Government
By Rusty Mae Moore on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 12:06 pm
This week, at the town of Shandaken's regular monthly board meeting: The continuing saga of the Bridge Street Bridge, flood mitigation, Pine Hill applies for historic district status, supervisor Rob Stanley gets into the marriage business, plans for new... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 5:13 pm
Salaries of Town of Catskill employees frozen over three years ago may soon be thawed, the Daily Mail reports today.
The town's human resources consulting form made the recommendations, citing wage and salary studies it conducted a few years ago.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 12:19 pm
After a year in office, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens told his staff in a memo issued on February 23 that he was "especially proud of the DEC's response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee." But he forgot to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2012 - 8:16 am
Above: Nancy McShane and Ann Roberti with their 2011 trash haul on Tremperskill Road in Andes. Photo by Sarah Lewis.
Every spring, Ann Roberti, Nancy McShane, and Judy Garrison roll up their sleeves and pick up trash off the byways of the town of Andes.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2012 - 4:06 pm
Above: Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in "Austin Powers," demanding one million dollars -- no, scratch that, 100 billion dollars -- from the governments of the world.
$81.3 billion. That's how much Delaware County officials are demanding in reparations for the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 2, 2012 - 2:04 pm
Above: Former Denning Recycling Manager Ed Mues in happier times. Photo courtesy of Denning Concerned Citizens.
To hear his supporters tell it, Ed Mues was more than a trash man. Mues, recently dismissed by the Denning town board from his job as manager... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 2, 2012 - 11:27 am
Above: A ski lift at Belleayre. Via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.
A ski lift at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center malfunctioned yesterday, causing 40 people to have to be evacuated, according to Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 2, 2012 - 11:10 am
Above: A house being built in Windham on February 3 following destruction by last fall's floods. Photo by Hans Pennink for FEMA.
The Windham Journal reported this week that the town of Windham has actually received cold hard cash from the Federal... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 - 1:20 pm
With a joint Senate and Assembly redistricting task force hopelessly mired in partisan bickering, the once-a-decade Congressional redistricting process is now in the hands of a federal court.
Earlier this week, any hope that feuding Albany pols could... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 - 10:42 am
Photo by Flickr user Andres Rueda. Published under Creative Commons license.
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY, is seeking to pass a bill that would inject new funds into a program that funds doctor training, with preference given to rural areas.
The bill... Read more
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