TRR photo by Fritz Mayer The Concord Resort in Kiamesha Lake will be demolished within the next two months and replaced with a $700 million entertainment and gaming complex if all goes according to plan.

Mighty M to move to the Concord

Mohawks ask ‘what’s going on?’

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has moved to “cease all efforts relating to the proposed Mohawk Casino at Monticello Raceway.” The announcement on February 11 came in the wake of news from Empire Resorts that the company is moving the Monticello race track and the video gaming machine operation (VGM) a few miles away to the site of the Concord Hotel.

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Holbert Brothers quarry seeks expansion

Upper Delaware Council opposes expansion based on conflicts with River Management Plan and Lackawaxen Township Zoning Ordinance

By SANDY LONG

NARROWSBURG, NY—During its monthly meeting on February 7, the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) approved a comment letter to the Lackawaxen Township Supervisors opposing the Holbert Brothers Bluestone Conditional Use Permit Application, which seeks to expand two five-acre mining permits into one 40-acre major mining permit.

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Telecommuters tell their tales

The long distance employment option

By FRITZ MAYER

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—A lot of local people claim that there are too few ways to make a good living in the area. But the lack of jobs has not been a drawback for the people mentioned in this article, who have turned to telecommuting to pay the mortgage and buy the groceries.

For much of Susan Brown Otto’s career, she was a globe-hopping international tax specialist, who worked in such places as Paris, Brussels, New York and Los Angeles.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Sustainable agriculture attracts youth
• Corrections
• Removing the mystery from going green
• Lumberland voters reject referendum
• New NPS superintendent
• Sullivan Renaissance kicks off season
• Animal shelter in danger of closing gets short-term help
• Fire training center to stay open

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