TRR photo by David Hulse The Delaware and Halfway Brook combined to flood the Carriage House Restaurant and Motel in Barryville, NY, where concern grew later when 2,000 gallons of fuel oil were released as a result of the disastrous conditions.

Delaware River and Callicoon Creek wreak havoc on upriver communities

By TOM KANE

Although no homes were destroyed along the Delaware River and the Callicoon Creek, residents had their cellars flooded and lost valuable appliances that were stored there.

The area seemingly hardest hit was “the island” in Jeffersonville, which had to be evacuated as high waters threatened homes and destroyed a few automobiles.

The island is a small piece of land bordered by the Callicoon Creek on the south and the hills above the hamlet on the north. The only way in is a footbridge from Route 52 and one road that crosses a bridge just east of the hamlet from Route 52. Because it is low land, it is frequently flooded by storms. However, to longtime residents, this weekend’s storm and subsequent flooding was the worst.

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For further coverage on this story, see the links at the bottom of this page. In addition, our Feature section this week presents a captioned slideshow of flood damage around the area.

Legislators mull poll shift in casino support

By DAVID HULSE

MONTICELLO, NY—To varying extents in both of its host benefit agreements with the St. Regis Mohawks and the Stockbridge Munsees, the Sullivan County Legislature is bound to lend its support to the two casino projects.

Which begs the question, what do they do if they no longer want to support the projects? Would they be in breach of contract if they question casino gaming?

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Bedrock officials apologize for big bang

By TOM KANE

DAMASCUS, PA—“I blew it,” the dynamite expert admitted to Damascus Township officials and residents at the township board meeting on September 20.

Kirt Gustafson of the Leeward Company, who has been doing the blasting work at the Bedrock Quarry on Oregon Turnpike for two years, said that 99 percent of the times his shots are good. But sometimes they’re not.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Pike weathered the high water
• Ivan terrible, but Diane retains river flood record
• Communications remain a serious problem
• Worst case precautions taken in Narrowsburg
• County responds quickly to emergency
• Reservoirs spill billions throughout 9/18 flood
• Chiropractor weds during evacuation
• Anatomy of a flood
• Sacred Links Conference holds up despite rain and floods
• Districts stops construction of new high school
• Cliff Park Inn and golf course are reopened in Milford
• Tusten roads suffer over $1 million in flood damages
• Residents ask for brook remediation
• Nextel seeking Lackawaxen tower okay
• It was the best of years, it was the worst of years
• One of only 1,200 nationwide to be called ‘Class of 2008’
• The weight of knowledge