TRR photo by Tom Kane Stone debris and boulders block the flow-way under the bridge to Pike County.

Flood victims storm PPL meeting

Residents blame releases for most of the flood damage

By TOM KANE

HAWLEY, PA - Mary White doesn’t know where to turn now that her home has been destroyed. She thinks it was destroyed not so much by the late-June storm that showered the region with five days of heavy rains, but by the water releases from the Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) dam. White, 71, and her 72-year-old husband are retired on a fixed income and, until the flood, lived in a modular home near the Wallenpaupack Creek.

The home is no longer habitable and has been condemned.

She said their home could have survived the first stage of the flood if PPL had not released water at 8,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) on June 28, five days after the heavy rains began.

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Riverfest success

By TOM KANE

NARROWSBURG, NY - Extraordinary things have been happening in the Delaware River Valley. There have been record floods, new sand and gravel bars in the Big Eddy and under the Cochecton Bridge, and tycoons who want to put power lines through the region.

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County budget cuts sharply reduced

Some funds come from tax auction

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—The Sullivan County Museum will remain open, Fort Delaware will reopen and dozens of programs in 14 agencies will continue to function thanks to the restoration of most of the funds those agencies receive from the county.

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Other stories in this issue:

• River issues, a regional perspective
• A matter of gravel concern?
• Pizza spices up Kauneonga farmer’s market
• Staying on the line: NYRI developments
• NYRI addressed in Washington
• Community wind project urged for Sullivan County
• Delaware Youth Center pool opens after flood

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