TRR photo by Fritz Mayer The newly restored Pinchot mansion at Grey Towers National Historic site in Milford, PA, is seen here from the new entryway to the facility.

Delaware Highlands Conservancy gets $3.8 million to protect land in Pike County

Ceremony includes ribbon cutting of new Grey Towers’ facilities

By FRITZ MAYER

MILFORD, PA—There was a ceremony with a dual purpose last week: the Grey Towers National Historic site unveiled a new pavilion and parking lot, and the governor’s office handed over a ceremonial check for $3.8 million to help preserve land in Pike County.

The land to be protected is more than 1,000 acres of property from the estate of Gifford Pinchot, who was governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931 to 1935. He also founded the U.S. Forest Service under President Theodore Roosevelt at the dawn of the 20th century.

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Plan to burn landfill gas for power revisited

Consultant says private developer is best option

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—County legislators are addressing a proposal that has been cropping up now and then since 2002: turning gas from the county landfill into electricity.

At the Sullivan County Public Works Committee meeting on Thursday, September 7, Peter Kuniholm, vice president of SCS Engineers, told legislators that a profit could be made from the methane gas generated at the landfill, which is currently burned off at two flares.

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September rally race in Tusten cancelled

Organizer cites competing events

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—The Rally New York race, scheduled for September for various locations in Tusten and western Sullivan County, has been cancelled. Ivan Orisk, one of the driving forces behind bringing the races to the county over the past three years, said he was forced to cancel the event because of a lack of participants.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Casino closer to opening
• Beloved youth soccer coach succumbs to cancer
• Dingman residents objects to zone change
• Clinton, Spitzer score huge primary victories
• Two Pike boards review plans for new town
• ‘Lowes Heroes’ and local heroes tackle Eldred High School
• Public hearings on electric rates are scheduled
• West Nile virus found in Sullivan County

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