Government
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 - 10:03 am
William Kemble at the Daily Freeman reports the latest in Wawarsing's years-long saga with the leaky Delaware Aqueduct. Tonight, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's commissioner, Cas Holloway, will meet face-to-face with the town's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 - 5:47 pm
New evidence has emerged in the case of Sonja Ridge, who died under suspcious circumstances over the weekend. The man who was charged with second-degree murder in connection with her death, William A. Sprague III, has been released, according to the Daily... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 - 3:15 pm
The Daily Freeman has been publishing some incredible stories about an ongoing effort to bust participants in a really simple scam: According to police, a Midtown gas station accepted food stamp cards in exchange for half their value in cash, which... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 - 1:47 pm
Above: Map of broadband access across the country, via the Federal Communication Commission's broadband mapping tool. Below: A map of AM radio set ownership across the county in 1930, from the U.S. Census Bureau, via The Daily Yonder.
The Daily Yonder had... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 - 12:19 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record has the story.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 - 2:18 pm
The National Weather Serivce offices in Binghamton and Albany have issued warnings that winds could reach gusts of up to 50 miles per hour tonight across the Catskills, as well as much of New York and New England. Drivers should watch out for sudden gusts... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 - 12:19 pm
A homeowner in Hamden is missing a collection of antique powder horns, flasks, and other historical paraphernalia, some of them dating back to the 1700s, according to a press release issued today by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. The release:
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 - 11:21 am
Can't get enough debate about fracking? The Huffington Post is hosting a live expert vs. expert debate on its site this morning where the topic is the safety and efficacy of horizontal drilling in the Marcellus Shale. To see and hear the live debate as it... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 - 11:17 am
In the Daily Freeman today: The state Department of Environmental Conservation is mulling whether to fine the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for using stimulus funds to tear up a big chunk of the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in the name... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 - 4:53 pm
Big, surprising news out of Sullivan County this afternoon. The hamlet of Bridgeville, which has been the focus of several Indian tribes' casino dreams for years, just got closer to becoming the home of a major gaming resort.
The Stockbridge-Munsee Band... Read more
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