Government
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.
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 8:05 pm
Governor David Paterson signed a bill aimed at pollution from home heating oil into law yesterday. By mid-2012, the sulfur content of home heating oil in New York State will be dramatically lower. (Two or three orders of magnitude lower, to get scientific... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 4:27 pm
Pete Seeger and Mark Ruffalo were among the citizens calling for a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Albany yesterday, as part of a protest organized by Frack Action. Frack Action's website has videos of the day's speechifying, including Seeger's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 10:31 am
Do we have to care about Chelsea Clinton's Rhinebeck wedding? Apparently everyone else in the media universe is obsessed.
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