WINTER’S
FINALLY HERE...
Albeit just as Spring’s about to hit. Cold, we get some
snow days, but it sure is beautiful...
A
Story Of Duelling Cell Towers
3/1/2007
By Gary Alexander
Masterpage Incorporated has said that it is unable to meet its
end of a bargain with Shandaken to build a cell tower on town
land because of its lawsuits with Olive. Yet the company that
fought to put a cell tower on South Mountain, then fought complaining
local residents for a right of way through their property to
build that tower, is also apparently facing new competition
for its service.
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CONCERN
& HOPE AT WEST SHOKAN STORE
3/1/2007
ByGary Alexander
Residents
of Olive’s West Shokan area are pulling hard for a
family new to the area and concerned about the plight of
their teen-aged son.
There was a time in Olive, as in most rural communities,
when an event like a barn-raising would bring out neighbors
in a display of community spirit and friendship. In a more
recent era, demographics of weekenders, newcomers and, of
course, the eternal tube (tv) have somewhat fractured scenes
of local social exchange and community solidarity, a circumstance
which was an item of focus for Phil and Barbara Mansfield
and their children, Killian and Callie, when they arrived
last summer to open the American General Store in West Shokan.
Now their efforts to light the glow of community at their
little store is receiving some positive feedback in a difficult
time.
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Our
Towns’ Double Lives
The Role Of Second Homers Starts To Gain More
Importance Throughout Region
3/1/2007
By Damien T. Toman
Since relocating his family from New York City to Phoenicia
in 2005, graphic designer Mark Lerner has gotten used to being
asked by new acquaintances, “So, did you used to have
a second place here?”
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PLEASE
NOTE: The
clocks jump forward on March
10 and we take our annual Mud
Season issue off March 15. There
is no connection. Your next
paper comes out March 29.
Help
Onteora’s Future!
School District Holds Saturday
Public Input Session With Eye
To Big Changes
3/1/2007
By Lisa Childers
On Saturday March 3 the Onteora
school board will be holding
a community forum regarding
the future of the school district
at the Middle/High school.
The day long event will also
be a chance to meet the new
superintendent, Dr. Leslie
Ford. Public can attend either
a morning or an afternoon
session from 10am to12:30pm
or 1pm to 3:30pm. Light refreshments
will be served.
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A
Jar Of Olives...
It’s
All Just One Big Family
Giving
Some Thought To Geneology
3/1/2007
By Carol La Monda
A message on my answering machine
jolted me back to a passionate
love of genealogy. “I think
my grandfather, Nils Nilsen, was
your grandmother’s twin
brother born in the island of
Hidra, Norway in 1885.”
A stranger left a message, and
I returned his call just two days
ago. Since then, my cousins and
the caller have been sharing pictures
over the Internet and exchanging
stories of three generations of
Nilsens. The stranger is now my
cousin.
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This
Ain’t No Party, Folks
Association Of Town’s
Annual Hilton Shindig’s
All Work... For Those Who Go
3/1/2007
By Paul Smart
The Association of Towns of
the State of New York’s
Training School and Annual Meeting,
which took place this past week
in the New York Hilton, is not
the sexiest of Manhattan events.
While the various Trianon and
Royalty-monikered ballrooms
and meeting sites around the
massive Midtown Manhattan hostelry
may also play host to New Music,
off-the-rack Fashion, and cutting
edge Art World events, there
were no shaved plates or even
much talk of Britney Spears
February 18 through 21, with
several thousand town clerks,
supervisors, planners, and comptrollers
in attendance.
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