Catskill Community Orchestra at Union Mills
Click here to listen or download Catskill Community Orchestra's performance of Musical Director David E. Woodin's "A Hudson Journey" last Saturday at Union Mills in Catskill
CATSKILL - The Catskill Community Orchestra premiered Musical Director David E. Woodin's "A Hudson Journey" to finish the night at Union Mills along Main St. in Catskill. Click on the above link to listen or download the mp3 recording. Click here to hear other Catskill Community Orchestra recordings.

New party forms in wake of court rulings
From The Daily Mail

CATSKILL - Republicans have set up a new political party to get Linda Overbaugh elected to one of the four seats for Greene County Legislature District No. 1. Overbaugh, Karen Deyo, Keith Valentine, and Joseph Izzo are setting up The Have A Voice Party and need 188 registered voters' signatures to get on the ballot. They have set up party headquarters at 347 Main St., Catskill, the Day & Holt building, and registered voters will stop by. This all comes after the wrong Linda Overbaugh (there are two in Catskill) was listed on petitions for the Republican ticket, Democrats challenged the petition, and a judge excluded Overbaugh from the GOP line.

Hudson dredging resumes -- slowly
From Albany Times-Union

General Electric resumed its clean-up of PCB's in the Hudson River, after high levels of the chemical in the river prompted a four-day shutdown. The story says, "The unsafe PCB levels were found about 20 miles upriver from drinking water intakes used by the towns of Waterford and Halfmoon. Neither town has used the intakes since dredging began; both are using water purchased from Troy. Despite the PCB spikes upriver, chemical levels at the intakes have remained well within the safety standard."

Dec grants mine permit, despite neighbors' objections
From The Register-Star

GHENT - The article is a bit unclear, but implies the Department Of Environmental Conservation ruling that the Vincent and Lisa Molinari mining project on Carpenter Road would not have adverse environmental impacts, which led the town planning board to grant a Special Use Permit, limiting hours of operation to 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays only with dust must be controlled with water and by limiting processing to 150 cubic yards per hour.