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FINALLY...
after
last minute snow, sleet and lots of rain, the time of flowers
is again upon us, along with abundant warmth and sunshine. Will
it last? We certainly hope so!
The
EPA Weighs In...
Latest Filtration Waiver Seems To Offer Better Funding For Phoenicia
Sewer 4/26/2007
By Paul Smart
Ever since the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued
its first Filtration Avoidance Determination to New York City
in 1993, regular renewal of that FAD – along with the threat
of the feds forcing New York to pay the billions of dollars necessary
to build a state-of-the-art filtration system – has become
one of the stand-by political footballs of our region.
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Resort
Talks Unsettled
Kelly Says Congressman’s Alternative Is Evolving While
Hinchey Says It’s Not
4/12/2007
By Paul Smart
What’s up with Dean Gitter’s long-pending Belleayre
Resort project?
The gag order thrown over negotiations bring brokered by federal
EPA Regional Administrator Alan Steinberg, New York City Department
of Environmental Protection officials overseeing the Catskills
watershed, and representatives of Governor Eliot Spitzer since
last fall is still in effect. But word started leaking out that
a compromise may be offered sometimes soon.
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4/26/2007
By Gary Alexander
Those who have been following the twisting course
of the ongoing PET FOOD recall crisis have been
privileged to witness a remarkable exercise in slight-of-hand,
deception and deceit on the part of a corporate
media culture determined to keep an already explosive
story from detonating fully. With few exceptions,
the key words underlying the crisis have been kept
out of the debate for an alarming and disheartening
reason...
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Who’s
Getting A Million?
Catskill Watershed Corporation Pegs Water Discovery
Center For Major Grant
4/26/2007
By Phoenicia Times Staff
After years of fundraising efforts, the Catskill Water
Discovery Center is still far away from it’s
$20.5 million goal, but the Catskill Watershed Corporation
was expected to give the non-profit enterprise a one
million dollar boost this past week.
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Vietnam’s
Legacy...
4/26/2007
By Phoenicia Times Staff
Thomas Dean Walley, a longtime Pine Hill resident,
was a decorated member of the United States Army
who served in Vietnam.
During his time in that war torn country between
1971 and 1974 he received the national Defense
Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic
of Vietnam Campaign Medal, an Air Medal, a Sharpshooter
Badge and the Bronze Star.
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