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Gardening enthusiasts who can’t wait to plant will be happy to know that gardenFest2013 is approaching. The event that celebrates all things related to gardening will be held on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., which is the day before Mother’s Day.

Arkville — The Delaware Opportunities Head Start welcomes the public to attend its open house on March 20 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the center, located at 6 Franks Street.

Head Start is a federally-funded program for children ages three to five. It is designed to help preschool children of income-eligible families by providing a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs.

By Jay Braman Jr.
The controversial Route 28 Scenic Byway Plan squeaked by to adoption by the Town of Shandaken Monday night with a 3-2 vote in favor of the measure.

After months of dormancy, a resolution to support the plan suddenly appeared at the town board meeting. There was little discussion on the matter, with only Councilman Vincent Bernstein explaining his reasons for not supporting the plan.

Fear loss of “Home Rule’

By Geoff Samuels
Margaretville Central School Guidance Counselor Nancy Millen will cited for heroism by the board of education for quick action in helping a student who was choking.

On January 24, Millen, a guidance counselor for grades K through 7, was in a classroom setting when one of the young children began to choke. She immediately went to the child’s aid and in so doing, saved it from a potentially terrible fate.

By Joe Moskowitz
One week ago, Margaretville Village Treasurer Beth Bush dropped a bomb shell, saying that village taxes could go up by as much as 25 percent in the coming fiscal year.
Bush, and the village’s budget committee members, are working to try and reduce the hike to 14 percent, but she says that will be the lowest increase possible. There just isn’t any more room to cut.

By Joe Moskowitz
It was a Wednesday, usually a quiet day at Roxbury’s Plattekill Mountain Ski Center. Plattekill is not usually open midweek, but as much as a foot of new snow was expected. When that happens, it doesn’t matter what day the calendar says, it’s a “Powder Daize” at Plattekill and the lifts are filled with skiers and snowboarders.

Margaretville — The Fairview Library will host a round-table discussions and a working lunch on Saturday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on starting or enhancing a small business. This workshop, entitled With A Woman’s Eye For Business will be held in the Community Room of the library at 43 Walnut Street.

Margaretville — Twenty-four paintings and three photographs created by members of the Olive Senior Art Class are now on view at the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC), 905 Main Street, Margaretville.

The work will be displayed through the end of April and can be seen weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

By Brian Sweeney
The Town of Bovina needs to exercise tighter internal controls over its bookkeeping practices, a state audit has determined.

The audit, released last week by the NYS Comptroller’s Office, listed four recommendations for the township to improve bookkeeping methods.

The findings included:
• The board should adopt written policies and procedures that include segregating incompatible functions over the cash receipts and disbursements, where possible, or implement compensating controls where segregating incompatible functions is not possible.

The “Writing Successful Grants Proposals” workshops, a two-session grant writing class, will be held on April 8 and 15 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the GRLIC office on Main Street, Roxbury.

The workshop will emphasize writing compelling, concise and well-crafted grant proposals. Workshop topics are developing a grant concept, finding funders, establishing goals and objectives, writing the narrative, making a budget, developing a work plan and gathering letters of support.