HERE COMES
THE CHILL...
Freezing temperatures were finally settling into the Catskills
as of press time, albeit without any snow yet. While the warmer
climes have pleased many, it’s hurt a number of local
businesses reliant on the region’s trying-to-survive ski
industry...
An
Unplanned Debacle
Town Board Action Leads To Stand-Off With Olive Planning Board,
Charges
1/18/2007By
Gary Alexander
Six members of the Olive Planning Board resigned at the town’s
annual reorganization meeting on January 2nd in protest of the
town board’s decision to not reappoint their vice-chair,
Paula Minew, for apparent political reasons.
Minew, who had served the board for 9 years and as vice-chair
for 7, said she first learned of the decision when Olive supervisor
Brendt Leifeld visited her on December 29th.
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Making
Peace At Onteora
Board
And Staff Ready For New Super’s Arrival, Bonding Info
Gatherings
1/18//2007
By Lisa Childers
Corey Cavallaro, president of the Onteora Teacher’s Union,
addressed the school board at its January 9 meeting at the Bennett
School and requested better communication, but also said he
will work with new OCS Superintendent Leslie Ford, set to begin
work February 12.
“The leaders you see before you tonight, represent the
mind, body and soul of the Onteora school district,” he
said, making amends after having previously questioned the way
in which Ford was hired. After noting that his problem was with
the process, and not the person, he added, “We will continue
to jointly work together for the betterment of the Onteora school
district, and other district related issues by bringing forth
information.”
A lengthy discussion proceeded on the various bond proposals
for district-wide configuration changes designed to better utilize
Onteora’s aging facilties, with the school board deciding
that three steps would be taken in order to gather further information.
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DEC
Deputy Commissioner issues a ruling on the
Belleayre Resort - 6 Issues to be adjudicated
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Cleaning
Up Elections
Local Forces Help Push Spitzer
& State Towards Public Campaign
Financing
1/18/2007By
Paul Smart
When it comes to big changes to
the state of our American Democracy,
all eyes are starting to turn
to the Hudson Valley in general,
and Ulster County in particular.
According to Jessica Wisneski,
the Clean Money, Clean Elections
Campaign Coordinator for Citizens
Action of New York, that’s
because the movement to start
weaning our electoral process
from an ever-increasing private
funding system that rewards big
corporate givers has been needing
a “big state” to jump
on its bandwagon, and newly sworn-in
Governor Eliot Spitzer did just
that in his State of the State
speech on January 3. Moreover,
much of the impetus behind the
state’s Clean Money, Clean
Elections push to bring a clear
reformer into New York’s
top office came from Ulster County
volunteers, who are still playing
an active role in Citizens Action’s
new push to aid Spitzer’s
reform plans through the state
legislature in its coming session.
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A
Jar Of Olives...
Nano
- Or Supersized?
1/4/2007
By Carol La Monda
As I typed the title of this column,
the spell check immediately underlined
the two words in red. The two-year
old spell-check program installed
on this writing program did not
recognize the words we use every
day. Words are forever “morphing”
into the English language, and
many of them are coming from technology
and advertising.
Technology passed me by this holiday
season. Although my husband got
a Nano ipod to run with for a
present, I had no idea what it
did and how it did it. The fact
that it could produce pictures,
video, and games in addition to
music was a surprise to me, and
it was more than was needed. After
all, we have a digital camera,
a VCR, a TV, a DVD player and
a Play Station that did all that.
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