MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DRILLING EVENT

Coverage Requested:

of what might prove to be a contentious meeting of Cochecton (Sullivan County ) Planning Board which is proposing to change local zoning to permit Marcellus Shale gas drilling in 90% of town plus allow for building of man camps for gas workers.
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Local group, Keep Cochecton Green, is urging townspeople on both sides of the drilling controversy to attend meeting to question this change.

Thursday, May 27, 7PM
Cochecton Town Hall (845 932 8360)
CR 16, Lake Huntington, New York

Contact: Grace van Hulsteyn
845 932-8910
212 663 3457
gracewildhack@gmail.com

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Text of group's mailing to Cochecton residents:

Keep Cochecton Green

P.O. Box 253
Cochecton, New York 12726

Did you know that the town of Cochecton is in the process of changing its zoning plan to expressly allow horizontal hydrofracture drilling for natural gas in 90% of the town? No other town in our area has taken such a radical step, which we believe could overwhelm the community, just as Dimock, Pennsylvania has been overwhelmed.

However you feel about gas drilling, ATTEND THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING on May 27, 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall. Learn the facts. Express your views. http://www.kcr@cochection.org


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