By Phoenicia Times Staff
A fast-moving fire swept through and completely destroyed the Emerson Inn in Mt. Tremper on the morning of April 25. Although no one was injured, a press release issued by its owners pegged the financial loss at over $7 million for the 3-story, 26,000 square foot structure.

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Is Bigger Really Better?
Cell Tower Hearing At Phoenicia School Raises Serious Questions About New Law

By Brian Powers
Get ready for mountaintop towers the height of 16-story buildings. That’s the message Supervisor Bob Cross Jr. conveyed in indicating he’d ignore recommendations from the County, the town’s attorney, and many in the community to lower the proposed 180 foot height limit in the final draft of his administration’s new Telecommunications Law.

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No Redistricting Now...
Onteora Plans Meet The Candidates Night, Local Info Meetings As Election Looms

By Paul Smart
Two new names, added in the last few weeks before the April 18 filing deadline, have brought to ten the number of candidates vying for four places on the seven-seat Onteora Board of Education May 17.

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Made It...

One Way Of Surviving The Local Winters...

By Brent Robison
Like many of us, Ivan Velilla and Gustavo Sanin almost surrendered to the stress of winter. Proprietors of a solid business -- Velsani Fine Arts and Antiques -- and homeowners on beautiful Woodland Valley Road in Phoenicia, they came very close to giving it all up and heading south, back toward their origins. But an abiding love of their Catskills home gave them the will to find a way to stay here -- and that's what they're doing, despite the winters.

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