The weather-delayed semifinal Section IV, Class D boys’ soccer game between Margaretville and Elmira Notre Dame will be held on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 3 p.m.

Due to the field availability of the field, the game will be played at the Hall of Fame field off Route 23 in Oneonta.

The game was originally scheduled to be played Tuesday, Oct. 30 but was postponed when Hurricane Sandy closed area schools.

Margaretville, NY — The Town of Middletown has a section on its website and a dedicated hotline providing resident information in the event of an emergency.

The emergency link on the Town’s website is: http://middletowndelawarecountyny.org/index.php/emergency/

The emergency phone number is 845 586-1115; this phone will be operational only after an emergency declaration has been made; a Facebook page has also been created (Middletown Delaware County).

By Jay Braman Jr.
People behind the Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park, slated to be built in the Highmount area, say that an important piece of information on the project should be made available to the public in a matter of weeks.

In an October 22 interview with First Tracks!!, an online ski magazine, project spearhead Dean Gitter said that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) which the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has been studying for a couple years, should soon be deemed complete by that agency and made available to the public for review.

The candidates for Delaware County Judge will meet in a Judges’ Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Arkville Firehall.

The moderated question and answer forum will the include incumbent Delaware County Judge Carl F. Becker of Stamford and Judge Gary Rosa of Arkville.

Judge Becker, a Republican, has served as county judge for the past decade. Judge Rosa, a Democrat, has a longtime law practice in Margaretville and has been a Town of Middletown justice for 20 years.
The public is welcome to bring questions for the candidates to answer.

By Geoff Samuels
A special meeting of the Town of Middletown Board was held on Friday, October 19 to discuss the current achievements in budget reductions and to prepare for the upcoming public hearing on November 7, and the actual budget vote on November 13.

The first order of the meeting was to announce a plan to switch health insurance providers by moving from Mohawk Valley Physicians (MVP) to the Capitol District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP).

If enacted, this would result in a total savings of $53,450, a major reduction.

By Jay Braman Jr.
Acting New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott has announced the arrest of a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) supervisor on charges he used an agency credit card to gas up his personal pickup truck. The employee is also alleged to have falsified odometer mileage in the course of making the purchases.

By Brian Sweeney
Congressional candidate Julian Schreibman toured Margaretville Hospital on Monday and heard firsthand about the challenges facing rural healthcare providers.
The Kingston Democrat is challenging first-term Republican Rep. Chris Gibson in New York’s 19th Congressional District.

Mr. Schreibman visited Margaretville Hospital as part of a campaign tour along the Route 28 corridor. He met with hospital officials, including Executive Director Sandy Horan.

By Jay Braman Jr.
A Woodstock attorney, with ties to the Margaretville area, has been arrested and charged with felony grand larceny for allegedly stealing over $220,000 from the volunteer fire department where he was the treasurer.

According to Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, whose office investigated the matter, Dale Hughes Jr., 64, was charged with stealing $221,385 from the Woodstock Fire Company over a span of about five years, from 2006 through 2011.

Margaretville practice

Staff Report
Construction on the 2,800-square-foot Andes Health Center is well underway. However the $700,000 project on lower Main Street, which sits on just over an acre of land, is running a few months behind schedule.

The primary care facility, which is to be run by Dr. Susan Fiore of Bassett Heathcare, is not expected to be ready to open its doors until January. 

By Brian Sweeney
The owners of the Freshtown Supermarket in Margaretville are hoping to begin construction of the adjacent CVS Pharmacy next month.

Dan Katz, vice president of PSK Supermarkets that operates Freshtown, told the News this week that CVS officials are reviewing updated plans for the store.
Mr. Katz said that once CVS personnel have reviewed the preliminary plans, the document will be updated as needed and then presented for final municipal approval.

“We are proceeding with all due diligence in the final stages of submitting plans,” Mr. Katz explained.