Archive of Superintendent's Profile Articles
Retired Superintendent of Highways Bob Ayers and the Town of Avon
Laurie Mercer - December 2011
If you had come looking for the town of Avon’s highway barn several years ago, you’d be directed to a cramped old structure that was so narrow workers had to remove the wings on the plows to park indoors. ... more on Retired Superintendent of Highways Bob Ayers and the Town of Avon
Profile Staff - December 2011
As I get older, everything, except me, seems to be moving faster. Years pass by in an instant. When I was a kid, summer vacation felt like half a year; now a year feels like six months. One day I’m 46 years old, then hurricane-force winds blast in 47. ... more on
Craig Mongeau - December 2011
As I get older, everything, except me, seems to be moving faster. Years pass by in an instant. When I was a kid, summer vacation felt like half a year; now a year feels like six months. One day I’m 46 years old, then hurricane-force winds blast in 47. ... more on December 2011
Superintendent of Highways Gael Appler Sr. and the Town of Marlborough
Profile Staff - November 2011
While the 2011 hurricane season was leaving its marks up and down the east coast of the United States, Gael Appler Sr., town of Marlborough superintendent, was remembering another hurricane, in another year. ... more on Superintendent of Highways Gael Appler Sr. and the Town of Marlborough
Profile Staff - November 2011
Sometimes Superintendent Profile deadline falls on a day in proximity, if not the day after, the N.Y.S. Highway & Public Works Expo. Such was the case this year. Look in December’s issue of the magazine for complete coverage of the event. ... more on
Craig Mongeau - November 2011
Sometimes Superintendent Profile deadline falls on a day in proximity, if not the day after, the N.Y.S. Highway & Public Works Expo. Such was the case this year. Look in December’s issue of the magazine for complete coverage of the event. ... more on November 2011
Craig Mongeau - October 2011
And here we are again — leaf season, weather report watching and worrying, increasingly chilly nights and the easiest and most fun part of autumn, the New York State Highway & Public Works Expo. To be held Wednesday, Oct. ... more on October 2011
Craig Mongeau - September 2011
At press time, there are no substantial updates to report on the truck spec issue facing New York State highway superintendents and public works commissioners. However, according to Michael Thompson, director, State Associations & Strategic Planning at Association Development Group, and the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways, a meeting has been requested with the commissioner of the OGS. ... more on
Craig Mongeau - September 2011
At press time, there are no substantial updates to report on the truck spec issue facing New York State highway superintendents and public works commissioners. However, according to Michael Thompson, director, State Associations & Strategic Planning at Association Development Group, and the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways, a meeting has been requested with the commissioner of the OGS. ... more on September 2011
Superintendent of Highways Joanne Graham and the Town of Dover
Mary Yamin-Garone - August 2011
A lot of people say that someday they’d like to give back to their community, if given the chance. Joanne Graham is one of those few who actually has. Joanne was born and raised in Wingdale, N.Y., in the town of Dover. ... more on Superintendent of Highways Joanne Graham and the Town of Dover
Profile Staff - August 2011
One size fits all is a pretty common marketing slogan. After all, who wouldn’t want to buy something that covers just about every application you’d need the product or service to cover, right? Well, not right — not all the time anyway. ... more on August 2011
Superintendent of Highways Bob Hite and the Town of Osceola
Laurie Mercer - July 2011
While most people’s idea of a “typical winter” does not include 350 inches of snow, even when it makes national news, heavy snowfall is not what keeps Bob Hite, highway superintendent of Osceola, awake at night. ... more on Superintendent of Highways Bob Hite and the Town of Osceola
Profile Staff - July 2011
A recent study released by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis at the School of Public Health revealed that the additional fine particulate matter emissions that can be traced back to traffic congestion in the nation’s 83 largest urban areas led to more than 2,200 premature deaths in the United States last year. ... more on July 2011
Supervisor of Streets Don Rapalee and the Village of Penn Yan
Profile Staff - June 2011
Losing a friend and colleague is difficult. Being called on to replace him as streets foreman is even more difficult. But that’s exactly what Don “Rap” Rapalee had to do when his predecessor passed away in 2008. ... more on Supervisor of Streets Don Rapalee and the Village of Penn Yan
Profile Staff - June 2011
I could be wasting my time writing this column. It’s Friday, May 20, the day before the end, according to some people. Perhaps you’ve heard of this. Some have calculated that the Bible predicts May 21 as the end-all, be-all for human existence. ... more on June 2011
Superintendent Paul Winchell and the Town of Fort Ann Highway Department
Mary Yamin-Garone - May 2011
For Paul Winchell it doesn’t get any better than this. He loves his family. He loves the town where he has spent all of his 45 years. He loves getting up every morning and doing his job as the highway superintendent of the town of Fort Ann and he loves hogs — of the Harley variety. ... more on Superintendent Paul Winchell and the Town of Fort Ann Highway Department
Profile Staff - May 2011
There’s a scene in “Good Will Hunting” when Will (Matt Damon) says to an arrogant Harvard student at a bar that one day he’s going to realize when he’s older that he will have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on his degree, which he could have earned for a “dollah fifty in late chahges at the public library.”To a large extent, Will was right. ... more on May 2011
Superintendent Scott Gallerie and the Rensselaer County Highway Department
Mary Yamin-Garone - April 2011
It doesn’t take long to realize that Scott Gallerie — former Army National Guardsman turned county highway superintendent — means business. Obviously a man comfortable in his own skin, Scott handles himself with confidence and ease as he tells of his journey to this job. ... more on Superintendent Scott Gallerie and the Rensselaer County Highway Department
Profile Staff - April 2011
My nine-year-old daughter is having trouble learning her multiplication tables. My wife and I have employed several strategies to help her memorize the answers — flash cards, taking a “photograph” of the equations in her mind’s eye, rewards, finger counting and more. ... more on April 2011
Superintendent of Highways Jerry Hubright and the Town of Williamson
Laurie Mercer - March 2011
Come Dec. 31, 2011, the superintendent of the town of Williamson’s highway department will retire after 40 years. A tall, thoughtful man, Jerry Hubright may be among the most understated highway superintendents in the state. ... more on Superintendent of Highways Jerry Hubright and the Town of Williamson
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