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By Rusty Mae Moore on Thursday, Apr. 5, 2012 - 2:31 pm
Above: Jack Jordan listens as Vincent Bernstein reads a resolution to retain legal defense for the town against a lawsuit brought recently by Hanover Farms. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
Highlights from the Shandaken town board meeting on Monday, April 2:... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2012 - 1:28 pm
To the editor:
Schoharie and Otsego counties are in my new Congressional District, the 19th C.D. Dutchess County is also in our 19th C.D., so we have the pleasure of being in the same C.D. as that wonderful progressive Joel Tyner, a 5 term Dutchess county... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2012 - 9:48 am
A Hurley man, 48-year-old John C. Benkert, has been arrested on charges of grand larceny and forgery after a five-month investigation into his business dealings.
State police say he stole over $360,000 from victims by convincing them to loan him money for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2012 - 10:50 pm
Walter Goodrich, a recently elected member of the Sidney town council and a 28-year veteran of the New York State Police, has died.
News of Goodrich's death was posted on Facebook today by a member of the Sidney Bi-Partisan Coalition, which campaigned on... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Apr. 2, 2012 - 5:37 pm
Above: A 1957 timetable for the Pine Hill - Kingston Bus Corporation. Courtesy of Watershed Post reader Stu Silverman.
Sometimes, once-commonplace things must almost vanish before they are finally revered. Forgotten familiar items can spend decades in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 2, 2012 - 12:53 pm
Above: A photo of mugshots posted on the Kingston Police Department's Facebook wall after Saturday's arrests.
Local news outlets were buzzing last weekend with the news: A massive crackdown on drug and gang activity in the Kingston area, dubbed "Operation... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 11:34 pm
Freshtown, the Margaretville supermarket that is still closed seven months after it was heavily damaged in the Irene floods, announced to local officials this week that work is being done in the building, and they hope to be "fully operational" by June 1... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 5:22 pm
Above: Video taken by YouTube user mjanensch1 on Monday, August 29, 2011, showing heavy flood damage to Bridge Street and the Bridge Street Bridge in Phoenicia.
Phoenicia's Bridge Street Bridge over the Esopus Creek, knocked out of commission by the Irene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 10:21 am
Still waters run deep. Photo of New York City's Ashokan Reservoir by Flickr user Doug Kerr. Published under Creative Commons license.
Ulster County's battle with NYC over the muddy Esopus has made the pages of the New York Times at last. Reporter Mireya... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 29, 2012 - 11:22 am
On Monday, April 2, the Olive town board will hold a special public meeting to discuss hydraulic fracturing and the prospect of passing local legislation to ban it in the town.
Supervisor Berndt Leifeld said that there is broad agreement on the town board... Read more
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