Archive of Superintendent's Profile Articles
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
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 - 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 Frederick J. Piasecki Jr. and the Town of Orchard Park
Laurie Mercer - December 2014
There is a “buzz” these days in Orchard Park, and it’s not from the wood chippers and leaf vacuums that treat the streets with tender loving care. Fred Piasecki, highway superintendent, has about as many chores dedicated to grooming town streets and trees as he does to snow and wind. ... more on Highway Superintendent Frederick J. Piasecki Jr. and the Town of Orchard Park
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
Craig Mongeau - November 2014
Thank you to all who attended and exhibited at last month’s N.Y.S. Highway & Public Works Expo. Exhibitor numbers were up and attendance was strong with more than 1,100 guests who made their way to the Americraft Center of Progress building in Syracuse — proof that the brick and mortar way of buying and selling merchandise still works, and will continue to work. ... more on November 2014
Superintendent of Highways John Richard and the Town of Herkimer
Laurie Mercer - November 2014
When you first meet him, you might think that John Richard, highway superintendent, town of Herkimer, is a kind of gruff Santa Claus, complete with a distinctive, gravely voice. John is forthright in his pride in maintaining the town’s 23 miles of roads and an additional 24 miles of plowing for the county. ... more on Superintendent of Highways John Richard and the Town of Herkimer
Craig Mongeau - October 2014
The Buffalo Bills are off to a 2-1 start this season, as of press time, of course, so by the time you read this, the season may not be going as well as it was in late September. But with the pending new ownership of the team by the Buffalo Sabres owner and the promise to keep the team where it is, the future appears bright for the team, the brightest since the Jim Kelly-led days of the team. ... more on October 2014
Public Works Commissioner Brian Hunt and the Town of Sand Lake
Mary Yamin-Garone - October 2014
For Brian (“Buster”) Hunt, it doesn’t get any better than this. He loves his family. He loves the town where he has spent all of his 56 years. He loves getting up every morning and doing his job as the public works commissioner/highway superintendent for the town of Sand Lake and he loves building houses. ... more on Public Works Commissioner Brian Hunt and the Town of Sand Lake
Director of Public Works Brendt Bodine and the Village of Penn Yan
Laurie Mercer - September 2014
On May 13, 2014, when a total of five to nine inches of rain fell in just three hours in Penn Yan, the result was a flash flood. Swelling Jacob’s and Sucker Brooks surged into the village. The first calls for power lines down came in at 8:54 p.m. ... more on Director of Public Works Brendt Bodine and the Village of Penn Yan
Craig Mongeau - September 2014
I miss Long Island. Back in the early 1990s, I was fortunate to attend Hofstra University in Hempstead, but I have to admit, it took me a little while to adjust. I came from a small, somewhat isolated town called Pittsfield, Mass., just across the New York State border. ... more on September 2014
Craig Mongeau - August 2014
We’ve been through this before. It’s August 2014 and Congress and we are staring at another highway funding precipice because the House, Senate and the President can’t get together and solve much of anything anymore. ... more on August 2014
Highway Superintendent Doug Eddy and the Town of Brunswick
Mary Yamin-Garone - PROFILE CORRESPONDENT - August 2014
Doug Eddy grew up on his family’s farm in Johnsonville, in the town of Pittstown. “We were a typical family,” said Doug. “We raised everything from beef cows to chickens, sheep, pigs, even hamsters. ... more on Highway Superintendent Doug Eddy and the Town of Brunswick
Craig Mongeau - July 2014
The news media’s reputation seems to have gotten worse over the past two or three decades; in reality, though, it’s always been bad. Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre, prints of which he would peddle for money to Boston newspapers a few weeks after the event, was not even close to accurately representing what happened when British Grenadiers fired at colonists that night (the engraving shows a blue sky, by the way.) Revere’s motive was simple: anger colonists to the point of rebellion. ... more on July 2014
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