Sunday Fundraiser for Great Programming for Special Needs Kids

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

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Andes is a Frack-Free Zone!

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Thank you!!!

Our deep thanks to Andes Town Supervisor Marty Donnelly and the Andes Town Board members who voted to pass a moratorium on heavy industry on fracking for six months as the Board watches legal processes on banning around the state. We thank all of you for hearing the majority of area residents and understanding that we must find better ways to build our economy than allowing international mega-corporations chew us up and spit us out.

And our thanks to everyone who has signed our petition, written letters, talked to their neighbors, and shared their thoughts with the Town Board. Your support made it possible for the Board to make this brave move.

We will continue to watch the Town Board’s decisions about the more permanent ban, but we are officially frack-free at this moment, and are truly pleased. It is looking like fracking is not going to happen in the NYC Watershed, if it does happen in NYS, but we believe that every protection possible is really important so we don’t lose what makes Andes so special (and the economic layers that come with that).

So, tell your friends — Andes is a frack-free zone! Come on in, the water’s fine…

Click here for coverage on the moratorium from the Daily Star…

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Thanks To Everyone Who Joined us on Tuesday!

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

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Ballantine Park: Support an Andes Treasure

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

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Ballantine Park is a little gem of a park in downtown Andes where you can walk along the Tremperskill and listen to its music. We got the following message from Maria Ditchek and Marty Donnelly, who serve as the trustees of the park:

A little history…

Ballantine Park was mostly a marshland accumulating trash and debris.   George Ballantine, owner of the property, envisioned a park for all to enjoy.  He not only conceived the park’s design but did most of the work himself, with the occasional help of volunteers.  Once the park was completed, in 2005, the Town of Andes purchased it through Member Item Funding provided by Senator Bonacic.

How the park is supported…

The maintenance and upkeep of the park is fully funded by donations.  No Town funds are used.  The park is maintained and mowed weekly during the season so that all may enjoy Andes’ special gift.

How you can help!

We need to remove approximately 30 dying trees as they present a hazard to park visitors.  In the spring, we would like to replace as many of these trees as possible.
The two park trustees, Maria Ditchek and Marty Donnelly, would appreciate your donations to this wonderful cause.

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Please send your contribution to:
Friends of Ballantine Park
PO Box 205
Andes, NY 13731


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Upcoming Events!

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

“Meet the Candidate” Night: Wayland “Bud” Gladstone
5 to 9 PM
Friday, October 21
Andes Hotel, Andes NY
Music by Bill Piervincienzi and the Andes Gang Band
Free appetizers & Cash Bar
Sponsored by the “Friends of Bud Gladstone Committee”
Bud  Gladstone is running for Town Board in Andes and is a frack-free advocate.
Click here for a flyer for this event…

Andes Candidates’ Forum
Sunday, October 23, 1pm
The Andes Hotel
Sponsored by the Watershed Post 
Come and hear from all of the candidates running for town office! A non-partisan forum moderated by Rev. Steve Swanson and Jack McShane.

Neighbor To Neighbor: Living the Drill
Dairy Farmers Carol French and Carolyn Knapp from Bradford County, PA
Speak About Gas Drilling, Economics, and Community
2 PM
Sunday, October 23
State Theater, Deposit NY 
Sponsored by  CDOG - Chenango Delaware Otsego Gas Drilling Opposition Group
These two woman are real, honest, and open about their experiences with their leases and the gas companies.
Click here for a flyer about this event…

Andes Works! Community Economic Development Conversation
Tuesday, November 15
6-9 PM, Andes Hotel
(6-7 Happy Hour with Cash Bar)
While we have been fairly fixated on fracking over the last month, we believe that Andes’ healthy future will depend on everyone in the community thinking creatively and working together to strengthen our economy from the inside out. We enthusiastically invite you to join us to talk through Andes’ assets and needs. How can we support the businesses that are here, build efforts that will entice people to move here, etc? What do we have that’s special and what do we need to work on?

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Albany votes to ban fracking

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

City of Albany has banned fracking. Over a hundred testified at the Common Council Meeting in favor of the gas drilling ban Monday night. But some local businesses fear fracking will hurt the local economy.

Albany is now the second major city in New York to ban fracking in an 8 to 5 vote.

Video here…

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Strong Majority of Delaware County Residents Oppose Fracking!

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

A Pulse Opinion Poll of 500 Delaware County residents reveals that nearly three out of four people oppose hydraulic fracturing in their town, and seven out of ten favor municipal zoning ordinances to regulate the practice.

These results are similar to those of a poll conducted in neighboring Sullivan County the preceding week. The questions in both polls were identical:

Do you support natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing in your town?
                                      No              Yes            Not sure
Delaware County        72%           27%             1%
Sullivan County           69%            26%            4%

Would you support your town enacting zoning ordinances to restrict natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing?
                                      Yes            No              Not sure
Delaware County         69%           27%           4%
Sullivan County            69%           24%           7%

The Delaware County poll was conducted on October 8 and 9.  The Sullivan County poll was conducted between October 1 and 3, also by Pulse Opinion Research.   The margin of sampling error in both polls is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.   Residents who said they did not know enough about hydraulic fracturing to form an opinion were excluded for the polls.

Both polls were commissioned by the not-for-profit Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy.  They are believed to be the first scientific polls to measure the sentiment of New Yorkers who live atop the Marcellus Shale.

 

 

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