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   VOLUME XXVIII  No. 45 NARROWSBURG, NY NOVEMBER 7-13, 2002  
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Sullivan County prepares to redefine itself

By DAVID HULSE

MONTICELLO, NY — Forty years ago Sullivan County’s hotel-based economy looked a good deal like the fictional images portrayed in the movie “Dirty Dancing.” Towards the end of the movie, Jack Weston’s character, fictional resort hotel owner Max Kellerman, defined the beginning of the end when he complained that the new variety of competition was killing the traditional hotel business.

The real Sullivan County had its last comprehensive plan done by New York University in 1962. After 40 years, county officials are saying its time to take another look.

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