintendent of Highways John Greeley and the Town of LaFayette
Superintendent of Highways Daniel P. Losquadro and the Town of Brookhaven
Giles Lamberston - October 2015
When a snowfall is measured in feet of accumulation or a thunderstorm blows in at 90 mph, the anxiety of a highway superintendent can be measured in consecutive sleepless nights. Yet Superintendent Daniel P. ... more on Superintendent of Highways Daniel P. Losquadro and the Town of Brookhaven
Craig Mongeau - October 2015
The Buffalo Bills tickets that we’ll be giving away at the upcoming N.Y.S. Highway & Public Works Expo might be pretty valuable this go-around. The trouble with going to press early is that this prediction may prove wrong, but as of press time, the Bills and their fans, by virtue of a convincing win over the Indianapolis Colts, have a lot to be optimistic about this young football season. ... more on October 2015
Highway Superintendent Ray Smith and the Town of Niskayuna
Mary Yamin-Garone - PROFILE CORRESPONDENT - September 2015
In the words of President John F. Kennedy, “…Let the word go forth…that the torch has been passed to a new generation…”Fast forward to 2015. “I’m the new guy. I was handed the torch and I’m carrying it.” Those are the words of Ray Smith, highway superintendent of the town of Niskayuna, on taking over the reins from longtime super (20 years to be exact) Frank Gavin. ... more on Highway Superintendent Ray Smith and the Town of Niskayuna
Craig Mongeau - September 2015
Over the past several years, more articles have been popping up on the Web about yet another asteroid potentially hurtling toward Earth with the potential to slam into it. Some of these are hoaxes while other stories talk of asteroids that are in reality millions and millions of miles outside of Earth’s orbital path around the sun, though that info is buried quite a ways down in the story, you know, to get you to read it. ... more on September 2015
Craig Mongeau - July 2015
What should a manager reasonably be expected to control? That’s a question Sepp Blatter, the embattled former FIFA president, tried to answer in the wake of several members of his organization being indicted for bribery and money laundering by the FBI. ... more on July 2015
Commissioner of Public Works Anthony Corellis and the Town of East Greenbush
Mary Yamin-Garone - July 2015
It doesn’t take long to realize that Anthony Corellis is the right man for the job. Obviously comfortable in his own skin, Anthony exudes confidence as he tells of his journey to become the commissioner of public works of the town of East Greenbush. ... more on Commissioner of Public Works Anthony Corellis and the Town of East Greenbush
Craig Mongeau - June 2015
Soon, we’re going to have another horse racing Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, N.Y. Like a lot of people, both ones who follow horse racing year-round, and me, who follows the three big races in May and June each year, I’d like to see a Triple Crown winner; if American Pharaoh wins June 6, he will be the first horse since Affirmed did it in 1978 — a decade that saw three Triple Crown winners, with Secretariat and Seattle Slew being the other two. ... more on June 2015
Commissioner of Public Works Paul Schenkel and Town of Pittsford
Laurie Mercer - June 2015
Old Erie Canal Lock 62 has been overgrown and an abandoned mess for at least 50 years. While the original stone walls, laid without mortar are in surprisingly good shape, the terrain is woody and unavailable except to determined mountain bikers. ... more on Commissioner of Public Works Paul Schenkel and Town of Pittsford
Superintendent of Highways Rick Thompson and the Village of Ardsley
Mary Yamin-Garone - May 2015
For Rick Thompson the road to the village of Ardsley highway department was paved with seafood, hamburgers and fried chicken. After discovering — and pursuing — his love for food and cooking, he joined forces with the highway department. ... more on Superintendent of Highways Rick Thompson and the Village of Ardsley
Craig Mongeau - May 2015
Recently, we had a conversation in our editorial department about what each of us thought has been the most important technological invention in our lifetimes (our ages span 24 years to 50 years old.)One said cell phones; one said the Internet; another said caller ID; and I said widespread ATM availability. ... more on May 2015
Superintendent of Highways Terry Featherly and the Town of Phelps
Laurie Mercer - April 2015
Phelps for many years was one of the largest producers of sauerkraut in the world, so it comes as no surprise that highway superintendent Terry Featherly, as an enterprising kid, hand-planted baby cabbages from the back of a machine that positioned him near the ground. ... more on Superintendent of Highways Terry Featherly and the Town of Phelps
Craig Mongeau - April 2015
I had the pleasure of attending the World of Asphalt in Baltimore last month and the two big topics of conversation were the highway bill (or lack of one) and intelligent compaction. There was not a lot of optimism on the show floor about Congress and the president getting together to come up with a long-term solution to our serious infrastructure funding problems. ... more on April 2015
Craig Mongeau - March 2015
When Fairbanks, Alaska, is warmer than where you are in the lower 48, particularly New York State, things aren’t good. This winter more or less started with the snow blast in Buffalo late last year and has continued with the clichéd bone-chilling temps pretty much ever since. ... more on March 2015
Highway Superintendent Fred McCagg and the Town of Nassau
Mary Yamin-Garone - March 2015
Fred McCagg is a self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades. When he’s not doing his job as highway superintendent for the town of Nassau, Fred runs Dynamic Sports Adventures, is a New York State Outdoor Licensed Guide, the Youth Committee chairman for the town, head of a nature club for elementary school kids, conducts an annual wilderness program and is in charge of the town’s trail system. ... more on Highway Superintendent Fred McCagg and the Town of Nassau
Craig Mongeau - January 2015
By now, you may have already noticed an improvement in the overall printing quality of this issue of Superintendent’s Profile. That’s because we’ve upgraded the paper stock and the magazine has gone entirely to heatset print. ... more on January 2015
Highway Superintendent Brian Bernard and the Town of East Bloomfield
Laurie Mercer - January 2015
When the small, hand-lettered signs first appeared in front of each gravel pile in the pit, there might have been a mild sense of fun in the highway barn in the town of East Bloomfield. “I knew highway work, but running a gravel pit was entirely new to me,” said Brian Bernard, highway superintendent for the town, the man who made the sign while he was learning about the pit. ... more on Highway Superintendent Brian Bernard and the Town of East Bloomfield
Craig Mongeau - December 2014
We now have a little more than a month and a half for our lame duck Congress to do something the new Congress in January likely won’t have the will to doThe price of a barrel of oil has been trading lower almost every day, which makes now the ideal time to raise the motor fuels tax. ... more on December 2014
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