Community

Onteora — Onteora Central School District has announced a rescheduled performance by pianist, Justin Kolb, with guest appearance by Mikhail Horowitz, on Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the MS/HS Harry Simon auditorium, Boiceville.

By Julia Green
Congressman Scott Murphy, who represents New York’s 20th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, was once again in Delaware County last week, when he had lunch with a number of area business people at the Quarter Moon Café in Delhi.

By Dick Sanford
When life deals you lemons, you make lemonade. So what do you do when Mother Nature dumps four feet of snow in your front yard on Main Street in Roxbury? If you’re Frank Jankowski, Debbie Bauer and Frank’s seven-year-old daughter Catherine, you take that four feet of snow and make it into a 16-foot-tall snowman, that’s what!

The Delaware County Historical Association will be on hand to present numerous aspects of the county’s history on Saturday, March 13 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Commons Building at 785 Main Street, Margaretville.

The Delaware League basketball all-stars have been announced for the 2009-2010 season.

Delhi — The Delaware Opportunities Safe Against Violence (SAV) program is currently looking for volunteers to help support the 24-hour hotline.  Individuals interested in helping victims of sexual assault and domestic violence can volunteer from home.

Margaretville — The Catskill Landowners’ Associa-tion (CLA), a group of landowners dedicated to the protection of landowners’ rights, announced last week that it is opposed to any suggested regulation imposing a broad-scale, general ban on natural gas drilling on private property within the Catskill Region, unless landowners receive just compensation for the loss of this property right.

By Jay Braman Jr.
The economic summit held at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Tuesday got out the message that local governments want to help the little guy fight to survive the current recession.
And while officials from both Ulster and Delaware county were on hand with similar messages, it was noted that Ulster is outspending Delaware when it comes to tourism promotion, something that at least one official would like to see change.

Claryville — Free Maple Sugar Weekends are planned for March 20-21 and March 27-28 at Frost Valley YMCA in Claryville. Frost Valley’s Maple Weekends provide the opportunity for families to experience firsthand the wonders of Maple Sugar production.

The Roxbury Arts Group (RAG) is introducing a series of Sunday film screenings called The Reel Artist Series. The series opens this Sunday, March 7, at 1:30 p.m. at RAG’s Hilton Kelly Hall with “Basquiat,” a Miramax Films made in 1996. It is rated R for drug use and strong language.