The 1962 Airstream trailer known as Mabel On The Move is
located next to Bread Alone in Boiceville serving organic
lunches on Fridays and Saturdays throughthe leaf-peeping
season. It's the brainchild of Andrea DiMauro, who is buying
and supporting local produce. Stop by and visit while she's
there (and not traveling to fairs). www.mabelonthemove.com.
The
October 1 Deluge
Region Misses Tragic Damage Despite Massive
Rains and Roaring Waterways
10/7/2010
By Paul Smartt
"Please note," came an e-mail from
the Catskills Watrershed Corporation early
Friday morning, October 1. "Catskills
Local Government Day which was to take place
in Hunter today has been cancelled."
By then, town fire and road crews, along with
plenty of shopowners and just plain residents,
had been out in Phoenicia watching the rivers
flow down Main Street. The Phoenicia Plaza,
out on Route 28, was under water. As was Margaretville
and much of the Schoharie Valley in Greene
County. In Olive, people were busy getting
branches and whole trees out from under bridges,
out from the entrances to culverts.
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True
Tax Rates Waiver
OCS Explains How Real Estate Values Change The Amounts
For One's Taxes
10/7/2010
By Lisa Childers
Onteora Central School district has the lowest true
tax rate in Ulster County, according to a presentation
given by the district's Assistant Superintendent for
Business Victoria McLaren.
At the September 28 Board of Education meeting at
Bennett Elementary, McLaren explained that out of
seven school districts, Onteora's true tax rate was
$10.48 per $1000 per household. Preferring to stay
impartial, McLaren didn't list the school districts
by name, but instead numbered the districts for comparison
purposes. District five holds the highest tax rate
at $19.47 per $1000, nearly double of the Onteora
district.
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Jay
& From Tetons
To Ashokan Molly's Reviving
Center Hires A New Director With
Visionary Experience
10/7/2010
By Paul Smart
The Ashokan Center, formerly the Field
Campus for SUNY New Paltz, certainly
is abuzz with activity these days.
First came all the activity involved
in its new life under the guidance
of long-time renters Jay Ungar and
Molly Mason, who have reshaped the
old campus' future, and its programming,
beyond their own music and crafts-oriented
camps towards something blending environmentalism,
heritage, and culture in a uniquely
Catskillian way. Then came their hiring
of noted veteran of the local not-for-profit
world Deborah Meyer Dewan as the organization's
Associate Director in charge of publicity
and a good amount of programming.
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Over Seven Inches of
rain in one night... that's what Aaron
Bennett found in this bucket on his porch!
It's
Over...
On A Paper's Farewell
10/7/2010
By Lissa Harris,
WatershedPost.com
When newspapers
die, there's
no headstone
to mark their
passing. But
I'd like to
imagine that
somewhere in
the Catskill
mountains, in
a clearing on
a hillside ringed
with a crumbling
stone wall,
there's a little
plot where mourning
readers can
pay their respects.
There are teetering
slabs, their
inscriptions
barely legible,
for long-dead
circulars with
bold names:
the Hancock
True Flag, the
Pine Hill Sentinel,
the Star of
Delaware. There
is a sober obelisk
for the New
York State Newspaper
Project, fallen
in 2007 after
twenty years
of working to
preserve the
state's news
history. And
there's a depressingly
large section
full of freshly-dug
graves and shiny
granite blocks,
where two sisters,
ages nine and
seven, will
be interred
this week: the
Phoenicia Times
and the Olive
Press.
Comparing
Now To Then
There's Something About Rural
Life That Leads Us All To Waxing
Nostalgic
10/7/2010
By Cindy Johansen
I remember being dragged out
for a Sunday ride to visit a
place that was to be my 'summer
home'. I didn't want to go,
but didn't have a choice. I
saw a snake that day, just another
confirmation that I didn't want
to be a permanent part of this
place...in the "Country."
We had always visited - Granddad
lived on Bostock Mountain Road
- but that was just to visit
for two hours or so each Sunday!
I don't know how it happened
- but we were kids and kids
make friends quickly. When you
walked down the street, there
was little or no traffic - but
when someone passed you, they
always waved. I didn't know
anyone, but it seemed they all
knew me!
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