Government
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jul. 10, 2010 - 12:45 pm
A tour group gets a close-up look at a manure storage barn, on a Watershed Agricultural Council bus tour of farms in the New York City watershed.
On June 3, a few dozen curious people boarded a chartered bus in Delhi, donned plastic booties, and set out... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 11:53 am
The scene at yesterday's Otsego County board meeting in Cooperstown to discuss hydrofracking: Beefed-up security, a crammed-to-the-gills county building, and people being turned away at the door.
Andrew Minnig of Cherry Valley said his first concern was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 11:39 am
He may be the reincarnation of Marlon Brando, but Mark Ruffalo really just wants to own a cow. NPR pays a visit to Callicoon, where Ruffalo lives in a farmhouse with his family and knows the names of his neighbors. (He already has chickens, but the bovine... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 9:59 am
When people get angry about things as benign as farm stands, they get really angry. Phoenicia's Hanover Farms, a large and successful farm stand on Rte. 28 in Mt. Tremper, has been a flashpoint of angst for years.
In a nutshell, owner Al Higley's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2010 - 11:01 am
According to this note in last week's edition of the Mountain Eagle, there is a county-wide municipal water-tasting contest today:
The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce has invited the village of Stamford to participate in the annual Delaware County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2010 - 10:33 am
Last week, Cobleskill Highway Superintendent Tom Fissell accused Cobleskill Town Supervisor Tom Murray and Mayor Mark Nadeau of uttering the N-word. This week, in the face of their strenuous denials, Fissell has produced an audio tape backing up his claim... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2010 - 1:44 pm
From Celeste Katz at the Daily News, quoting an email from Jay Jacobs, the chairman of the state Democratic Party:
Today, the New York State Democratic Committee initiated legal proceedings to cancel Senator Pedro Espada Jr.’s affiliation as a Democrat.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2010 - 11:32 am
Eurasian water chestnut. Photo via the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.
The town of Esopus has fixed its brand-new water-chestnut-harvesting machine, and is ready to play grim reaper to the ever-present invasive plant that chokes the shallow waters of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 5, 2010 - 3:54 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record busted out a calculator and figured out exactly how much money New York City loses each day because of the acqueduct leak in Wawarsing. The answer? It ain't cheap:
In 2010, New York City charged its residents $2.61... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 5, 2010 - 3:24 pm
Another week, another fire. This time, a pizzeria in Woodridge burned to the ground in a very smoky blaze yesterday, injuring five firefighters in the process, according to the Times Herald-Record.
Woodridge Pizza & Cafe was apparently a beloved... Read more
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