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Margaretville — Sarkis Boghjalian has been appointed to the Margaretville Health Foundation Board of Directors. Sarkis is the founder and president of BCN, Inc., a New York-based management consulting firm. He is a consultant to both national and international organizations and travels worldwide on behalf of clients. He represented a group of donor agencies overseeing the building and equipping of a $10 million hospital in an earthquake-stricken area of Armenia.

By Pauline Liu
For those who preferred to remain on dry land during the Memorial Day weekend, there were plenty of other ways for landlubbers to celebrate the opening of recreational boating in the Pepacton Reservoir.

On Sunday morning, the inaugural Tour de Pepacton drew thongs of cycling enthusiasts who peddled their way through 25- and 60-mile long rides around the reservoir. The event is sponsored by the Catskill Mountain Bicycling Club. 

By John Bernhardt
Spotty defense Thursday in the middle innings cost the Margaretville Blue Devils girls’ softball team a chance to advance to the Section IV quarterfinals.

The eighth-seeded Blue Devils committed four errors in the third and fourth inning allowing eight unearned runs as they fell, 12-8, to ninth-seeded Milford. The errors were Margaretville’s only defensive miscues in the game.

By Pauline Liu
Memorial Day weekend in the Catskills sailed into the record books as residents and visitors alike paddled their way across the Pepacton Reservoir for the first time in its history.

The rain-free weekend was marked by glorious sunshine, which made the water glisten.

By Pauline Liu
The newest battleground in the war against childhood obesity is now being waged in school cafeterias across the country.  New nutritional standards are being phased in at schools with federally subsidized meal programs, including at Margaretville Central School.

Arkville — The MARK Project, in collaboration with The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, and several municipalities, has contracted with the firms of Community Planning & Environmental Associates and E. M. Pemrick and Co. to assist in the development of a Regional Economic Development and Community Revitalization Strategy for the towns of Olive, Shandaken, Middletown, Andes and Roxbury.

Delhi — “Justice requires doing that which is fair, regardless of public opinion, politics or the parties involved.”

With these words, Town of Middletown Justice Gary Rosa kicked-off his campaign for Delaware County Judge, delivering a 1 p.m. formal speech from the gazebo in front of the Delaware County Courthouse in Delhi on Saturday.

About 25 well-wishers and passers-by listened as Judge Rosa spoke on “The American Justice System from a Small Town Perspective.”

By Pauline Liu
The Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce gave a nod to local media at its Annual Recognition Dinner held at Hanah Mountain Resort and Country Club last Wednesday night.
The Chambers’s Executive Director Carol O’Beirne and Board President John Tufillaro presented special recognition awards to the Catskill Mountain News, the Watershed Post and Roxbury’s WIOX Community Radio.

Memorial Day parades organized by American Legion Post 216 will take place on Monday, May 28.
The parade in Fleischmanns will form up at 8:45 a.m. at the Fleischmanns Firehall.  The parade steps off at 9:00 a.m. sharp and ends at the Skene Library where ceremonies will take place. 

Andes — This Memorial Day weekend the Pepacton Reservoir will officially open for recreational use. The Andes Society for History and Culture (ASHC) takes this opportunity to educate a new generation about what lies beneath the beautiful Pepacton Reservoir. As part of the weekend events, ASHC will screen the film Beneath Pepacton Waters on Friday May 25 at 7 p.m. at the Pleasant Valley Meeting House.