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PAUL
RAKOV, VP of Public Relations
at Emerson Place, proudly shows off the new Phoenix Restaurant,
open since Valentine’s Day, and awaits the big opening of
the newly rebuilt resort March 16.
$17
Million On Hold...
New York City Says It’s Waiting To See What
Phoenicia Does Next With Sewer 3/1/2007By
Phoenicia Times Staff
While claiming to respect the will of the majority, the New York
City Department of Environmental Protection has put a hold on
any final decisions regarding Phoenicia despite the fact that
the voters in that community voted down the plan to build a $17.2
million city funded sewer system.
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This
Ain’t No Party, Folks
Association Of Town’s Annual Hilton Shindig’s All
Work... For Those Who Go
3/1/2007
By Paul Smart
The Association of Towns of the State of New York’s Training
School and Annual Meeting, which took place this past week in
the New York Hilton, is not the sexiest of Manhattan events.
While the various Trianon and Royalty-monikered ballrooms and
meeting sites around the massive Midtown Manhattan hostelry
may also play host to New Music, off-the-rack Fashion, and cutting
edge Art World events, there were no shaved plates or even much
talk of Britney Spears February 18 through 21, with several
thousand town clerks, supervisors, planners, and comptrollers
in attendance.
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PLEASE
NOTE: The
clocks jump forward on March 10 and we take our annual
Mud Season issue off March 15. There is no connection.
Your next paper comes out March 29.
Help
Onteora’s Future!
School District Holds Saturday Public Input Session
With Eye To Big Changes
3/1/2007
By Lisa Childers
On Saturday March 3 the Onteora school board will
be holding a community forum regarding the future
of the school district at the Middle/High school.
The day long event will also be a chance to meet the
new superintendent, Dr. Leslie Ford. Public can attend
either a morning or an afternoon session from 10am
to12:30pm or 1pm to 3:30pm. Light refreshments will
be served.
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Masterpage
Backs Away From Town...
3/1/2007By
Phoenicia Times Staff
Masterpage Incorporated is unable to meet its end
of a bargain with Shandaken to build a cell tower
on town land. That is the final word on the companies
efforts in this community, but at the same time the
company announced that it was full steam ahead in
Olive, where an already built tower was bogged down
for months in a legal battle.
CONCERN
& HOPE AT WEST SHOKAN STORE
3/1/2007
ByGary Alexander
Residents
of Olive’s West Shokan area are pulling hard
for a family new to the area and concerned about
the plight of their teen-aged son.
There was a time in Olive, as in most rural communities,
when an event like a barn-raising would bring out
neighbors in a display of community spirit and friendship.
In a more recent era, demographics of weekenders,
newcomers and, of course, the eternal tube (tv)
have somewhat fractured scenes of local social exchange
and community solidarity, a circumstance which was
an item of focus for Phil and Barbara Mansfield
and their children, Killian and Callie, when they
arrived last summer to open the American General
Store in West Shokan. Now their efforts to light
the glow of community at their little store is receiving
some positive feedback in a difficult time.
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Our
Towns’ Double Lives
The Role Of Second Homers Starts To
Gain More Importance Throughout Region
3/1/2007
By Damien T. Toman
Since relocating his family from New York City to
Phoenicia in 2005, graphic designer Mark Lerner has
gotten used to being asked by new acquaintances, “So,
did you used to have a second place here?”
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