Government
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 - 11:05 am
If you lost your job or gig because of Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee, you have an extra month to apply for the U.S. Department of Labor's Disaster Unemployment Insurance.
Victims of Lee in Delaware and Ulster counties have until Nov. 14 to apply... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 - 12:21 pm
Thanks to the New York State DOT for ensuring that our local tourist attractions are well-marked. For instance, this sign on Route 28 in Shandaken, which appears to depict a hardy mountaineer skiing directly uphill on a 60-degree slope.
(Or perhaps our... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 - 11:20 am
Graham Merk, chairman of the Windham Chamber of Commerce, is providing an office space at the IA Financial Building at 5419 Main Street in Windham for Small Business Administration officer Jim Elens. Mr. Elens will be available until at least Friday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 - 10:24 am
Above: A lecture on the dangers of fracking organized by Friends of Sustainable Sidney on Tuesday at the Greater Maywood Rural Community Services Community Center.
A group called Friends of Sustainable Sidney is hoping that tonight's Sidney Town Board... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 - 7:45 pm
Above: John Moffitt of Delaware Operations explains the planned upgrades to the Andes sewage treatment plant at the Andes Town Board Meeting on October 11, 2011.
Engineers described plans for a new $2.5 million Andes sewer upgrade at a tumultuous meeting... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 - 6:14 pm
Photo of closed-off bridge to the village of Margaretville, in the town of Middletown, taken August 29, 2011. Posted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool by photographer Christopher Mooney.
Elected officials in Middletown are seeking to keep the town budget... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 - 10:43 am
The Windham-Ashland-Jewett Board of Education is asking for the approval of town voters to borrow up to $4 million, through the sale of bonds and notes, to cover flood damages.
A vote on the measure will be held through a school bond election on November... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 - 9:47 am
Above: Making cider at the Hubbell homestead. Photo by Julia Reischel.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with cider master Bob Hubbell, who oversees a 150-year-old, three-story cider press at Hubbell Companies in Kelly Corners... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 3:14 pm
Tempers flared at the regular Andes Town Board meeting today when a town resident accused the town's highway superintendent of being illiterate.
Town councilman Ritchie Gabriel was reading a report filed by Andes Highway Superintendent Michael McAdams... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 2:54 pm
Winter is icumen in. Photo of frost on leaves by Flickr user s.alt. Published under Creative Commons license.
This year, a federal program that one in five New York State households rely on to help pay their winter heating bills is likely to face drastic... Read more
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