Contributed photo This is an interior shot of the newly proposed Pike County Public Library

New library design is wrapped in controversy

Does contemporary style belong in historic Milford?

By TOM KANE

MILFORD, PA—Two sides are gathering for an inevitable battle scene.

The two armies in question are the members of the Milford Borough Architectural Review Board (ARB) on one hill, and the members of the Pike County Public Library Building Taskforce on the other. In the middle lies a seeming no-mans-land where never the twain shall meet.

At question is the acceptance or rejection of the proposed design of the new Milford public library.

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Zoning is the issue in the Town of Bethel

Candidates have sparred over one acre or two

By FRITZ MAYER

BETHEL, NY—Growth has been a concern over the past five or six years in all towns in Sullivan County, but because of the birth of Bethel Woods, nowhere has the concern been greater than in the Town of Bethel. It’s one of the central issues in the race for supervisor between the Republican incumbent Harold Russell and Democratic challenger Daniel Sturm.

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Feagles Lake developer addresses board

Many questions left to be answered

By FRITZ MAYER

NARROWSBURG, NY—Steve Adler, the developer who owns Feagles Lake, presented his concept to develop 400 units near the lake to the Tusten town board on October 8.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Catskill Art Society celebrates move
• Hortonville Cemetery has county’s first columbarium
• Jay Epstein’s final photograph
• New farm bill draws heavy backing from national farm organizations
• Sullivan continues green momentum
• Matamoras gets HOME grant
• PumpkinFest raises $1,361 for Roscoe flood relief
• Sandler sworn in as Sullivan West president

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