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Keep It With Changes
Consensus Backs EPA Granting FAD For DEP As Coalition Comes In At 11th Hour

6/8/2006 By Olive Press Staff
Watershed dwellers packed themselves into the Longhouse Lodge at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Tuesday evening to give EPA officials an earful about how they think things are going with the partnership between this region and the City of New York.
The agency is holding a series of public hearings to gather information on how things are going in the vast watershed region before deciding whether to allow the City of New York to continue avoiding a Federal mandate to filter its water supply. Such a filtration system is estimated to cost $8 billion to build and hundreds of millions a year to run.

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Onteora’s Big Blunder
Board Dismisses Interm Super, Hires Pine Hill’s Jordan After Special Ed Revelations

6/8/2006By Lisa Childers
The Onteora Central School District board of education accepted the resignation of interim superintendent Dr. Peter J. Ferrara at a special meeting Tuesday May 30, after the temporary replacement for the recently deceased Justine Winters had served less than a month. The resignation was effective as of May 31. The board then approved Shandaken resident John Jordan, a previous interviewee for the interim post, as Ferrara’s replacement, effective June 1, at the same rate of pay, $565 per day.

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Helping Out Volunteers

A Catskills Effort Gets Underway,
Seeking To Create A Nationwide Effect

6/8/2006By Violet Snow
People who volunteer their time for schools, non-profit organizations, church groups, fire departments, and other essential community services may get tax refunds of up to $2000 a year, if Shandaken residents Calandra Cruickshank and Andrew Martin succeed in rallying support for a bill now in the Ways and Means Committee in Washington. The pair have created an organization, Support American Volunteer Efforts (SAVE), headquartered in the 1890 House on Main Street, Phoenicia, to coordinate support for bill HR4387, which was co-written by Martin and Washington lawyer Dave Coffman, former tax advisor to the Senate, and introduced by Congressman Maurice Hinchey.

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