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The
town’s annual Easter Egg Hunt
will take place Saturday, April 15 at 11AM sharp in Phoenicia’s
Parish Field. Bring your basket! The event is sponsored by the
M.F. Whitney Hose Co.
Flushed!
Sewer Committee Calls It Quits...
4/13/2006
By Phoenicia Times Staff
The Phoenicia Wastewater Committee decided it has had enough.
At the end of it’s meeting Tuesday, April 11, the Committee
quietly announced that it would go into closed door executive
session. This was not unusual, it has happened more often than
not since the group started having to hold it’s bi-weekly
sessions at the Parish Hall in Phoenicia due to increased community
attendance.
But what was different this time was that they came out of the
session and voted to disband.
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The
Onteora Budget’s In
Despite Public Outcry Over Its Deep Cuts, Board Promises To Try
Cutting Even More
4/13/2006
By Lisa Childers
The Onteora Central School District Administration’s proposed
2006-07 budget presented at its March 28 meeting calls for total
spending of $44,899,221, an increase of 4.39 percent or an additional
$1,887,438. The proposal, which must be ratified by the trustees
on the Board of Education by April 19 and then approved by voters
in May, would represent a .57 percent difference above an austerity
budget should the voters reject the proposal.
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Time
To Negotiate Now?
Gitter Offers Compromise Stance As He Simultaneously Asks County
For Tax Help
4/13/2006
By Paul Smart
Developer Dean Gitter is saying he’s ready to negotiate
to “significantly downsize” his proposed Belleayre
Resort project.
At the same time, he’s asked for and received a significant
tax abatement from the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency
on his $7 million Emerson Inn rebuilding project on Route 28 near
Mt. Tremper, despite having turned down such offers only four
months ago.
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A
Truly Painful Transition
An Anxious Regional Community of Catholics Face an Uncertain Future
4/13/2006
By Brian Powers
After two years of study and as part of a sweeping reorganization
of its 409 local parishes, the Archdiocese of New York has announced
plans to permanently close 3 local churches, reassign our area’s
resident priest Father Christopher Berean, and consolidate Phoenicia-based
St. Francis de Sales Parish within the larger St. John’s
Parish based in Woodstock.
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Illustrating
The Edges...
Christie
Scheele’s Unique Ouevre
4/13/2006
By Paul Smart
Christie Scheele, the Chichester-based painter and teacher,
former comic book colorist and mother of Tessa and Tony,
will be celebrating the completion of her latest project,
the illustration of a new edition of Alf Evers’
teen classic, Treasure of Watchdog Mountain, over the
coming weeks.
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Law Judge Richard R. Wissler Calls for Adjudication
of 12 Resort-Related Issues
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