OLIVE
DAY... is just around the corner on Saturday, September 6 at
Davis Park in West Shokan. Things start at 9 AM, with loads
of fun for the kids in the morning and some great music pegged
for the afternoon hours. No excuses... you can’t miss
it!
As
Good As Kingston!
Ellenville Hospital’s On A Roll, & Wants To Remind
All They’re An Easy Drive Away
8/28/2008
By Paul Smart
42 years ago, then-President Lyndon Baines Johnson came to the
inauguration of a newly constructed hospital building in Ellenville
to speak about his hopes for rural healthcare as part of the
Great Society advances he was promoting for the nation’s
future at the time.
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The
Latest Brouhaha...
Onteora Coach Finds Himself At The Center Of Growing Assignment
Controversy
8/28/2008
By Gary Alexander
Onteora High
School track coach and physical education teacher Patrick Burkhardt
remembers that he was battling a flu one Friday in early June
when he answered an unexpected phone call from the school’s
principal. The call, which was to alert him to a change in his
assignment for next year, stunned him with news which he feels
threatens to end his coaching career.
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Ashokan
Welcome
Jay & Molly Take The Reins At Olivebridge Campus With
An Eco-Festival Start-Up
8/28/2008
By Charlie Blumstein
The Catskill
Mountain Eco-Heritage festival being held at the Ashokan Center
in Olivebridge on Labor Day weekend will celebrate nature,
music and art at the first major event open to the public
since the Ashokan Foundation assumed ownership of the former
Ashokan Campus Outdoor Education Center from the SUNY New
Paltz Campus Auxiliary Services in March, 2008.
