There
was a restive, creative element to the rhythmic hammering
of hot metal at the Atlantic Coast Blacksmiths’
Conference held at the recently renamed Ashokan Center last
week, with all in attendance noting that the feeling of comraderie
that’s served the group since its radical incepption as
part of the back-to-the-earth movement of the late 1960s and
early 1970s was perfectly matched by Olive’s vibe. Following
on the EcoFestival, things are hopping in Olivebridge!
Sewer
Decision Looms
Bids Go Out For Boiceville System With Leifeld Saying If It’s
Too High, Goodbye
9/11/2008
By Charlie Blumstein
The Olive Town Board authorized Geo. Lamont Engineering to put
out the bids for the Boiceville Sewage Treatment and Collection
System at the September Olive Town Board meeting. “If
the bids come in too high, we can refuse the system.”
said Olive Supervisor Berndt Liefeld of the impending decision
to enter into the construction phase of the project.
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Clearing
The Water?
Onteora Board Hits On Solution For Muddy HS H2O, Mulls New Lockers
9/11/2008
By Lisa Childers
The Onteora district school board settled on the purchase of
greensand water filtration system in order to eliminate the
Manganese and Iron from schools at the Boiceville campus.
At Tuesday night’s, September 9 school board meeting at
Woodstock elementary, the board, in a split decision will seek
the most expensive system not to exceed $85,000 compared to
two less expensive systems that would not remove the minerals,
but would cause the brown water to clear up..
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The
Cuts Hit Home
Belleayre Ready To Get Major Budget Hits As State Seems To
Give It A Thumbs Up
9/11/2008
By Paul Smart
Sometimes the state takes away simultaneous to its giving.
Just ask anyone with a connection to Belleayre Mountain Ski
Center, which has had some major ups and downs over the past
week… and looks to be headed for more downs in the months
to come, now.
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Still
Smartening Up
The Central Catskills’
Collaborative Keeps Plugging
Away At A New Regionalism
9/11/2008
By Charlie Blumstein
The Central Catskills Collaborative
held their September meeting
outdoors last Thursday evening,
September 4, at Davis Park
in the Olive hamlet of West
Shokan where members and
the public were treated
to some down home Olive
hospitality in the form
of a wood-fired pizza potluck
dinner created by several
advisory members of the
Collaborative. The CCC is
a regional planning group
formed to budget and spend
$500,000 in state Smart
Growth funds made available
to municipalities in the
Route 28 corridor under
the advisory direction of
Peter Manning, Regional
Planner at the Catskill
Center for Conservation
and Development.
WHAT
IS THAT? Check
out Jen Holz’s On The
Farm column inside for a chilling
story of visitation prompted
by son Josh’s above photo.
What’s going on? Are we
about to become like a battleground
state here? Or just the birthplace
of another Orson Welles? Read
on and remember, a bit of skepticism
is never that bad a thing, in
the end.
A
Jar Of Olives...
Political Jabberwocky
9/11/2008
By Carol LaMonda
Almost-Hurricane Hanna scared
Olive Day into next week. It will
be held on Saturday, September
13, from 9 until dusk. The rescheduled
Olive Day promises to be just
as good, if not better, than the
one rained out last week. Ben
Rounds’ band, The Famous
Lees of Krumville, was able to
reschedule, as were all of the
vendors Linda Burkhardt contacted.
Some vendors were actually pleased
to have a more convenient date.
They certainly were glad to have
the chance of better weather.
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