Government
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 9:59 am
In the New York Times yesterday (via Greenwire): Congressman Maurice Hinchey pressed the Obama administration, via its representative on the Delaware River Basin Commission, to halt Marcellus gas drilling in New York and Pennsylvania until his proposed $1... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 3:26 pm
Screenshot from "Windfall."
This week, Andes part-timer Stanley Fish, an opinion columnist for the New York Times, weighed in (again) on the controversial topic of wind power development in upstate New York. Fish, a die-hard opponent of local wind power,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Opposing The Cordoba House - Park 51 Islamic Training Center (Ground Zero Mosque) At 47-49 Park Ave, NYC
Wallkill Republican Kevin Roberts backed down from his controversial resolution opposing the Ground Zero mosque at a meeting of the Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 10:13 am
Remember Benjamin, the capuchin monkey who bit a woman staying at the Kaaterskill Bed & Breakfast in Catskill, prompting a lawsuit and the monkey's disappearance? The New York Daily News tracked Benjamin down to a monkey rest home in Florida, where,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 5:15 pm
The Re-Store Design Challenge ended its month of design competition on Saturday at an awards gala in Roxbury. Of the three fantasy store contestants -- an "air emporium" peddling bottled air, an antiques-oriented woodshop, and a barbershop plastered with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 3:13 pm
Yesterday, the New York Times weighed in on fracking via its editorial pages. (This is not the first time it's done this.) Unsurprisingly, the paper called for a complete ban on any and all fracking in the NYC watershed region:
We have long believed that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 12:27 pm
The Daily Star reports today that two former SUNY Delhi students, 21-year-old Darwyn Lynch and 21-year-old Edy Toussaint, were arrested and arraigned in Delaware County Court on Monday. The two were charged with the rape of a fellow student on September... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 11:21 am
A 29-year-old named Ryan Panchak was found dead in the waters of the Esopus Creek on Friday in the Ulster County town of Marbletown, and yesterday, the State Police announced that the cause of his death was drowning. But, according to the press release,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 11:48 am
On Saturday night, New York State Police arrested 30-year-old Michael Cappiello for a strange accident in Spring Glen in Wawarsing that involved a pickup truck, alcohol, and three teenagers.
In a press release, the State Police charge that Cappiello was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 8:41 am
With the November elections just around the corner, realtor David Knudsen reminds all you flatlanders -- er, "second-home owners" -- that you can vote here, even if it's not your primary residence. And with so much about the future of rural New York at... Read more
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