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A Business Mixer/informational session on the upcoming hearings for the Belleayre Resort will be held Thursday, May 9 at 4:30 p.m. at the Hanah Resort, Margaretville.
The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce and the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the event. The information session is for chamber members, and will run from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Snacks will be provided and a cash bar will be available. 

Margaretville — The Open Eye Youth Theater Workshop and production of Sandra Fenichel Asher’s “Too Many Frogs” is scheduled for Monday through Friday, July 22 to August 2, with performances August 3 and 4. The theater camp for children ages 6-10 will run from 10 a.m. to noon.

By Brian Sweeney
The long-planned Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park and a significant expansion of Belleayre Mountain took steps forward last week with the opening of public review periods.

The Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park was announced more than 15 years ago by Crossroads Ventures and has faced a series of challenges, primarily from environmental groups. The project developers have refined their plan for the development, which would be built in Highmount, with portions in the towns of Shandaken and Middletown.

Lenghty process

Highmount — The proposed Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park will be located near the intersection of the boundaries of Delaware County and Ulster counties. The site consists of 739 acres adjacent to the existing state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center.

The overall resort centers around two distinct hotels; Wildacres Resort with an 18-hole championship golf course and Highmount Spa Resort.

The following statistical information was provided by Crossroads Ventures, developers of the proposed resort:

Wildacres Resort

By Brian Sweeney
A proposed major expansion for the Belleayre Ski Center in Highmount was also announced last week by New York State.

Information on the public comment period is included in the Belleayre Resort above. The expansion is being proposed as part of Belleayre’s long-awaited Unit Management Plan.

By Jay Braman Jr.
Just as some groups have continued their decade-long opposition to plans for the Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park, others groups have continued to voice their support for the $400-million plan.
As the public comment period on the latest set of plans begins, both sides are expected to offer opinions similar to those they voiced during reviews of previous project incarnations.

Margaretville — The annual Margaretville Hospital Spring Health Fair will be held Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The event will take place in the lobby, adjacent hallways on the main level and in the classroom. The fair will help provide information on the hospital’s growing number of healthcare services and on wellness opportunities in local communitities.

Many free screening services will be offered at the Spring Health Fair, including
• Body Mass Index
• Oxygen screening - pulse oximeter testing.
• Finger-stick / blood glucose screening and diabetes education.

Staff report
Cassandra Olin, band director at Margaretville Central School, says she was at school last summer, completing work for her master’s degree. Some of the other degree candidates started talking about why schools don’t produce old Broadway musical shows. Olin says the kids aren’t familiar with the names, but everyone knows the songs. Olin, who took over the MCS Scitamard Society, that’s “dramatics” spelled backwards, decided to give one of the old shows a try.

Margaretville — The Middletown Republican Committee will host a dinner on Saturday, April 27 with a social hour beginning at 6 p.m. at the Margaretville Firehall. The dinner will be catered by Mary’s Cookin’ Again. Wines for dinner and sangria for the social hour are being provided by Steve Yaekel of Margaretville Liquor.

Margaretville Central School has announced its honor rolls for third quarter of the 2012 – ’13 school year.