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TRAIL
CREW... Phoenicia's Cub Scout troop 60's
Wolfpack atop Phoenicia Overlook on The Tanbark Trail, 330 feet
above town. For those who haven't made it yet..the hike starts
at the back of the Parish Field...
Ready For Referendum
Town Holds Final Informational Meeting On Proposed Phoenicia Sewer
System 1/18/2007By
Brian Powers
About 70 people turned out at Parish Hall on Saturday January
13 for the town board’s final informational meeting on Phoenicia’s
proposed wastewater project. As has become common the meeting’s
tone was somewhat contentious, with questions focusing on the
number of septic hookups. According to Supervisor Bob Cross, Jr.,
the system will consist of 352 separate billing units or “EDU’s,”
connected to the proposed plant via 317 laterals. Questioned about
the list, Town Clerk Laurilyn Frasier said “I only got it
this morning.”
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Our
Ambulance Blues
Shandaken Squad Rebuilds With Outside Help After Recent Political
Debacle
1/18/2007By
Phoenicia Times Staff
The town’s ambulance service dominated Shandaken conversation,
and hurriedly-called sessions of the town board, throughout the
last two weeks as everyone raced to adjust to changes forced by
resignations of one third of the sterling squad’s membership,
including its highly-qualified former leaders.
Along the way, it was announced that the town was paying $1,200
a day to have a paramedic and his equipment stationed for local
service coverage in a donated room at the Emerson Lodge.
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Making
Peace At Onteora
Board And Staff Ready For New Super’s Arrival, Bonding
Info Gatherings
1/18//2007By
Lisa Childers
Corey Cavallaro,
president of the Onteora Teacher’s Union, addressed the
school board at its January 9 meeting at the Bennett School
and requested better communication, but also said he will work
with new OCS Superintendent Leslie Ford, set to begin work February
12.
“The leaders you see before you tonight, represent the
mind, body and soul of the Onteora school district,” he
said, making amends after having previously questioned the way
in which Ford was hired. After noting that his problem was with
the process, and not the person, he added, “We will continue
to jointly work together for the betterment of the Onteora school
district, and other district related issues by bringing forth
information.”
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Cleaning
Up Elections
Local Forces Help Push Spitzer & State Towards
Public Campaign Financing
1/18/2007By
Paul Smart
When it comes to big changes to the state of our American
Democracy, all eyes are starting to turn to the Hudson
Valley in general, and Ulster County in particular.
According to Jessica Wisneski, the Clean Money, Clean
Elections Campaign Coordinator for Citizens Action
of New York, that’s because the movement to
start weaning our electoral process from an ever-increasing
private funding system that rewards big corporate
givers has been needing a “big state”
to jump on its bandwagon, and newly sworn-in Governor
Eliot Spitzer did just that in his State of the State
speech on January 3. Moreover, much of the impetus
behind the state’s Clean Money, Clean Elections
push to bring a clear reformer into New York’s
top office came from Ulster County volunteers, who
are still playing an active role in Citizens Action’s
new push to aid Spitzer’s reform plans through
the state legislature in its coming session.
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Storyteller
Jodi
Reyes (left), Ulster Savings Bank’s Phoenicia
Branch Manager, and Joan Eck (right), Sr. Vice President
/ Savings Administration at Ulster Savings Bank, stand
with James Krueger (center), Director of the Pine
Hill Community Center in Shandaken after pledging
the busy not-for-profit $2500 for computer purchases.
A
Dream Draws To A Close
How Singer-Denman Got Started... As Well As What Brought
About Its Ending
1/18/2007By
Damien T. Toman
As one travels at 45 miles per hour through the fleeting
strip of highway that is Boiceville, it seems strange
to think that whole lives have begun there, and whole
lives ended. But when cancer finally stripped the
life from Edward Scanlan’s once-sturdy body
in 1995, it was more than a single life that was,
in one sense or another, drawing to a close. It is
only a small exaggeration to say that an Olive institution
– and a sliver of the American Dream –
was borne away with him.
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