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Resort officials say they could not have asked for a better holiday weekend. Author: Amanda Eustice (WNEP) Updated: 6:31 PM EST February 14, 2021 UNION DALE, Pa. The slopes were packed for Presidents Day weekend at Elk Mountain Ski Resort in Susquehanna County as skiers and snowboarders looked to get as many runs in as possible. We did about eight, eight runs. Yesterday we did about 16, and we skied 11 miles, said Isabella Marcowitz of Warrington. With fresh snow from recent storms mixed with perfect weather, resort officials say they could not have asked for a better holiday weekend. President s weekend is historically the busiest weekend of the ski season, and this year with the weather being cooperative, people are definitely out here having fun, said Bob Deluca with Elk Mountain. ....
Good crowds for Martin Luther King Jr. weekend at Elk Mountain MLK weekend is a popular ski and snowboard weekend at the resort in Susquehanna County and many people are picking up the sport for the first time. Author: Courtney Harrison Updated: 4:26 PM EST January 18, 2021 UNION DALE, Pa. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend is usually the first holiday of the year; many people have long weekends to travel to ski, including Amanda Ludack of New York. I figured people would be staying away, which is another reason why we thought, Let s just go away and maybe it ll be less crowded, but not so much. It s actually more crowded than I anticipated, said Ludack. ....
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The federal budget package released Monday afternoon includes language (Division FF, Title V) repealing 2009 and 2012 bills associated with the plan to relocate the animal disease research facility on Plum Island to Manhattan, Kansas. The House and Senate are expected to pass the bill promptly, and the president is expected to sign it. This action will restore the normal disposal procedure for federal property instead of auctioning it off to the highest bidder. Next steps then include ensuring the island is transferred to another federal agency, state, or other body, a process that may take several years. “It is rare in conservation to get a second chance. All too often, a species becomes irretrievably lost to extinction or a forest is irreparably destroyed by development. But Congress, through repeal of the mandate directing the sale of Plum Island, is giving the island a second chance,” said John Turner, spokesperson for the Preserve Plum Island Coalition. “But ....
Original Story Follows: The long-dreaded federal auction of Plum Island has likely been cancelled with the approval by the U.S. Congress Monday night of the 2021 federal spending bill. The 822-acre federally owned island off Orient Point has long been home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, which is being replaced by a new facility in Manhattan, Kansas, which is expected to be fully operational by 2022. Laws passed by the federal government in 2008 and 2012 had mandated Plum Island be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, and New York and Connecticut lawmakers have been working since to reverse that order. The language in the federal spending bill, championed by Senators Chuck Schumer and Chris Murphy and Congressman Lee Zeldin, repeals both the 2008 and 2012 laws. ....