TRR photo by Fritz Mayer The election for district attorney between Glenn Kroll and Jim Farrell is one of the most visible in the county this election season. These signs appear on Route 17B in Bethel.

Sullivan stand-out races

District Attorney and Town of Bethel are hot

By FRITZ MAYER

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—Perhaps the most visible election race in Sullivan County this year is the one for district attorney. Steve Lungen, the man who held the position for the past 28 years, is stepping down and, in the process, endorsed assistant district attorney Jim Farrell as the person best suited to fill his shoes. Farrell is running on the Republican line.

On the Democratic line is Glenn Kroll, a lawyer, former New York City school teacher and former judge. Kroll has been running what might be described as a flamboyant campaign that has been marked by a couple of controversial moves.

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The sludge hits the farm

‘Biosolids’ in Wayne and Pike

By SANDY LONG

PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES, PA—It starts out as a complex mixture of industrial and human household waste containing what’s left behind after sewage treatment plants treat wastewater. It’s cooked, treated with chemicals and used to create several grades of a product that is applied to land, offered to farmers as free or low-cost fertilizer and carted home from local retail outlets in the family car for use in backyard gardens.

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Bethel, Alliance settlement

Zoning change for 17B

By FRITZ MAYER

KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY—One of the many thorny issues surrounding the Toronto Reservoir is well on the way to being settled.

Alliance Energy and the Town of Bethel have reached a tentative agreement about the assessment of Alliance’s property. Alliance, which owns the Toronto, Swinging Bridge, Mongaup Falls and Rio Reservoirs, as well as Cliff Lake and four hydropower plants, has been battling with multiple towns to have the assessed values of their properties reduced.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Callicoon contest rekindles hiring debate
• Dairy farmers go to Albany
• Bill Gager keeps on running
• Gas drilling listed as concern
• Plastic companies move forward
• Pike board of elections drops tax referendum in Delaware
• Tipping fees or building fees?
• Gas drilling business webinar

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