2011 Milestones by the Month - January, February, March

Posted 9/30/09

JANUARY

Delaware named Pennsylvania River of the Year for 2011.

Sullivan farmers consider micro dairies.

EagleFest celebrates 10th Anniversary.

Hessinger Building in Callicoon, …

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2011 Milestones by the Month - January, February, March

Posted

JANUARY

Delaware named Pennsylvania River of the Year for 2011.

Sullivan farmers consider micro dairies.

EagleFest celebrates 10th Anniversary.

Hessinger Building in Callicoon, NY slated for demolition.

Tusten, NY eliminates bookkeeper position amid controversy.

Allan Scott named CEO of Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development.

Sullivan West Central School District Board rejects petition to overturn bid on Narrowsburg School.

Damascus Township, PA representative Dolores Keesler elected as chair of Upper Delaware Council (UDC).

Chief Gathering fined $34,000 for waste dumping in Lycoming County, PA.

Talisman Energy fined $24,608 for diesel fuel spill in Horseheads, NY.

Hawley Silk Mill opens to the public.

Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) proposes draft natural gas regulations.

EXCO Resources acquires Chief Oil and Gas leases for $459 million.

Hamish & Henry Bookstore closes.

Himalayan Institute closes popular Main Street Café in Honesdale.

Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) schedules hearings on proposed natural gas regulations.

FEBRUARY

Community visions sought for Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan.

Sullivan County budget shortfall threatens layoffs.

Pike County holds first gas drilling taskforce meeting.

Towns of Highland and Lumberland, NY host legal forum on municipal rights and the gas industry.

Sullivan County cuts positions; union members protest at government center.

Conservation groups file lawsuit against DRBC on grandfathered wells.

EPA drafts study plan for hydraulic fracturing.

Shohola supervisor George Fluhr initiates investigation of fire department’s finances.

A natural gas pipeline explosion kills five in Allentown, PA.

Common Waters Fund announces $1 million in grants for forest landowners.

High winds knock out power to thousands of regional homes on February 19.

Large crowd turns out to hear home-rule options at Highland/Lumberland, NY meeting.

Western Sullivan Public Library director, Susan Scott, resigns.

Pike County commissioner, Harry Forbes named director of

Governor Corbett’s northeast office.

MARCH

Sullivan Renaissance begins second decade.

Sullivan County Legislature chooses big box store project for Apollo Plaza in Monticello, NY.

DRBC extends gas regs deadline.

Singer/songwriter Vanessa Carlton performs at screening of “Frack” in Glen Spey, NY.

Anticipated Phish performance at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts stirs worries.

Sullivan lawmakers consider privatization of home health.

80 PA House members call for end to leasing state forest land.

PA Governor Tom Corbett establishes Marcellus Advisory Board.

Sullivan County Habitat for Humanity to build “Passive House.”

Congressman Hinchey visits value-added farm in the Town of Bethel, NY.

Fire at Milanville, PA family home of “Gasland” filmmaker Josh Fox is ruled arson.

Neighbors object to crematorium planned for Milford Township, PA.

Damascus Township, PA supervisors remove Dolores Keesler as township representative to the UDC, causing her removal as chair of the UDC.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline begins expansion of its 300 Line Project in Pike and Wayne counties, PA.

Grand jury investigation of former Shohola Township zoning officer Donald Wall begins.

Composer Lee Hoiby dies at 85.

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