Five-hundred-year flood leaves region dazed

TRR photo by Sandy Long Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Senator Chuck Schumer lead a procession of state and local politicians through the flood-ravaged streets of Livingston Manor, NY on Friday, June 30.

Politicians promise funds for damages

By FRITZ MAYER

NORTHEAST, U.S.—The intense storms that spawned the historic flood of 2006 spread disaster far and wide. Two hundred thousand people were ordered evacuated from Wilkes Barre, PA, where it was feared that the levees that protect the city from the Susquehanna River might not hold against the record flooding. Officials estimate 50,000 heeded the call.

Near Sidney, NY, two truck drivers lost their lives when their rigs¾headed in opposite directions on I-88¾plunged into a 25-foot sink hole created when a culvert collapsed because of the rushing floodwaters.

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Strike up the band

Bethel Woods debut is a night to remember

By FRITZ MAYER

BETHEL, NY—Alan Gerry received a rock star’s welcome from the 17,000 fans who turned out for the premier event at the new $70 million Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Saturday, July 1. Gerry introduced the New York Philharmonic as the “world’s greatest orchestra,” and the orchestra began the very first song played in performance at the facility, George Gershwin’s “Strike up the Band.”

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Upper Delaware Valley Greenway passed by NY legislature

By TOM KANE

ALBANY, NY - The New York Senate and the Assembly last week passed two bills introduced by Senator John Bonacic and Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther to establish the Upper Delaware River Valley Greenway.

The measure amends the Environmental Conservation Law to create, upon local approval, the greenway that will affect the New York communities that border the Delaware River.

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Other stories in this issue:

• A young musician’s take on the concert at Bethel Woods
• River communities dry out the day after the storm
• Three historic floods, three years running
• Officials flood Livingston Manor
• Narrowsburg celebrates the 4th and the end of the flood
• Plane searched after entering restricted air space
• Youngsville takes a direct hit

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