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Cindy McCauley, left, Regina Murdock and Ted Jessup look over plans for a shopping center that might forever change the rural character of Royce Road in Bethel, NY.

Royce Road ruminations

Residents scrutinize three-phase development in Bethel

By FRITZ MAYER

WHITE LAKE, NY—Royce Road is a bucolic country road with widely spaced houses on properties ranging from 10 to 40 acres. One resident, Ted Jessup, said he sometimes counts as few as eight cars a day passing in front of his century-old farmhouse. But if a planned shopping mall and hotel complex comes to fruition, the road would be expanded to three lanes and traffic could spike significantly. The proposed three-phase project is before the Bethel Planning Board.

Phase one of the project includes five buildings, totaling some 60,000 square feet, with parking for more than 160 cars. Phase two includes an 85-room hotel. Phase three features 18 luxury town houses.

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Business community backs Cappelli

Millions in tax breaks likely to be granted by IDA

By FRITZ MAYER

KIAMESHA LAKE, NY—They said his project would return the county to the glory days of the resort industry in decades past. That’s why influential business leaders from Sullivan County backed developer Louis Cappelli’s bid to secure millions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives from the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency (IDA).

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Greeley Fire and Rescue turns 50 with a bang!

Parade, party and pyrotechnics planned

By SANDY LONG

GREELEY, PA—Fifty years ago, Greeley Fire Chief Bob Schmidt’s father, Artie, and other community-minded volunteers established the Greeley Volunteer Fire and Rescue (GVFR). Bob was 18 at the time, and became a founding member of the fledgling fire company. This weekend, the GVFR will celebrate its 50th anniversary on August 16, making history by hosting the first parade and professional fireworks display ever to take place in the village of Greeley, located in Lackawaxen Township.

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