Government
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 - 11:01 am
It might not sound like a big deal, but today's dedication of the Catskill Interpretive Kiosk in Mt. Tremper is a cause for celebration, because it's a concrete step towards getting a long-desired Catskills Interpretive Center built on the same spot.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 - 6:14 pm
Sullivan County just released a draft of its emergency Hazard Mitigation Plan, based on several years' worth of public meetings, questionnaires and planning sessions with towns and villages.
According to the county's best estimates, if disaster's going to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 - 5:19 pm
Just published in the Federal Register for Wednesday, September 15: A meeting of the DRBC at the West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company, 40 West Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton, New Jersey.
There's a lot of boilerplate stuff on the agenda, but this item... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 - 10:26 am
Another ATV mishap, although so far, this one isn't fatal: 19-year-old Matthew Sanok was riding in the town of Thompson on Saturday when he hit a pile of rocks and was thrown from the vehicle, reports the Times Herald-Record.
Earlier: Catskill 15-year-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 - 9:45 am
The Times Herald-Record's Steve Israel writes that even though a potential moratorium on gas drilling in New York state will only last until May (and that's only if it's approved by the State Assembly and the governor), nobody will be fracking until next... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 - 5:04 pm
This just in: The CJR is suing the state of New York for access to email correspondence between Gov. Paterson's former PR staff and members of the press. The journal is looking for emails from around the time of an exceptionally weird period of Albany... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 - 12:49 pm
Ulster County Comptroller Eliot Auerbach, who blogs at the not-so-originally-named Ulster County Comptroller blog, sent up a flare of anger yesterday about this week's announcement that the DEP is buying another 1,323 acres upstate to protect is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 - 7:35 am
Witchy wares at Palenville's Pagan Pride Day.
Need something to do this weekend? Lucky you -- the Catskills are hosting the biggest mountain-biking event in the world this week, as well as a bunch of fairs, festivals, and exhibits. (Peruse them at your... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 - 6:14 am
As regular readers of this website will no doubt remember, Tom Murray -- Cobleskill's N-bomb-dropping, national-news-making town supervisor -- has been facing some righteous citizen outrage lately. Much of it is coming from a group calling itself ACCORD (... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 8:45 pm
A tractor-trailer killed 83-year-old Vera Un and 86-year-old George Un of Shandaken as they stopped on Rte. 28 to make a left turn in Boiceville this afternoon.
According to a press release issued by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, 59-year-old William... Read more
Pages
