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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, January 3, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
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Letters to the Editor........................8
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Obituaries......................................22
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Marlboro School Board, 7:30 p.m.,
Marlborough Town Hall, 21 Milton Tnpk,
Milton.
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Marlborough Town Board, 7 p.m.,
Marlborough Town Hall, 21 Milton Ave.,
Milton.
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Plattekill Planning Board, 7:30 p.m.,
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Marlboro Fire House 14 Grand St.,
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Belfast travel agents tout region
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Ireland visited the Hudson Valley with
the hope of establishing a reciprocal
arrangement with their counterparts
in the tourism industry in the Hudson
Valley. The group made stops at various
local locations; the Stoutridge Winery,
Frieda’s Bakery, the Falcon Music Club,
the Guarino Farm and the Hudson Ale
Works as well as numerous locations in
Dutchess County. On their first night
in the states the group stayed at the
Danskammer House, a newly opened Bed
& Breakfast near the hamlet of Marlboro.
B.J. Mikkelsen, Milton tour operator/
owner of Great Dane Journeys, helped
to set up the visit from Ireland. He said
the pitch was to have the Belfast-based
Travel Solutions market the region to
their agents who in turn would entice
customers to visit, not just New York City,
but also many of the attractions in the
Hudson Valley.
Sheila Mannese, of Meet Me in
Marlborough, said the agri-tourism
organization wants to promote the
Hudson Valley as a destination point that
is within easy reach of the Big Apple.
“The immediate thing is to get off
the plane and head down to New York
City and with this happening, they (tour
operators) want it to go north and we are
right on that border,” she said.
Mikkelsen and Mannese said this
across-the-ocean tourism idea received
the support of Markly Wilson, Director of
International Marketing for I Love New
York, a division of state’s tourism agency.
After meeting last summer at Mikkelsen’s
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Standing before the tour bus from left to right Paul McGuinness – Arrow Travel Belfast, Don
Clarke – Travel Solutions Belfast, Jackie Geddis – Thomas Cook Belfast, Julie Magill – Travel
Solutions Belfast, Chloe Moore – Weir Travel Coleraine, Caroline Scott – JF Travel Coleraine,
Beverley Weir – Century Travel Dungannon and Heather Fielding – Gallagher Travel Derry/
Londonderry.
annual bonfire that he hosts at his home
in Marlborough and later touring the
area, Wilson was sold. He soon brought
in tourism promoter Christine Hoffer, of
MRH Select, to help coordinate the visit
of the Belfast group.
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