Weekender
Monica Graff was recently covering the New York City St. Patrick's
Day Parade when lo and behold, who should she spy but our own
Onteora Marching Band stepping lively down the avenue. According
to others who caught them, crowds treated our local faves as
one of their highlights, as well.
How
Webb Summons Wind
Onteora Starts Going Alternative With New Energy Turbine
At Bennett School
4/8/2010
By Violet Snow
While
out on the windy playground with their students, teachers
at Bennett Elementary School used to joke that there ought
to be a wind turbine on the site. Now that jest has become
a plan.
Parents, students, and teachers at Bennett have raised
$13,000 to build a wind turbine in honor of science teacher
Webb Leonard, who died last February. The one-kilowatt
turbine will power a learning center within the school,
carrying on Leonard's legacy of educating students about
the environment.
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Homegrown
Tea Party?
Talks About What's Angering Folks Leads To A Repeat Of
Property Rights Angst
4/8/2010
By Paul Smart
A Shandaken/Olive/Woodstock Tea Party chapter is being
initiated with a first introductory meeting set for the
Phoenicia Rod & Gun Club along Route 28 next Wednesday
evening, April 14, starting at 7:00 PM.
I met recently with the key organizers of the effort,
an offshoot of the Kingston Tea Party that's been operational
for a year now. Mitchell Langbert and Glenda McGee, seated
in the local Starbucks, noted how Chris Johansen the one
working the organizational details involving who'd be
joining, when and where meetings would be occurring, and
how the new local Tea Party effort would operate. All
three live in Olive.
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A
Jar Of Olives...
Spring Fever
4/8/2010
By Carol LaMonda
It's official. Spring came to the Catskills this week.
In the Hudson Valley, one cannot determine spring by
a calendar date. We have been known to have snow on
the lilacs. Spring escapes from the clutch of Mother
Nature's gloved hand and slyly seeps out until one day
we see twinges of green and yellow where all was gray
and brown the day before. Then, overnight, the forsythia
bursts out with blotches of egg-yolk yellow all along
the streets. We forget to light the woodstove.
The poet, e.e. cummings, described the feeling of spring
in his poem entitled " In Just-" where he
coins the term "Justspring." No, that is not
a typo. The one word captures that moment when we declare
winter over. We hang up our winter coat and venture
outside in just a single layer of clothing. We suddenly
have the urge to rake leaves, buy colorful plants and
open the doors and windows. That feeling overtook us
all communally this week. Motorcycles zoomed by, people
took walks, and lawn furniture moved outdoors from our
cellars and sheds.
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SNOWICANE
Working
A Budget Down
Onteora Board Asks Administration To
Start Cutting At Its Own Expenses
4/8/2010
By Lisa Childers
The Onteora district board of education
added an extra hour for an informal
budget discussion at its April 6 meeting
at Bennett Elementary. Superintendent
Leslie Ford and Assistant Superintendent
of Business Victoria McLaren presented
a 3.9 percent tax levy increase - or
a .31 overall budget increase - for
the 2010/2011 budget, as requested by
the board. Additional cuts came under
administrative spending in order to
obtain that goal. Overall budget reductions
now total $2,358,403.00.
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LUCINDA
KNAUS has been
a quiet mainstay of the
local art scene for years,
based in Shady next door
to Elena Zang. She'll
be the focus of the next
show opening at Cabane
Studio and Gallery at
38 Main Street in Phoenicia
on April 17, then teaching
watercolor classes come
May. For further information
call 688.5490 or try visiting
cabanestudios.wordpress.com
Holding
Up The Economy
Catskill Watershed Corporation
Sees Many Benefits To
Communal Actions
4/8/2010
By Paul Smart
The Catskill Watershed
Corporation held its annual
meeting at its offices
in Margaretville Tuesday
afternoon, April 6, reelecting
incumbent members from
Delaware county and its
existing board and passing
a couple dozen resolutions
without any real discussion.
Although the crowd in
attendance, for an informal
luncheon get-together
as well as the meeting,
included a half dozen
members of the public
and two press representatives,
the room was crowded with
CWC employees and representatives
from all the major governmental
agencies within the Catskills.
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Blocked
Because Of Prices?
Gitter Land Sale In Comptroller's'Sights
As
Aim Gets Taken At Exorbitant
State Deals
4/8/2010
By Paul Smart
The New York Post, of all
publications, has broken
a story regarding our region,
albeit in the context of
the Adirondacks. According
to their veteran Albany
reporter Fred Dicker, in
a piece that ran Monday,
April 5, plans for the state's
purchase of 1,200 plus acres
of Big Indian lands from
Crossroads Ventures, a key
element in the "Agreement
In Principal" brokered
between a host of national,
state and regional environmental
organizations, the New York
City Department of Environmental
Protection, and developer
Dean Gitter, is currently
"being blocked"
by State Comptroller Tom
DiNapoli "out of concern
that Albany is preparing
to spend 'millions more'
than the property is worth."
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