Government
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 - 4:10 pm
A recent action by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ensures that New York City's efforts to push dirty water out of the Ashokan Reservoir throughout the fall and winter are going to cost the city big time. The DEC is fining the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 - 11:18 am
Giant hogweed: Photo from DEC In the midst of a tight new budget and a departmental hiring freeze, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has one job for which it is actually hiring: giant hogweed wrangler.
Thanks to funding set aside... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 11:22 am
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein announced in his annual county address last night that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has filed a formal complaint against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over the DEP... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 10:54 am
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office is reporting that 26-year-old Tara Valhos fell off a snowmobile in the village of Richmondville and into the path of an oncoming car yesterday.
According to a press release, Valhos was airlifted to Bassett Medical... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 9:45 am
A bus driver and an aide transporting Pre-K and kindergarten students to Catskill Elementary School on Monday morning parked a bus in a Wal-Mart parking lot with a 5-year-old girl sleeping inside, according to the Daily Mail and the Daily Freeman. When... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 11:33 am
The Daily Freeman is reporting that yet another car accident happened yesterday evening, this one the second to occur on Rte. 28 this week. Happily, however, the four occupants of the car sustained only minor injuries, the paper reports:
Officer John... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 11:08 am
Another person has died in a vehicular accident this week, bringing the death toll from Catskills car and snowmobile accidents up to four since Friday.
The Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record are reporting that a 58-year-old Hurley woman died after... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 - 4:04 pm
Last week, a Sullivan County man was released from a 50-year jail sentence after he was found innocent of raping a 12-year-old girl, while an Ulster County man was arrested after reportedly being caught in the act of trying to erase a hard drive full of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 - 1:34 pm
As a rural area, the Catskills region chronically lacks high-speed, broadband internet access. The region's deep valleys and steep hillsides make cell phone service next to impossible. (In fact, the Times Herald-Record just wrote an entire cover story... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 - 9:59 am
(Post has been updated -- scroll to bottom for more details.)
In addition to Friday's Grand Gorge car accident, which claimed the life of a Gilboa man, last weekend saw two other fatal accidents: a snowmobile crash in the town of Rochester and a car... Read more
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