Local officials joined with county, state and federal lawmakers Friday at the foot of Belleayre Mountain Ski Center to send a message to Albany that the facility should be removed from the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s control. Here's the whole story.
Videos of the rally after the jump.
For a different take, here's a nice little video with political grandstanding, I mean, speeches by area pols, shot by film producer Fred Margulies of Margaretville.
Rally to Save Belleayre Mountain from Fred Margulies on Vimeo.
Also, in case you missed it, here's Ulster County Executive Mike Hein talking about the same topic.