Hurley School Sale Closes, Five Years After Approval and $250,000 Short
The Onteora School District finally completed its sale of the former West Hurley Elementary School to a Brooklyn developer that wants to turn it into housing, five years after the Planning Board approved the deal and 30 percent short of the initial price. Cedar East Development sealed the $800,000 deal with the district on Feb. 6, according to Onteora Superintendent Victoria McLaren…
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A Death by a Thousand Cuts in Phoenicia
In February 2011, Phoenicia looked like a town on the rise. The tiny Shandaken hamlet was home to about 388 residents and had just been named the “sixth-coolest small town” in the country by Budget Travel magazine. Its half-mile Main Street, a two-lane strip of restaurants, shops and music venues tucked beneath Tremper Mountain, buzzed…
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What a Year: Check Out Our 10 Most-Read Stories
In the year since The Overlook launched, we’ve covered everything from real estate sales (and scams) to heartbreaking fires and the precarious economic state of what was once one of our liveliest towns. You, our readers, voted with your fingertips to create our most popular stories. Here they are! 10. Firefighter’s Death on Panther Mountain…
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Letters: Community Resilience in Phoenicia
I moved here last February. I’m 72 and don’t own a car. Phoenicia ispretty quiet, except for tourists on the weekends. I have manyneighbors who have lived in the area a long time, or their wholelives. It is true that Phoenicia is not in its heyday, but I love thePlayhouse, and the Library. And the…
