Retirement hobby keeps dog trader
87-year-old George K Holbert continues dog trading as a hobby from a bright red Kings Highway building. He recalls fox and red fox pelt values, runs a Chester dog pound, and recounts travels across the nation buying and selling dogs and other animals, including mules and horses for wartime needs.
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Sugar Loaf
George K. Holbert
Kings Highway
Holbert
Continental United States
Chester
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Fair bids opened for Grahamsville Little Worlds Fair
Bids for concessions at the Grahamsville Little Worlds Fair to be held August 17 have been opened. The fair is the last independent agricultural fair in New York State. The do it yourself project is 89 years old. No exhibitor fees. entries due by August 14.
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Grahamsville
New York State
Monroe Court Rules Mobile Home Zoning Upheld
The State Supreme Court upheld Monroe's zoning that mobile homes be treated as houses in the same R-150 residential category. Michael Osetek, owner of Clearview Mobile Homes, plans to appeal. The ruling states mobile homes must meet 900 sq ft living space and 150 ft wide lot with 25,000 sq ft area, aligning with permanent dwellings for healthful facilities and orderly growth.
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Monroe
State Supreme Court
Albert Mishkin
Michael Osetek
Osetek
Clearview Mobile Homes
Harriman
Andrew W. Barone
Herriman
Mishkin
Herbert J. Fabricant
Barone
Supreme Court
John W. Sweeny
Planning Board
Town Board
Sweeny
Con Ed plant gains approval with habitat and scenic safeguards
The decision endorses the Con Ed project while mandating fish protection measures and river reseeding plans. It calls for a 50 acre formation center and terrace areas, a switched station move, underground lines, and visual screening of towers to minimize scenic impact near the Taconic area.
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Simpson
Con Ed
Nelsonville
McKeel Corners
FPC
State Parkway
Carmel
Cornwall East
Pleasant Valley
Millwood
Sprain Brook
Kent
Taconic
Region officials react to FPC action on village utility ties
Cornwell-on-Hudson mayor Dr. Michael J. Gonatne criticizes the FPC examiner while Con Edison plans a project. The Times Herald-Record sought access to village board records on finances involving Village Attorney Raymond Bradford and the utility. Bradford said he had not heard of the matter.
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Marsden
Michael J. Gonatne
Cornwall-on-Hudson
James Heneld
FPC
Times Herald-Record
Raymond H. Bradford
Bradford
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