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By Rusty Mae Moore on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 11:24 pm
Above: Attendees at a hearing yesterday in which the Shandaken Town Board passed a new law governing farmstands. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
It took eight years, but the Shandaken Town Board has finally passed a farmstand law.
The new law expands the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 11:00 am
Read our previous coverage of the Belleayre-to-ORDA handover here, here and here. -- Julia Reischel
To The Editor:
The takeover of the Belleayre ski area by the ORDA now seems to be gaining momentum but before it’s too late we need to become involved as a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 10:27 am
Above: Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jerome Hauer speaking at a New York State Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Photo posted to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Flickr account.
There's a new sheriff in town: Jerome Hauer... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 9:37 am
On Tuesday, February 28, the Onteora Board of Education is scheduled to vote on one of three possible reconfiguration plans for the district. Two of the proposed plans call for the closing of the Phoenicia Elementary School, either with clustering of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 10:02 pm
After years of wrangling, a law easing the zoning regulations on farmstands has finally been passed in the town of Shandaken, at a hearing held tonight on the issue.
Town board member Alfie Higley Jr., who along with his father Al Higley runs a farmstand... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 - 9:49 am
Yesterday, advocates of town "home rule" won a key legal battle in the ongoing statewide debate about hydraulic fracturing. A Tompkins County state Supreme Court judge ruled that a gas drilling ban passed by the town of Dryden could stand.
Jon Campbell, a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 4:16 pm
Map of area showing a proposed ban on gas drilling in or near NYC watershed land and infrastructure.
Above: A map of areas that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is seeking to place off-limits to gas drilling, in upcoming... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 2:13 pm
Photo of barn, fence and field in Kiamesha Lake by Catskills Photography. Shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group.
The Obama administration announced three new initiatives to benefit the rural economy, including a $15 million "Rural Jobs Accelerator"... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 10:44 am
Mark your calendars, Shandaken: This Thursday, Feb. 23, the town board will hold a hearing on a much-debated farmstand law. The meeting will be held at 6pm in the town hall on Route 28.
The proposed law would govern all farmstands in Shandaken, but the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 - 11:44 pm
Above: A Belleayre Mountain ski lift on February 19, the day after five workers caused delays on the slopes by calling in sick. Photo via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.
Three lift mechanics and two electricians called in sick from their jobs at... Read more
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