Archive for July, 2009

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Catskill school district inks bus contracts

Catskill school board inks bus contracts
Cost of transporting students going up in 2009
The Daily Mail
July 30, 2009
CATSKILL — The Catskill Central School District Board of Education approved contracts Wednesday evening with First Student and Coxsackie Transport to shuttle more than 1,600 students between their homes and the district’s three school buildings during the upcoming school […]

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Friday, July 31st, 2009

NYCLU blasts cairo for seeking fees from plaintiffs

NYCLU blasts Cairo for seeking fees from plaintiffs
Watchdog group says town has no legal recourse for recovering money
The Daily Mail
July 30, 2009
CAIRO — The New York Civil Liberties Union has decried a resolution passed by the Cairo Town Board as “chilling” according to documents obtained by The Daily Mail.
A complaint was made to the NYCLU […]

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Drug probe will be ongoing

Drug probe will be ongoing
More charges possible as investigation of suspected drug trafficking ring continues
The Daily Mail
July 28, 2009
A investigation into an alleged drug trafficking operation in Catskill will continue despite an arrest made over the weekend, according to the Catskill Police Department.
Louis Tushaj, 45, was charged Saturday after police executed a search warrant at […]

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Communities spar over EMS payments

Communities spar over EMS payments
Cairo, Greenville agree on one thing: Problems are ‘ludicrous’
The Daily Mail
July 24, 2009
Cairo Ambulance Chief Reay Mahler said the Greenville Rescue Squad owes the Town of Cairo roughly $16,000 for calls covered in Greenville for patients who do not pay, or do not have an insurance company pay, the Town of […]

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Celebrating all the best county can offer

Celebrating all the best county can offer
The Daily Mail
July 24, 2009
At around noon Thursday, Greene County Agricultural Society President Richard Bear said he was pleased with the large opening-day crowd at the annual Greene County Youth Fair.
Behind him, one of the fair’s demonstrations captivated a young audience. Inside a distant tent, fairgoers learned about forests, […]

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Police charge 2, cat Elijah still missing

Police charge 2, cat Elijah still missing
The Daily Mail
July 24, 2009
Brenda Widely has been searching for two days for her cat, Elijah, who was stolen from her car in New Baltimore Tuesday and left in a parking lot in Ravena.
Elijah is a brown and grey Siamese cat with blue eyes. Although Elijah is an indoor […]

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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Dragonfly Performing Arts to move to Cairo

Dragonfly Performing Arts to move to Cairo
The Daily Mail
July 23, 2009
Broadway veterans Rita and John Carver hope to open a new studio on Main Street, in Cairo, for their group Dragon Fly Performing Arts.
The organization has been renting space for acting, stage combat and singing classes, but will now have a permanent performance and classroom […]

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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Communities spar over EMS payments

Communities spar over EMS payments
Cairo, Greenville agree on one thing: Problems are ‘ludicrous’
The Daily Mail
July 23, 2009
GREENVILLE — Cairo Ambulance Chief Reay Mahler said the Greenville Rescue Squad owes the Town of Cairo roughly $16,000 for calls covered in Greenville for patients who do not pay, or do not have an insurance company pay, the […]

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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Search over for missing man

Search over for missing man
The Daily Mail
July 21, 2009
CATSKILL–A man who went missing in Catskill Monday was found in the Village Tuesday morning, according to Catskill Police.
Police Chief David Darling said William Pennington, 50, of Cairo, was discovered by two Catskill firefighters between Main and Thompson streets at around 7:15 a.m.
“He looked to be […]

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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Medical center, bank storage get green light

Medical center, bank storage get green light
Catskill village planners approve 2 major projects
The Daily Mail
July 21, 2009
Two construction projects in the Village of Catskill were approved Monday by the Catskill Planning Board. Work on both project will begin this summer.
The board approved site plans for the 3,000 square-foot Urgent Care facility proposed for Grandview Avenue […]

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