Margaretville

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.

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.

Margaretville — The MCS Booster Club will host its seventh annual indoor soccer tournament at Margaretville Central School on Friday evening, March 12 and all day Saturday, March 13.
The tournament will include 48 teams divided into four age groups.

By Julia Green
Margaretville 26, Jefferson 38
It looked as though they hadn’t seen the court in days – and in fact, they hadn’t. When the Margaretville Blue Devil girls traveled to Stamford Saturday to face the Jefferson JayHawks in the opening round of the Section IV Class D basketball tournament, it was the first time either team had picked up a basketball since meeting in the last game of the regular season on Tuesday – before upwards of three feet of snow was dumped on Delaware County.

After nearly a week of delays due to a late winter snow storm measuring up to four feet in some locations, area basketball teams finally got back on the court over the weekend as the Section IV Class D tournament got underway.

Three days of heavy snowfall that has left many local areas with more than three feet of snow has wreaked havoc on the 2010 Section IV Class D basketball tournament schedule – but organizers are working to get games in around the weather.

Margaretville — Anyone interested in enriching the lives of residents at Mountainside Residential Care Center or patients at Margaretville Hospital is invited to a Volunteer Signup Open House on Saturday, March 6 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

There is only one announced race in village elections in Margaretville and Fleischmanns that will be held on Tuesday, March 16 from noon to 9 p.m. at the respective village offices.

By John Bernhardt
When the basketball season finally ends, the Andes Mountaineers and the Gilboa Wildcats should be pretty familiar with each other. The two teams met last night at 7 p.m. at Gilboa for the fourth time in the first round of Section IV playoffs. Gilboa (12-5) is seeded fifth, Andes (9-9) is seeded 12th. The Mountaineers upended Gilboa in the title game of the Margaretville Holiday Tournament, but dropped both Delaware League contests, the first an eight-point loss in Gilboa, the second a 52-48 overtime loss at home.