Government
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Earlier this week, we reported that the Delaware County Planning Board is seeking to prevent a proposed gas ban in the town of Sidney from being enacted.
The Daily Star reports that another local conflict between a town and a county planning department is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2012 - 11:09 am
So far, the "home rule" legal debate over whether towns have the authority to ban gas drilling has focused on two levels of government: The town and the state.
But county governments are increasingly concerned with the issue. A standoff between Delaware... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2012 - 9:25 am
Photo from Belleayre's Facebook page.
With an April 1 budget deadline looming, the New York State legislature and governor's office are close to finalizing a $132.5 billion budget, the AP reports.
Part of that budget deal, state senator John Bonacic's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 26, 2012 - 4:19 pm
Photo of Indian Point power plant in Buchanan, NY by Flickr user Tony Fischer. Published under Creative Commons license.
This just in from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Entergy, the company that owns the Indian Point nuclear... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 26, 2012 - 10:08 am
The Daily Star reports that 35-year-old Hobart resident Dante Darren Major has been arrested on felony drug trafficking charges, after a year-long investigation by Otsego County, state, and other local law enforcement dubbed "Operation Gold Rush."... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Friday, Mar. 23, 2012 - 1:40 pm
Above: Ed Snow, who lost a village trustee election in Walton earlier this week, argues to the Delaware County Board of Elections that a vote count taken on Tuesday that declared him the winner of a village board seat should stand. Video by Lillian Browne... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 - 2:59 pm
Above: The Watershed Post's resident rooster, Wellington. He's good company out here in rural Delaware County, but we're guessing he wouldn't fit in too well in your average tiny Kingston backyard. Photo by Lissa Harris.
Looks like the urban-farming... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 - 12:12 pm
The results of a village board of trustees election in Walton that were announced on Tuesday evening were wrong, according to a recount conducted Wednesday morning by village election inspectors.The recount found that John Clark, with 223 votes, and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 - 10:09 am
Photo from the Halls Mills Covered Bridge blog. Reproduced by permission.
The Halls Mills Bridge in Neversink was luckier than the Old Blenheim Bridge over the Schoharie Creek -- it survived Irene's ravages mostly intact.
But the stone pier that supports... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 - 9:45 am
Above: Carl Chipman, supervisor of the town of Rochester, and Art Snyder, the director of Ulster County Emergency Management, displaying a map of Rochester Chipman used during Irene to coordinate emergency response at the disaster officials workship this... Read more
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