Court rules Con Ed must obtain Army Corps permit
Environmentalists hailed a U.S. district court ruling forcing Consolidated Edison to obtain an Army Corps of Engineers permit before dumping rock blasted from Storm King Mountain into the Hudson. The decision impacts a 50 acre landfill plan tied to a pumped storage project opposed by preservation groups and local residents. Potential hearings could address fish eggs, water quality, and alternate power options raised by New York EPA head James Biggane who questions pumped storage efficiency.
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Dy Mary Paden
New York
Consolidated Edison
Storm King Mountain
U.S. Federal District Court
Morris E. Lasker
Con Ed
Army Corps of Engineers
Cornwall Yacht Club
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
James Biggane
Rod Vandivert
Scenic Hudson
Hudson River Fisherman’s Assn
Atlantic
Sierra Club
Vandivert
Federal Power Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
Two Mile Tunnel
Florida
Cornwall Area
Guy Fitkinson Construction Co
Craven Corp
Walsh Construction Co
Pine Island sod farmers face flood risk after ice form
Orange County sod growers near Pine Island and Florida rush to assess flood damage as Wallkill River overflows and ice forms in fields. Heavy rain left a thick ice coating endangering onions lettuce and celery while a $3 million seed stock may be at risk. Charles Lain, chair of the Up River Advisory Council, notes hope for warm break to save the crop.
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Pine Island
Orange County
Wallkill River
Florida
Wallkill
Charles Lain
Flood risk and sod crop in Wallkill valley amid rain
In New Hampton area, fields sod near river banks face renewed rain risk with temperatures in the 40s. Lain notes sod could survive three weeks under ice if no cold snap hits soon while Army Corps flood control and a $14.84 million river widening project head toward approval next year. About 2,500 acres of sod exist with five farms in the valley supplying instant lawns for buildings and apartments.
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Lain
Army Corps of Engineers
Bojestah
Wallkill Valley
Li Inuaiat
State to investigate Quickway icing problem
The state will launch an investigation next week into recurring icing on the Quickway at Wurtsboro and near Rt 209. Regional highway officials plan a probe with resident engineer Meyer Berman after winter ice snarls that blocked traffic on Christmas night.
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Jeffrey Page
Wurtsboro
Theodore Day
Meyer Berman
Monticello
John Driscoll
Berman
Day
Quickway
Rt. 209
Wurtsboro Hill
Five Mile Hill
Thompson Town Line
Driscoll
Highview
Eegrhgbaral
Worst I ve ever seen it on the Quickway ice
A Monticello Short Line passenger described Christmas night travel on the Quickway near Wurtsboro as the worst she has ever seen. Snow and ice left the road shoulder the only path for traction as the bus crawled up Wurtsboro Hill. A passenger cut another with fingernails gripping her hand during the tense ride. Elsie Giustizia commended bus seer Paul Roult for remaining calm. Police reported the Quickway impassable as freezing mist and dense fog settled in.
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Monticello
Wurtsboro
Elsie Giustizia
Rock Hill
New York City
Wurtsboro Hill
Excise Tax on Hone Calls Cut to Eight Percent
MIDDLETOWN federal excise tax on all local and long distance telephone calls drops from nine to eight percent effective Tuesday. The reduction is part of the 1976 act phasing out the tax by 1982. Obituary note: John Branchizio, former owner of the Cobble Stone Inn in Pine Bush, died Wednesday. obituary previously omitted the 1965 sale of the inn.
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Middletown
Ion
John Branchizio
Pine Bush
Sy Elweekermarenaf
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Ecology Groups
Con
FPC
Dewey Lohrfink
Cornwall
Harvard University
Palisades Park Commission
Lohrtink
New Hampton
Mariny Fuchs
Upstate New
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