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Kennedy: bad reporting, politics and greed threaten the environment

By DAVID HULSE

LACKAWAXEN, PA—The Bush Administration and corporate greed have put the environment at great risk today, but Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says the press is the most culpable party.

Kennedy, a Westchester environmental attorney and son of the late New York senator, spoke on June 11 before the annual international conference of the Riverkeeper organization, held this year in the Upper Delaware. Kennedy helped found the movement in 1988, when he became involved with the creation of the first riverkeeper organization on the Hudson River. He remains a member of its board of directors.

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Pataki rolls single die

By DAVID HULSE

ALBANY, NY—Three and five didn’t work, so like an unsuccessful player in a numbers pool Governor George Pataki switched to one last week, introducing a law that would provide solely for a proposed Mohawk casino at Kutshers.

Pataki’s June 9 proposal would provide for the casino, $30 million in payments to the tribe, $4 million annually, plus back taxes to St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, and free state college tuition to St. Regis Mohawk students.

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Neighbors fear lake development

By DAVID HULSE

SWAN LAKE, NY—Some property owners at Swan Lake are trying to play catch-up in the approval process for a 40-lot, second-home development project that Long Island developer Anthony Murolo has already begun.

About 15 owners, a couple of lawyers and reporters met privately with Murolo on June 7 at the Liberty Town Hall prior to the town planning board meeting. Following that session, the neighbors waited until the end of the planning board agenda and questioned the town’s planners.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Eldred voters approve budget
• Academic Achievement Dinner honors county’s brightest
• Pike will make green effort
• Santorum supports foresters’ efforts to preserve land
• Green buildings: a healthy revolution in the construction industry
• Vatican rules against society of priests
• Propose income tax for school costs
• ECS prepares for budget revote
• Three injured as car crashes into brook
• Piering down the river
• Library correction

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