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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:21 am
On Friday, a New York corrections officer was killed on the Thruway north of Kingston in a collision caused by a driver briefly taking her eyes off the road.
According to a press release issued by the State Police, a woman driving northbound sideswiped a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 8:55 am
The Daily Freeman has a long story today about GOP Congressman Chris Gibson's ambition to site a new nuclear power plant in his upstate New York district.
Gibson is working to create a bipartisan energy advisory panel that will consider ways to promote... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 - 9:33 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context on this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 - 10:17 am
Yesterday afternoon, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would no longer be releasing turbid water from the Ashokan Reservoir into the Esopus Creek, starting immediately. The press release from DEP Commissioner Cas... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 - 4:33 pm
Above: A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome symptoms. Via the Flickr page of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region.
Phil Brown of the Adirondack Almanack posted a story yesterday about his visit to New York state's largest bat... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 - 2:44 pm
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting that an Ulster County Highway Department snow plow collided with a school bus loaded with 25 kids in the Town of Esopus this morning. The bus driver and two students were reportedly taken to Kingston... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 - 12:34 pm
This just in from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: A man driving a black pickup truck made off with two ATVs sitting near Rte. 10 in Walton on Saturday night. There is a reward for whoever returns them. Helpfully, both ATVs are bright yellow.
For the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 10:30 am
The Delaware River Basin Commission announced yesterday that it will invite public comment on its proposed regulations for gas drilling in the Delaware River watershed at three meetings in February.
The draft regulations, which were released in December,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 9:32 am
A winning Powerball ticket that was sold at a laundromat in the Village of Catskill has gone unclaimed for days, the Daily Freeman, News10, and the Daily Mail report.
A lottery spoksperson told the Freeman that having $122 mil go unclaimed for a while isn... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 4:36 pm
On Friday, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation made it illegal to feed a black bear, even accidentally. From a DEC press release:
As black bear numbers have increased significantly in recent years and bears have become more widespread... Read more
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