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Catskill slams Cairo-Durham Catskill earned a 14-7 victory over CairoDurham in Patroon Conference game PAGE B1
One day after state lawmakers banned single-use plastic bags, a new opportunity to use alternative energy is on the horizon for Greene and Columbia County residents. Solstice, a renewable energy company with 21 solar projects up and down the East Coast, is working on a project in Ellenville that will serve the Twin Counties when it is completed. The 3-megawatt solar
farm on Frogland Road will serve 430 homes in Dutchess, Greene, Columbia and Ulster counties, Solstice Director of Marketing Andrew Alazya said Tuesday. The project is expected to be completed by August. Solstice will offer Central Hudson customers an alternative at a discounted rate, Alazya said. “We offer a 10 percent discount that is guaranteed in our
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A new solar farm in Ellenville will serve 430 Central Hudson customers in Columbia, Greene, Ulster and Dutchess counties. The project is scheduled to be completed in August.
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STATE MOVES TO RAISE MINIMUM TOBACCO AGE TO 21 By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media
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Remembering a local hero Greene historians recall Col. Edwin Laurentine Drake, who transformed the art of oil drilling PAGE A6
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ALBANY — New York state is poised to raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. The state Senate adopted legislation April 1 to increase the legal age to purchase tobacco products, including traditional and electronic cigarettes. The Assembly passed a bill earlier, and the legislation is next headed for the governor’s desk. “Tobacco products are highly addictive and are marketed at our kids,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins, D-35, said in a statement. “The legislation passed by the Senate Majority will help save lives and ensure fewer New Yorkers take up this dangerous and deadly habit.” The bill was sponsored by state Sen. Diane Savino, D-23. If signed by the governor, the bill would make New York the eighth state to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21. The statewide age is 18, but some counties have passed legislation raising the age to 21, including Albany, New York City, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Cortland, Essex, Nassau, Onondaga, Orange, Rockland, Schenectady, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tompkins, Ulster and Westchester, according to the New York State Department of Health website. The minimum age in the Twin Counties is 18.
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A law is going before Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would raise the age for tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21.
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Game Farm owners eye new animal magnetism By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media
CATSKILL — Owners and local officials hope the new Long Neck Inn, on the site of the former Catskill Game Farm, will exert the same animal magnetism on tourists when it opens this summer. Before the recent switch from petting zoos to hospitality, the Game Farm was home to more than 2,000 animals from 1933 until the business closed in 2006, according to its website. Owners Cathy and Ben Ballone purchased the 150-acre site in 2012. Besides the inn, the Ballones have offered self-guided tours since 2013 and have four campsites, equipped with wood stove,
grill, picnic table and a canvas tent with a queen-sized bed on a pressure-treated platform for guests. Catskill Town Supervisor Doreen Davis is pleased to see the revitalization of the local tourist gem. “I think it’s another sign of resurgence in Catskill, of us reinventing ourselves to thrive in the present by visiting our past,” she said. “Even though I lived almost two hours north of here growing up, we were visitors on school trips, as was my own daughter. As a town it would be great to see that level of interest renewed.” The unique atmosphere will remain intact for both fans
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The entrance to the Old Catskill Game Farm.
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