Government
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 8:02 pm
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein, with Ulster County Department for the Environment Coordinator Amanda LaValle and Riverkeeper's Kate Hudson, at a press conference on the Draft Consent Order held at the Saugerties Beach last month. Photo courtesy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 5:12 pm
Above: Photo of prisoners working on a South Carolina chain gang, taken in 1934 by Alan Lomax. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Update, 7/19: Sheriff Tom Mills has written a very thoughtful response to the story below. Click this link to read it.
File under: We... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 10:00 am
A little rain over the weekend was welcome, after a summer that's been unusually dry so far. But upstate New York is still pretty parched, raising the risk of wildfires, causing normally gushing streams to run at a trickle, and threatening drinking water... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Jul. 13, 2012 - 12:24 pm
Above: A striking depiction of the Grim Reaper graces the front of an empty trailer on state Route 32 in Rosendale. Photo by Andrew Wyrich.
The future of a unique roadside sign in Rosendale could be getting a bit grimmer.
Rosendale Town Supervisor... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jul. 12, 2012 - 3:16 pm
After much debate and discussion, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is moving toward closing Kingston Hospital and move all hospital services to the campus of neighboring Benedictine Hospital within 18 months, the group announced on July 9.
An HAHV... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 11, 2012 - 4:36 pm
Recently, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been using their Facebook page to post old black-and-white photos, taken during the construction of the city's massive water system in the last century.
Above: A September, 1941 photo... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 11, 2012 - 11:37 am
On Tuesday, at their regular town meeting, the Highland town council voted 5-0 to ban natural gas drilling and exploration within town limits.
Highland is now the fourth Sullivan County town to pass a local bans on gas drilling, joining Bethel, Tusten and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2012 - 2:22 pm
Above: A cleanup team at work at the site of a diesel fuel spill in the Pepacton reservoir. Photo by DEP regional manager Mark Danvetz.
No sooner had the New York City Department of Environmental Protection finished cleaning up 2,500 gallons of diesel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2012 - 10:22 am
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein signing five new property tax exemptions into law. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Ulster County Executive.
On Monday, July 9, Ulster County executive Mike Hein signed five new property tax exemptions into law... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 5, 2012 - 2:57 pm
Background: Last week, after the Town of Hurley voted to withdraw from the Catskill Scenic Byway project, the Watershed Post ran a letter to the editor from Melinda McKnight blasting the town board for their decision. McKnight is Hurley's representative... Read more
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