The Odessa File: Business of Schuyler County. Click on the Ad above to. Sidle Insurance website. Click here. to send an e- mail to the Sidle firm. See our Wine & Tourism Page. Free Download Games. Discover the best free download games, including Jewel Quest, Big City Adventure, Delicious games and more! Play the full version with no time. State Park vies for best NY attraction Special to The Odessa File WATKINS GLEN, Sept. Watkins Glen State Park is represented in the nominee list for a USA TODAY 1. Best Readers' Choice contest category which just launched: Best New York Attraction. The full list of nominees for Best New York Attraction is as follows: Broadway Theatre District. ![]() Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn Bridge. Buttermilk Falls State Park. Central Park. Empire State Building. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex. High Line. Kaaterskill Falls. ![]() ![]() Lake Placid. Letchworth State Park. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Niagara Falls. Robert H. Treman State Park. Statue Of Liberty. Storm King Art Center. Wasted money on unreliable and slow multihosters? LinkSnappy is the only multihost that works. Download from ALL Filehosts as a premium user at incredibly fast speeds! An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works. The Corning Museum of Glass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Watkins Glen State Park. Women's Rights National Historical Park. Watkins Glen State Park finished #3 in the Best State Park contest in 2. Voting is open now, runs for four weeks and ends on Tuesday, October 1. EDT. You can vote at http: //www. The public can vote once per day, per category. Celebration marks Jerlando's 2. Special to The Odessa File. WATKINS GLEN, Sept. Jerlando’s Pizzeria and Ristorante in Watkins Glen turned 2. Bill and Serafina Tague, along with the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, are planning a celebration on Wednesday, September 1. My family and I," said Bill Tague, "are very grateful to be a part of the wonderful Watkins Glen community, which has offered tremendous support over the years. We cannot say thank you enough to our wonderful customers, our family, our friends, and most importantly, our dedicated staff, who work tirelessly to make Jerlando’s Ristorante what it is.”The celebration will include appetizers and drinks. A celebratory toast will be offered, along with remarks by local officials, including Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rebekah Carroll. Says Carroll: “Through hard work, phenomenal hospitality, and the great leadership of Bill Tague, Jerlando’s has become an area institution. In this day and age, hitting the 2. We welcome everyone to join in celebrating this amazing milestone and saying thank you to the Tague family, who have given so much to the community over the years.”The restaurant will be closed from 4 to 6, said the Chamber in a press release, "to allow ample time for celebration and visiting with Bill and Serafina, their family, and the Jerlando’s staff. The celebration is free to attend and open to the public. Join us!"- -A Letter to the Editor from Jerlando's is on the Forum Page. Forest proposes fee changes; hearing set. Special to The Odessa File. HECTOR, August 1. The Finger Lakes National Forest is interested in hearing the public's comments on proposed new fees at Backbone Horse Camp and Potomac Group Camp and Pavilion, and on a proposed fee increase at Blueberry Patch Recreation Area. Recreation fee revenue would be used to provide services and improve these sites, say Forest officials. We are experiencing tremendous increases in recreation uses on the Finger Lakes National Forest. These new fees and fee increases will help us provide quality recreation facilities to meet this growing demand," said John Sinclair, Forest Supervisor. Backbone Horse Camp and Day Use is an accessible campground with nine sites located around a wooded area with a graded road for access. The Forest is proposing a new campground fee of $1. The Forest is also proposing a new day use fee of $5 per day per site for one vehicle and one horse trailer. The Forest has implemented several recent improvements at Backbone Horse Camp by dredging the adjacent horse pond, providing controlled equine water access, adding several accessible picnic tables, building and repairing the corrals, regrading the road, adding gravel to the road to reduce very large pot holes, and adding interpretive signing. The proposed new fees would help to improve the services and facilities. Planned improvements include replacing the outhouse, improving tie rails, grinding stumps out of the corrals, and improving an informational kiosk. Potomac Group Camp and Pavilion is an accessible group use area with a pavilion that is only open to group use. The Forest is proposing a new fee based on the number of people using the pavilion. Groups from 1- 2. The Forest has implemented several improvements to the Potomac Group Camp and Pavilion such as accessible fire rings and new large fire grills at the pavilion. The proposed new fee would help to improve the services and facilities, officials say. Planned improvements include adding more accessible picnic tables, improving the day use information kiosk, and reshingling the pavilion roof. Potomac Group Camp and Pavilion would be made available under the reservation system. People wanting to use the group use area must make reservations via toll free number (8. Blueberry Patch Recreation Area has 1. The Forest is proposing to change the current $1. The Forest has implemented several recent improvements at Blueberry Patch Recreation Area such as a host for security, accessible tent pads with new gravel, new accessible fire rings, and accessible picnic tables. The proposed fee increase would help to improve the services and facilities. Planned improvements include painting and improving a day use informational kiosk. The three areas are maintained by the Forest Service employees and volunteers. Eighty to 9. 5 percent of the revenue collected at recreation fee sites remains on the Forest to operate, maintain, and improve the facilities. In 2. 00. 4, Congress passed the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), which allows the Forest Service to retain funds collected at certain recreation sites and use these funds locally to operate, maintain, and improve these sites. All new fees and fee change proposals will be presented before a citizen’s advisory committee, called the Forest Service Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC). Committee members represent a broad array of recreation interest groups to help ensure that the Forest Service is proposing reasonable and publicly acceptable new fees and fee changes. The public meeting will be held from 6: 3. September 6, 2. 01. Hector District Office to gather comments on the proposed new and increased fees. The public is welcome to attend. Please send comments on these fee proposals to Tim Noon, Finger Lakes National Forest, 5. State Route 4. 14, Hector, New York 1. Comments will be taken until October 1. For more information on the above sites or the Finger Lakes National Forest, visit the Finger Lakes National Forest website at: https: //www. Hector Ranger District at (6. State Tourism unit sets meeting in Glen. Special to The Odessa File. WATKINS GLEN, Aug. The New York State Tourism Industry Association (NYSTIA) will hold its annual Membership Meeting & Tourism Excellence Awards on October 2. Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel. Following the annual association business meeting there on October 2. Watkins Glen International for a fun evening of pace car rides, a cocktail reception, buffet dinner, and the annual NYSTIA Tourism Excellence Awards. During the awards presentation, the Association will recognize leaders in New York State's tourism industry who have achieved a high level of excellence and accomplishment. Winning individuals or organizations are selected based on demonstrated commitment, leadership and accomplishment in the travel and tourism sector for the calendar year 2. Deadline for nominations is September 1. On Friday, October 2. NYSTIA will welcome spotlight speaker Scott Johnson, CEO and President of Travel Market Insights, Inc. Mr. Johnson will discuss “Travel and Tourism Research - - A Brave New World.” That address will be followed by a panel of leaders in the statewide tourism industry discussing the importance of tourism statistics, data, and research. At the conclusion of the Friday morning presentations, attendees are invited to a guided walk through Watkins Glen State Park, organized by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Event registrations, sponsorships and award nominations are being accepted online at www.
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