Government
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010 - 1:08 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that the town's plan is to buy the massive bluestone sculpture for $800,000 of grant money, and then turn the site over to a private commission to run it without spending taxpayer funds.
Deputy Supervisor Fred Costello Jr. said... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 4:16 pm
All children living in a U.S. school district, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to a free public education. So why are New York State school districts requiring parents to show visas, green cards or Social Security numbers to register... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 3:32 pm
...and it's quashed pretty fast. But it generated this lovely little haiku of a newspaper story:
Two out-of-state women were cited for disorderly conduct mid-day Thursday after they staged a protest about President Barack Obama on post office property... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 2:18 pm
Yesterday, a five-judge panel of the state's intermediate appeals court handed a victory to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection in a fight with a Windham landowner over watershed development regulations.
According to the decision,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 9:51 am
Bad news: The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), a highly destructive Asian beetle that threatens to effectively wipe out ash trees in North American forests, has been found in a USDA trap in Saugerties.
New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 2:21 pm
A Jewish summer camp for boys, which was slated to open this week on the grounds of the former Scotch Valley Ski Resort in Jefferson, had to send all its campers home on Sunday, reports the Mountain Eagle.
The camp -- Jewish Boy Zone, which is owned by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 1:12 pm
So said a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson's office today, after Greene County appointed an interim treasurer at a meeting last night. According to Daily Mail reporter Susan Campriello, this is an abrupt turnaround for the Governor's Office, which said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 10:42 am
After a spokesperson for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's gubernatorial campaign announced that some prominent Ulster County Republicans were backing Cuomo this week, those Republicans are denying it. The Mid-Hudson News Network has the awkward story:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 9:44 am
It's official: The drama surrounding Cobleskill's village mayor and town supervisor, who were caught on tape dropping N-bombs, is now national news. The AP has weighed in. So has the Huffington Post.
Mayor Mark Nadeau resigned Tuesday, at a meeting that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 9:41 am
The police have finally tracked down Albert "Burt" Lawing, who is accused of shooting two men in Kingston on July 1. The Daily Freeman has the story.
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