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Graphic by Peter J. Kolesar
This chart compares normal releases from New York City reservoirs into the Delaware River under the current water release management plan, the FFMP (top line) and under Revision 1 (bottom line), to which the system would revert if New Jersey refuses to vote to extend the FFMP. The distance between the lines represents the difference in releases. Note that under Revision 1, at some times of year conservation releases are only about a quarter of FFMP levels; at no point do they amount to much more than 60% of FFMP levels.

Troubled waters for Delaware River

Wed, 03/08/2017 - 12:24pm

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN — Water from the Delaware River and the wider basin serves many purposes, including providing drinking water for New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia among other places.

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College's Dean of Students arrested

Mon, 03/06/2017 - 12:52pm

LOCH SELDRAKE, NY — The Dean of Students at Sullivan County Community College was arrested on March 3, and did not make bail, so he spent the weekend in the Sullivan County Jail.

John Agnelli started working at the college in January.

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Snow squall in Narrowsburg

Fri, 03/03/2017 - 3:55pm

There was a snow squall in Narrowsburg on March 3.

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Mamkating files suit to prevent reinstatement of Chestnut Ridge permits

Thu, 03/02/2017 - 4:31pm

Town of Mamakating Press Release

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Delaware Valley Superintendent Dr. John Bell is pictured concluding Senate Bill 76 PowerPoint program at the February 16 meeting of the Delaware Valley Board of School Directors meeting.

School tax reform provokes alarm

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 1:01pm

WESTFALL, PA — Amid other business discussed at the school board meeting last month, Delaware Valley (DV) Superintendent Dr. John Bell hinted at the impacts of school tax reform; last week he rang the fire bell.

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Wayne plans for agriculture’s future

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 12:59pm

HONESDALE, PA — Though dairy may be in decline lately, Wayne County still has a major investment in agriculture, and agriculture covers a lot of ground in Wayne, both literally and figuratively.

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Highland Chief Constable Mike Walton, left, Councilman Jim Hanson and Supervisor Jeff Haas are pictured in the Eldred fire station, where Hanson and Councilman Fred Bosch have taken on the removal of the former sheriff’s sub-station office. The office will be moved to the rear of the interior space, where it will replace the constables’ office, currently located in the town court in Barryville. The move will allow indoor, out-of-the-weather parking for two patrol vehicles and expanded office space for the constables.

Byway reports Route 97 improvements

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 12:58pm

ELDRED, NY — Some four miles of narrow and crumbling shoulders of Route 97, and perhaps more, will be replaced between the Roebling Bridge and Barryville, Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (UDSB) Chair Glenn Pontier reported to the Highland Town Board on February 14.

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Toronto ‘bathing beach’ hearing

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 12:08pm

MONTICELLO, NY — The question of whether the Toronto East Access Area is a bathing beach or not was the question at the center of a public hearing at the government center in Monticello on February 21.

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Marino, Toomey constituents call for town hall

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 12:06pm

HAMLIN, PA — Like many Republican members of Congress, constituents of Rep. Tom Marino are asking him to hold a town hall meeting. So far, he has not done so, and there are no plans to hold one soon.

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Protestors at a town hall meeting hold a sign calling for single-payer health care at a citizens’ meeting in Kingston.

Constituents hold town hall without Faso

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 12:04pm

KINGSTON, NY — Like hundreds of other representatives across the U.S., Congressman John Faso has decided not to hold any town hall meetings in this time of political turmoil.

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