| VOLUME XXXIV No. 52 | Narrowsburg, NY | December 25 - 31, 2008 |
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No Christmas until Chrissy comes home Barryville cancer victim buoyed by community support BARRYVILLE, NY—Charley Bertolino displays a family photo taken with her mother and father, Chrissy and Sal Bertolino, snapped before Chrissy was diagnosed with liver cancer. Chrissy underwent 12 hours of surgery at Albert Einstein Medical Center on December 17 and will begin chemotherapy after the holidays. A community dinner was held last weekend at the Yulan Firehouse in Yulan to raise funds to help the family cover the many expenses it now faces. Town resident Rose Paolini has also begun collecting donations of items and services for a raffle to be held on January 17. Paolini has organized many such “Lend A Hand” raffles in the past, and said she is confident that the community will come through again. 
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Callicoon board says no to $335,000 Solar project shot down by council JEFFERSONVILLE, NY—The Callicoon town board has effectively pre-empted for now the possibility of gaining state money in the form of grants and incentives that would have paid for solar installations at the town hall and town barn to provide most of the town’s energy needs. At a meeting on December 17, three members of the board voted to reject the two bids that had been submitted to go forward with the project, and voted not to have the project re-bid. |
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Legislature grants most raises for county employees 2009 budget passes MONTICELLO, NY—Legislators voted to kill the increase for the county clerk this year, but agreed to keep raises for many other workers. The vote came amid a round of opposition from members of the public to the legislature granting raises, or adjustments and promotions as lawmakers have called them, in the midst of an economic crisis, when property owners are being faced with a seven percent property tax increase. |
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