April 12, 2015

National Weather Service Forecast for Sullivan County Sunny, Chance of Showers All Week in Forecast scenewsroundup.blogspot.com April 12, 2015 - A Weekly Roundup Of Sullivan County,  Catskill Mountians, & New York State News - Issue 2015 #14

Click Here To Keep Current On The Latest Catskill Country Real Estate News & Trends recordonline.com Amber Alert couple mugs for the camera, gets reduced bail chopsticksandmarrow.com: The Catskills Comes to Queens midhudsonnews.com: Sullivan County's casino beginning to attract attention twcnews.com Monticello Looking to Improve Infrastructure nypost.com County Executive accused of Anti-Semitism recordonline.com/: Monticello holds off naming new Mayor upstater.com: Could Vacation Homes Help Revitalize the Catskills? democratandchronicle.com New York ranks 41st on low tax burden list riverreporter.com New sewage system for Camp Simcha? Neighbor continues battle with camp nytimes.com Chris Gibson, an Upstate Republican, Starts Early on a Possible Run for Governor recordonline.com Three arrested after woman punched and kicked out of moving car midhudsonnews.com SUNY Sullivan president a finalist the same job out west Cutting Edge Medicine: Doctor Polly Speeds up Care at Catskill Regional Medical Center   twccnews.com  Continue Reading "'It helps us stay in touch with professional even when they're outside the building,' said Carlos Holden, CRMC Medical Director of Emergency Room.  Meet Doctor Polly. 'The doctor can see the patient and the patient can see the doctor, speak with the doctor, get some information on their condition,' said Holden."  Keep Current on Local News & Interest Stories Continuously Posted on Internet: "Like" & Get Daily Updates On Sullivan County eNews Round Facebook Page Comments? Questions? Email Us! Edythe Raiten  CSW-R Psychotherapy  Marital Counseling Mediation Relationships Family Counseling Appointments in Monticello 845-794-6938 Any Rooms At The Inn? Our Area Looks To Get With The New B&B Trends gunkjournal.com.  Continue Reading "Absent from all of the discussion was a newer element in the world of lodging - the seven-year old global Airbnb phenomenon that currently boasts 800,000 listings in 33,000 cities and 192 countries and has apparently become the way to lodge while traveling in the Hudson Valley and Catskills, as well as New York and other East and West Coast cities. However, a study of Airbnb offerings shows that this phenomenon has not yet reached our part of the region, even though it has hundreds of listings in Kingston, Woodstock, New Paltz, Stone Ridge and even Sullivan County. Indeed no Air B'n'B offerings were visible in Crawford, Shawangunk or Wawarsing. At all." The Latest Kurly's Kommentary:  Hillary's Right To Privacy: Another needed debate about Clinton's backchannel emails  Public officials, whether they be Hillary Clinton or the local dog catcher, should be able to conduct their official business within a framework that allows for some private discussion and communications, and the lack of recordkeeping too. A Surrealist art project: Exquisite Corpse of the Catskills watershedpost.com  Continue Reading "I think it's really hard being a working artist in general, and more specifically in the Catskills. And the rub is that the Catskills is fodder for all this really great artistic inspiration. So while it's harder up here, it's also more possible. For about three to four months in the winter, we can theoretically be producing much of our work in isolation. But we're all producing in the same place. And we know what it's like to be producing art in these conditions. And so, yes, there is a unity in that." Refusing the tests: Opt-out movement grows in NY stargazette,com  Continue Reading "'What we have seen over the last month and the last couple of weeks is such a huge drive to refuse the tests,' said Lisa Rudley, co-founder of NYS Allies for Public Education and a parent of three from Ossining, Westchester County. 'The 60,000-plus parents and students who opted out last year - I'm trying not to make the prediction, but I would be surprised if it's not three times the amount this year.'" A Local SC Perspective: Turning Children into Robots - sullivancountypost.com "There is a huge movement underway urging parents to have their children "Opt Out" of tests that will begin next week, and I could not agree more.These tests adopt a one size fits all mentality. And, it goes against everything teachers need to do to properly educate our children." Opting Out of Life in NY: Advocates promote physician-assisted death in N.Y. timesunion.com  Continue Reading "Mancini was one of five panelists at an event Friday about the movement in New York for what is called "aid in dying" or "death with dignity." It promotes the right of terminally ill, competent adults to request their doctors prescribe a lethal dose of a drug that the patients administer themselves. It has gotten a boost nationally by the high-profile death of Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman with brain cancer who ended her life in November in Oregon, where she had moved to take advantage of physician-assisted suicide laws." County Officials Accused Of Being "Disconnected" About Poor In Sullivan: Homeless advocates want more than just a shelter recordonline.com  Continue Reading "There's a disconnect between Sullivan County officials and those who serve the needy about the end game for establishing housing for the homeless. Advocates for the homeless say there should be a component in a shelter to help them get back on their feet and get a job. Many say that establishing emergency housing should only be the starting point."   The Last Link: Seeking A Balance Between "Noise" & Country Living Bethel awards Mysteryland permits - Neighbors object to noise "At the April 8 meeting one resident said, "That can't happen again."  Brian Tampke, the project manager for Mysteryland, said the organization is working to minimize the impact on neighboring homes this year. Maura Stone, a writer who lives near Bethel Woods, said she has hyperacusi - sensitivity to sound - "and I had to drug myself last year." She wanted to know what the decibel levels of the sound from the stage would be." Read More   riverreporter.com

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