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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 - 9:27 am
So much for Kingston's would-be cat law, the Daily Freeman reports.
By Aaron Bennett on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 - 12:46 pm
In honor of Lark in the Park, this week's festival of outdoors activities in the Catskills, I'd like to issue a call to arms: If the Catskills are ever going to become an outdoor recreational mecca, we have a lot of work to do.
We need to tear down the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 - 3:48 pm
Here's another item to add to the list of this week's Greene County bloopers.
The Authorities Budget Office has released some conclusions about the controversial bonuses that Alexander "Sandy" Mathes, the executive director of the Greene County Industrial... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 - 11:23 am
It's been an odd week for Greene County officeholders and officeholder wannabes.
Last Thursday, the code enforcement officer for the town of Coxsackie was arrested for moonlighting on town matters while on duty at his second job at the Coxsackie... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 - 10:12 am
In the wee hours on Sunday, State Police responded to a call about a domestic dispute in Long Eddy, NY, near Hancock. But they ended up busting a marijuana farm allegedly growing in the home of the unhappy couple, both of whom have ties to law enforcement... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 - 9:16 pm
Catskill residents, boil your water until further notice. The Daily Mail announced the alert at 1:30 this afternoon.
High levels of turbidity have occurred at the water filter plant due to the high volume of run off from the recent rain storms, according... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 - 10:58 am
As if flash floods and the emerald ash borer weren't enough to deal with, the Sullivan County Democrat reports that Sullivan County is the next frontier of a national plague of feral swine. The Democrat interviewed the grandson of farmers in Long Eddy,... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 - 11:10 am
We're happy to introduce a new weekly editorial cartoon. "Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, will run every Sunday.
Gary Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 10:22 pm
We're covering today's flooding across the Catskills with lists of closings, photos, and your reports as fast as we can type them. Help us out: Email us photos or information about road closures and flooding, or post your info in the comments section... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 9:29 pm
The town of Hamden is still in a state of emergency tonight, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, with which we just got off the phone.
The National Weather Service is reporting that fields in Delancey are flooded, and a bridge is... Read more
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