Drilling opponents form area coalition
By Patricia Breakey
Delhi News Bureau
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http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_100041518.html
Representatives from grass-roots environmental groups in Chenango, Delaware and Otsego counties have formed CDOG, or Chenango-Delaware-Otsego Gas Drilling Opposition Group.
NYRI ‘suspends’ powerline application
FERC ruling decisive
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http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/09-04-09/head1-nyri.html
BRIDGEVILLE — A longtime player in Sullivan County’s casino quest is positioning itself to get back into the game, while a newcomer came to the county on Tuesday to tout its $1 billion casino project.
Seneca Nation casino proposal wins conceptual approval in Thompson
 Rotate Black Gaming CEO John Paulsen exlplains the casino project. Listening is Town Board member Sharon Jankiewicz |
THOMPSON – The Thompson Town Board Tuesday night voted to support in concept the plans for the Seneca Nation of Indians to build a gaming casino off Route 17 in the Bridgeville area.
PART of Gov. Pater son’s new budget proposal an nounced this past week includes a saltwater fishing license, something we all knew was coming.
Like the freshwater license, the saltwater version will be administered by the Department of Environmental Conservation. Prices are $10 for a year, $8 for a week and $4 for one day. There is also a $150 lifetime license.
Volunteers urged to clean stream banks
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MARGARETVILLE – The Catskill Watershed Corporation is again supporting groups and individuals who clean litter and other debris from stream banks in their neighborhoods.
Is it just me, or does it seem as if Sullivan County has spent each of its first 200 years trying to get casino gambling?
SCVA – making the most of a bad economy
 From the cover of the 2009 Sullivan County Catskills Visitors Guide |
MONTICELLO – A destination with much to offer that is less than a day’s drive for a quarter of the nation’s population might sound like the ideal formula for success.
