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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 10:43 am
According to the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office, snow and ice from the uncleared roof of a U-Haul truck severely injured a 50-year-old woman in Middleburgh yesterday.
A press release states that Gloria Spiers was driving south on State Route 30 as 30-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2011 - 10:32 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman are reporting that two people who drove into the Wallkill River's floodwaters in New Paltz yesterday morning had to be rescued by boat.
The Wallkill routinely floods the stretch of Libertyville Road and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 2:21 pm
The Daily Star reports that four river conservancy groups are boycotting a meeting with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection that is being held in Grahamsville today. Their grievance? Flooding:
The groups said the plan fails to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 12:33 pm
The Delaware County Department of Emergency Services sent out a press at 10:30am announcing that all roads in the town of Deposit are closed until 3pm this afternoon. Here's the release:
Thomas Axtell, Town of Deposit Supervisor, has declared a State of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 11:12 am
A recent study in the journal Science has shown that a little bottom-feeding Hudson River fish has evolved to resist one of humankind's most potent pollutants: toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, poisonous dioxins commonly known as PCBs.
Both the Times... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 9:22 am
The rain from yesterday combined with a surprise snowstorm last night have made for a bit of nutsiness this morning. There are multiple school delays, road closures, car accidents, and a travel advisory issued for Delaware County until noon today. Via... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 5, 2011 - 10:34 am
Ice rescue practice on the Ashokan Reservoir. Photo via the NYC Water/NYC DEP website.
Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record spent Thursday on the ice at the Ashokan Reservoir watching NYC Department of Environmental Protection police officers don bright... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 1:30 pm
The Daily Star had the scoop yesterday: Lisa Barrows, the former Stop DWI coordinator for Delaware County who was removed abrupty from her job last year, is now facing a felony charge brought by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office:
According to court... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 10:19 am
Despite the layoff woes at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, this year has been excellent for the businesses that depend on it, Jay Braman wrote in the Daily Freeman yesterday:
At a meeting on Monday of the Belleayre Region Lodging and Tourism... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011 - 11:29 am
Want to nurse injured deer back to health, or hunt squirrels with a trained raptor?
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is holding its exams for both falconry apprentices and wildlife rehabilitators on April 22. To take the exams, you... Read more
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