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Even though legendary developer Dean Gitter was nowhere in sight Monday for the photo op of the groundbreaking of the new Emerson Inn, his son Alex was, after apparently being handed the reins of the project by his father, along with town supervisor Bob Cross Jr., county Chamber director Ward Todd, soon-to-be-replaced Ulster County Development Corps director Chester Straub, and a host of Emerson employees. Plans for the rebuilding, which the Gitters are saying they want done by next July, will see construction of 24 new four-star suites, the renovation of the old Spotted Dog into a classy restaurant, and the creation of a new, expanded spa. Unlike the Emerson of old, located across Route 28, and the r4egion’s top hotel until it burned tragically last April, everything in the new complex will be joined together in mall fashion. To ensure that ground could actually be broken this past week, pre-event work was done with an excavator on site. Let’s wish everyone luck at meeting their fast deadline!

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LOOKING AHEAD... The coming year hopes to be quieter than this one. But who can say what’s in store, given that a reval’s being completed and we still have this reservoir in our midst?

Summoning Support
Leifeld Takes Large Parcel Battle To
Coalition As Other Towns Get Hit

By Gary Alexander
& Paul Smart
Olive Supervisor Berndt Leifeld returned from a meeting with town supervisors from various areas of the watershed on Monday night with the feeling that progress is being made in the continuing struggle against the Large Parcel Law.

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Major Flood Danger
City’s Need To Maximize Esopus Flow Endangers Creek Properties Thru Winter

By Paul Smart
So here’s the skinny... the Esopus is going to be flowing, from the portal on down, as if it were just short of a flood for the coming months. And if there is a flood, through rain or thaw -- or both -- it’ll just flow that much higher.

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Town Right, City Wrong
Leifeld & Rozelle Say That DEP’s Speed Limit Assertions Need Spitzer Decision

By Gary Alexander
When the town received a fax from Judah Prero, an Assistant Council for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in New York City on Monday, Town of Olive officials read it and decided it was time to seek elsewhere for answers to their questions about the speed limits on Route 28A.

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A Jar Of Olives...



Elves Among Us

By Carol La Monda
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but he lives north and west of here. However, a few of his elves, I’ m sure, live in the Town of Olive. Yes, there are elves among us doing the good work of sharing. Joe and Sandy Friedel are selling fresh-cut or potted trees and donating proceeds to the Boy Scouts. Mary and Joey Tumasian and the next generation of Angie and Ross Singer hosted the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Shokan. Santa arrived on a fire engine and met elf Linda Burkhardt to give out candy canes to the children and the children at heart. The following week, an unnamed political party hosted a breakfast with Santa at the Boiceville Inn complete with presents, pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, OJ and coffee. Since the real Santa was packing his sleigh, Henry Rank donned the costume and posed with toddlers as they shared their Christmas wish list. Last week Donna and Ralph VanKleeck hosted the Fireman’s potluck dinner and Santa visit. Santa arrived on the Shokan fire truck to ask the little ones what they want for Christmas.

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