Michael Ryan in The Daily Mail reports that the telecommunications tower planned for Windham and moved to Jewett is now late. He writes a lot about mind-reading, but still can't get the reason for the tardy completion of the tower out of Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden. Winter's onset, apparently, could not be forseen. “While I'm happy the ski slopes are open, I would have preferred another 2-3 weeks of work," he quotes Groden. "The work that has been completed has been the type that is technical and time-consuming. For example, the electrical grounding evaluation needed to assure safety or protection from lightning strikes was massive and took weeks to finish. Who would have thought?" The project, Ryan writes, is in response to Tropical Storm Irene which revealed missing links in the chain of police, fire, and ambulance emergency communications. A $892,000 grant from the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services was to complete the tower by this March, the first of several to be installed in Greene County. Groden says the lateness is not a problem, and claims verbal approval from the state for an extension of the completion deadline. Jewett volunteer firefighters requested the tower be called the Jewett Tower, rather than the Windham Tower, since its site move. “I can certainly shift the [identification] of the tower from Windham to Jewett, or a combination of both,” Groden wrote. “But I have to admit, usually installation of towers is controversial and no one wants to be associated with them. Leaving out any connection to you and the town was thought as a better project identification. But we can change it.” Read the full story in The Daily Mail.