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A LITTLR BIT OF HEAT... like we had last week, is all we need now to get our summer stew in order. Yet still, there are those that need the thrill of a tubing ride down the Esopus. Ahhh...


Water Memories Hold Fast
Poncic’s Approval Still A Sore Point As Woodland Valley Association To Meet

7/5/2007 By Phoenicia Times Staff
A controversial water harvest project, although approved last year, remains stagnant in Phoenicia where a well organized citizens group continues a legal battle to stop it.
This Saturday, July 7, the citizens group, known as the Woodland Community Association, will hold its annual meeting at noontime at the historic Roxmor Colony Clubhouse on Woodland Valley Road.
According to Association President Howard McGowan the meeting Saturday will be an opportunity for those interested to hear an update on the status of the lawsuit.

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City’s Rec Rules Tossed
Greene County Case Seems To Call For New Reservoir Fun... Via A Greene Judge

7/5/2007 By Phoenicia Times Staff
A state Supreme Court justice in Greene County has thrown out rules for recreational use of watershed lands that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection enacted last year.
The town of Hunter had filed a lawsuit against the city agency over the rules, claiming they were adopted without proper procedure and that the rules themselves hurt the local economy by limiting access to thousands of acres of city-owned watershed land. The town argued that the rules, adopted in August 2006, violated the 1997 Memorandum of Agreement between the city and communities in its upstate watershed because the agreement allows for public access to the watershed.

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Here For The Schooling...
Phoenicia Parents Explain How Their Community Is Defined By Onteora

7/5/2007By Lisa Childers
Despite the actions that the Onteora School Board has narrowly voted to begin working on to create a new 5-8 Middle School that will address shrinking enrollment figures district-wide, many parents with kids at Phoenicia Elementary are working to back up their belief that should our local schools and communities keep their charm, more people will continue moving into the area.

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Private Vs Public
Hunter & Windham Question Belleayre’s Increasingly Competitive Positioning

7/5/2007 By Paul Smart
The well-publicized successes at state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in Shandaken, at least in terms of skier visits, if not overall profitability, may have caused its own avalanche.
After much grumbling from the region’s private ski area owners reported in these pages this past winter — when poor weather conditions almost made 2007 the winter that never happened, were it not for a spate of late spring storms that extended the season somewhat – politicians in Greene County, home to Hunter and Windham mountains, have responded with a call for the state to “play fair” when it comes to its involvement in the region’s winter sports industry.

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Life After High School

7/5/2007 By Martin Michaels
It is a difficult and life altering transition. Moving on from High School and the familiar community of our rural Catskill Mountain area can seem like an overwhelming and confusing experience. Not only do we have the task of finding exactly what we want to do with our lives, but there is a whole host of larger issues in society that we may feel an obligation to help correct.
My generation, the generation of graduating high school seniors, has been tagged with the immense task of correcting societies ills. It seems like one moment we are enjoying a day of skiing at Belleayre Mountain with friends, and the next we are handed global warming, the war in Iraq, and social security and asked to fix them.

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