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LARK
IN THE PARK... It’s that time
of year, when we should all get out and celebrate the century-old
state park we inhabit. For more see the box on Page 9 inside!
Don’t
Tread On Us!
Phoenicia PTA Takes On Onteora After New Board Seems To
Dis Our School
By Paul Smart
When the Onteora Central School Board met at our elementary school
on Tuesday, September 20, no one was expecting much of a meeting.
With board president Dave Patterson away, new VP Rita Vanacore
of Olive was set to preside. Superintendent Justine Winters was
also not in attendance. Public attendance was a little under two
dozen.
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Lining
Up His Allies
Destitute Coalition of Watershed Towns Seeks Funding So It Can
Stand With Gitter
By
Phoenicia Times Staff
If the planning boards of Shandaken and Middletown give the go
ahead, the Coalition of Watershed Towns will appeal a September
7th state DEC Administrative Law Judge’s ruling that calls
for further review of the Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park. The
Coalition tops the list of project allies that appear to have
been enlisted into the fray by Dean Gitter, the resort projects
managing partner, as he finds his plans more and more in jeopardy.
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Working
Together...
Five Years Strong, Pine Hill’s Community Center Show Us
All How To Help Our Kids
By
Paul Smart
Tragedy struck Pine Hill six years ago when a ten year old boy
took his own life. Deeply moved, a number of parents and friends
came together to do something good for their community. Over a
cup of tea, neighbors dreamed of a place where people of all ages
could go and feel welcomed, supported, and safe. Others joined
the bandwagon, added to the vision, gave of their time and money.
Before long a building was found for the new effort. Events got
underway. Classes were held. There was a grand opening ceremony.
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Helping
Out With A Heart
Rehabilitating
The Local Wildlife
By Violet Snow
“Here’s my possum manual,” said Jo-Anne Rowley,
hefting a weighty, well-thumbed looseleaf binder. “This
is everything I don’t know about possums.” The Phoenicia
wildlife rehabilitator is the local recipient of injured and
orphaned creatures such as the pair of baby opossums that were
brought to her on August 2. They were thrown from their mother’s
pouch when she was hit and killed by a car on the Old Plank
Road.
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Administrative
Law Judge Richard R. Wissler Calls for Adjudication
of 12 Resort-Related Issues
Read
entire decision Download
PDF
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LARK IN THE PARK>>>
The
2nd Annual Lark In The Park celebration of our surrounding
Catskill Park gets underway over the coming weeks,
when nature will hopefully cooperate by giving us
all not only great, diverse weather, but a sparkling
display of just what it can do as a color field painter.
Events start Saturday, October1 with a Century Plus
One 100-mile bike ride going around most of the reservoirs
and high peaks and beginning at 8 a.m. at the Kingston
Thruway stop. Call 254-4126 for more info. At 9 a.m.
there will be a hike up Slide Mountain starting at
the Trail Head off the Oliverea Road. Call (212) 877-0671
for info. At the same time Dale Hughes will lead a
more leisurely hike from the Platte Clove cabin along
the old Overlook Road, accessible off the Platte Clove
Road. Call (845) 586-2232. Other hikes will start
at the same time from the Notch parking lot on Route
214 near Devil’s Tombstone in Lanesville ((845
246-8616); the Dry Brook Range outside of Margaretville
((845 657-7057); Big to Little Pond with our columnist
Chris Olney (845 586-2611); and a host of other hikes
starting at 10 a.m. throughout the region, including
promenades around the Ashokan Reservoir and afternoon
fishing on Big Pound.
A similar schedule fills out Sunday, October 2 starting
at 9:30 a.m., including trips into all the natural
wonders of the region. Events continue on Monday,
October 3 and run every day of the week, including
fly fishing lessons and more. Each features a knowledgeable
naturalist or historian fully familiar with the terrain
being traversed.
Sunday, October 9 is being called Catskill Mountains
firetower day, with a preponderance of activities
around the surviving gems of this great old phenomenon.
Accompanying events include a Giant Pumpkin Festival
in the Sullivan County community of Grahamsville on
Saturday, October 1, a simultaneous Cauliflower Festival
in Margaretville; a Harvest Festival at the Woodstock
Festival site in Bethel, NY on Sunday, October 2;
a Mechanics Festival at Hanford Mills in Delaware
County on Saturday, October 8; the 26th annual Belleayre
Mountain Harvest Festival on Saturday and Sunday,
October 8 and 9; the 4th Annual Catskill Ginseng Festival
in the town of Catskill on Sunday, October 9; and
the October 9 Fiddlers fest in Roxbury.
That’s not forgetting oodles of arts and other
vents crammed in all over the region; including special
“pottery trails” in most counties.
Get the full scoop, and reserve spaces on hikes now,
by visiting www.catskillpark100.org,
e-mailing catskilllark@aol.com or calling 1-877-426-0323.
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