TRR photo by Fritz Mayer More than a dozen television crews were in Roscoe on June 22 to cover the story of the Beaverkill flood.

Residents still missing a week after the flood

The television cameras are gone; the recovery continues

By FRITZ MAYER

ROSCOE, NY—“You know it’s serious when four television crews from the city show up,” said a Roscoe businessman. That was the morning of Wednesday, June 20. The crews were waiting for word from state police about the progress of the rescue effort because access to the disaster scene had been closed to the media. Three live trucks from the city drove in a caravan up Route 206 to try to get footage of the disaster aftermath; all three were turned back by state police. By Thursday at noon, the number of television crews in Roscoe had risen to more than a dozen.

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Tusten board says no to rally

Public hearing draws large crowd

By FRITZ MAYER

NARROWSBURG, NY—After months of contentious meetings regarding the races staged in Tusten by Rally New York, the town board voted three-to-two on June 25 to not allow the race to be staged this fall.

The vote followed a public hearing that drew about 70 people. Residents repeated a litany of familiar complaints: the races are unsafe, the spectators don’t respect private property, people leave trash behind, drink and urinate in public.

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Hinchey vows to continue national corridor battle

NYRI executive trumpets house vote as a victory

By FRITZ MAYER

WASHINGTON, DC—In the wake of the defeat of a measure that would have prevented the federal government from trumping state governments on the issue of power line siting, Congressman Maurice Hinchey vowed to continue the fight. He said many lawmakers who voted against his measure did not understand it, and he promised to reintroduce similar legislation in the near future.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Lawmakers approve $36 million bond for Center for Discovery
• Delaware buys town hall
• ‘Dream the Impossible’
• Schumer and Spitzer
• The view from a legislator
• 13th Delaware River Sojourn
• The force is in Narrowsburg
• ‘Hard to say goodbye..’

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