LARK IN THE PARK... It’s
that time of year, when we should all get out and celebrate
the century-old state park we inhabit. For more see the box
on Page 9 inside!
The
Tower Not Built
Questions Regarding A Cellular Choice Not Taken Start To Resurface...
By Gary Alexander
While the Nextel application to construct a 140 ft. cell phone
tower off Route 28 in Boiceville was filed with Olive officials
last month, another application for a tower from the Masterpage
Corporation of West Hurley still awaits the verdict of a lawsuit
filed in the summer of 2002. According to Olive supervisor Brendt
Leifeld, the decision leading to the legal stalemate was Masterpage’s
own.
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The
Damage Potential
Town & County Officials Check Local Creeks As Part Of Flood
Preparations
By
Gary Alexander
On the morning of September 14, a baker's dozen of assorted
officials set out from the Olive town office in West Shokan
on an expedition to check out the situation along local creeks.
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The
Tragedy Of Coincidence
Jeremy ’s Surrogate Family Remembers His Love Of Peekamoose
& Much More
The 50 young men and women who flocked to the Olivebridge home
of Debra Romano after the tragic accident mentioned below wanted
as much to console as be consoled. Romano was the 22-year old’s
surrogate mother. The young man loved her place, as well as
heading up into the Peekamoose area, where a memorial picnic
was held for him on Saturday, September 24 – one of the
region’s more memorable days for years. Everyone remarked
on the sad coincidences involved in the motorcycle accident,
occurring in the same place that took Romano’s own son,
Paul, who Jeremy looked up to as an older brother.
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A
Jar Of Olives...
Cup Of Joe
By
Carol LaMonda
When my mom comes to visit, I dust off my coffeemaker and
brew her a cup of coffee to start the day. Then we hustle
her out the door to get breakfast at one of Olive’s
many breakfast nooks. “Doesn’t anyone in Olive
cook breakfast at home?” she asks as we hover over
a table hoping to claim the next space in a crowded room
with five tables and six stools at the counter. My answer
is, “If you cook breakfast at home, you just get breakfast.
If you go to one of Olive’s nine breakfast spots,
you find out everything that is going on in town.”
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Administrative
Law Judge Richard R. Wissler Calls for
Adjudication of 12 Resort-Related Issues
Read
entire decision Download
PDF
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LARK IN THE PARK>>>
The
2nd Annual Lark In The Park celebration
of our surrounding Catskill Park gets underway
over the coming weeks, when nature will
hopefully cooperate by giving us all not
only great, diverse weather, but a sparkling
display of just what it can do as a color
field painter.
Events start Saturday, October1 with a Century
Plus One 100-mile bike ride going around
most of the reservoirs and high peaks and
beginning at 8 a.m. at the Kingston Thruway
stop. Call 254-4126 for more info. At 9
a.m. there will be a hike up Slide Mountain
starting at the Trail Head off the Oliverea
Road. Call (212) 877-0671 for info. At the
same time Dale Hughes will lead a more leisurely
hike from the Platte Clove cabin along the
old Overlook Road, accessible off the Platte
Clove Road. Call (845) 586-2232. Other hikes
will start at the same time from the Notch
parking lot on Route 214 near Devil’s
Tombstone in Lanesville ((845 246-8616);
the Dry Brook Range outside of Margaretville
((845 657-7057); Big to Little Pond with
our columnist Chris Olney (845 586-2611);
and a host of other hikes starting at 10
a.m. throughout the region, including promenades
around the Ashokan Reservoir and afternoon
fishing on Big Pound.
A similar schedule fills out Sunday, October
2 starting at 9:30 a.m., including trips
into all the natural wonders of the region.
Events continue on Monday, October 3 and
run every day of the week, including fly
fishing lessons and more. Each features
a knowledgeable naturalist or historian
fully familiar with the terrain being traversed.
Sunday, October 9 is being called Catskill
Mountains firetower day, with a preponderance
of activities around the surviving gems
of this great old phenomenon.
Accompanying events include a Giant Pumpkin
Festival in the Sullivan County community
of Grahamsville on Saturday, October 1,
a simultaneous Cauliflower Festival in Margaretville;
a Harvest Festival at the Woodstock Festival
site in Bethel, NY on Sunday, October 2;
a Mechanics Festival at Hanford Mills in
Delaware County on Saturday, October 8;
the 26th annual Belleayre Mountain Harvest
Festival on Saturday and Sunday, October
8 and 9; the 4th Annual Catskill Ginseng
Festival in the town of Catskill on Sunday,
October 9; and the October 9 Fiddlers fest
in Roxbury.
That’s not forgetting oodles of arts
and other vents crammed in all over the
region; including special “pottery
trails” in most counties.
Get the full scoop, and reserve spaces on
hikes now, by visiting www.catskillpark100.org,
e-mailing catskilllark@aol.com or calling
1-877-426-0323.
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