Missing
The Deluge
One Miraculous Save, Big Scares, But Shandaken Escapes This Storm’s
Worst
7/6/2006By
Phoenicia Times Staff
Shandaken dodged the heavy flooding that plagued much of the Northeast
last week, despite torrential rains falling throughout the region.
While places in Broome, Chenango and Delaware County like Binghamton,
Norwich and Walton were badly damaged, Ulster County had only
minor damage, even in the usually demolished Esopus Valley and
spillway areas.
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Ready
For A Water Fight
Woodland Valley Community Prepares To Challenge Poncic’s Harvesting
Plan 7/6/2006
By Phoenicia Times
Staff
The fight against a controversial water harvesting project in
Phoenicia’s Woodland Valley is turning serious.
This Saturday opponents of the plan are holding a special session
designed to raise awareness of the problems they see with the
plan, and also raise funds for a war chest should neighbors launch
a legal battle against the town if the planning board approves
the project.
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Down
To Two Choices
Onteora Board Whittles Superintendent Candidates To Two, Heads
For Decision
7/6/2006
By Lisa Childers
The Onteora Central School District interviewed two candidates
for Onteora school superintendent on Tuesday, June 27 and Thursday,
June 29 and were set to make some sort of decision on the position
vacated by the late Justine Winters at a special board meeting
scheduled for Wednesday, July 5.
The district’s annual reorganization meeting, when new member
Maxanne Resnick of Shandaken takes office, is scheduled for Tuesday,
July 11.
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Uncle
Rock
From Punk
To Our Phoenicia...
7/6/2006
By Violet Snow
What happens to a punk-rocker turned singer-songwriter when he
becomes a stay-at-home dad? The obvious direction is to start
writing and performing kid songs, and Phoenicia musician Robert
Burke Warren, alias Uncle Rock, has just put together his second
CD of the hippest, most parent-friendly, and most intelligent
kid songs most of us have ever heard. Uncle Rock will be playing
songs from his new album, “Uncle Rock Plays Well with Others”,
on Saturday July 9th at 2:00 p.m. at the Pine Hill Community Center
and at other venues in the area during the month of July.
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"To
the person behind this attack, I say, show yourself."
That's the challenge laid out by Shandaken Supervisor
Robert Cross Jr., who is livid with whoever launched
a recent postcard attack on him, and, as he sees
it, his wife.
The postcard being circulated around town parodies
billboards set up by Crossroads Ventures, the developer
of the proposed Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park
in Shandaken and the neighboring Delaware County
town of Middletown. The billboards feature an image
of the proposed hotel on the mountain near Belleayre
Mountain Ski Center, with slogans about the number
of jobs the project would bring and the benefits
the developers say will follow. "Support the
Belleayre Resort," the billboards say. "This
attack pokes fun at issues most people take a lot
more seriously ... jobs and family," Paul Rakov,
the vice president of public affairs for the resort,
said. "It shows a total disregard for how difficult
it is for families to survive here with little economic
growth or career possibilities." Some believe
the author is calling attention to the fact that
Cross's wife is currently employed by Crossroads
Managing Partner Dean Gitter, at another Gitter
enterprise. Cross has come under fire for this association,
which began after he was elected. Critics say it's
a conflict of interest for Cross to decide on town
matters pertaining to the resort proposal. Cross
denies there is any conflict.
CONGRESSMAN
WARNS OF MEDIA CRISIS
7/6/2006Gary
Alexander
When the standing room only crowd at Ulster Community
College (SUNY/Ulster?) on June 30th overflowed the
500 seat Quimby Auditorium to attend a "media
event" staged by a brand new citizens' group,
many people seemed surprised at the turnout for
such an under publicized gathering. One face in
the crowd that did not seem surprised belonged to
the founder of Northeast Citizens For Responsible
Media, Andi Novick, who has maintained that the
state of American media is not a peripheral issue
but one sitting dead center in the current field
of public concern.
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Administrative
Law Judge Richard R. Wissler Calls for Adjudication
of 12 Resort-Related Issues
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