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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 - 1:28 pm
Today, Adam Bosch over at the Times Herald-Record took a look at last-minute contributions to various local candidates running in Tuesday's election. He found that much of the eleventh-hour money is from gas-drilling companies.
The numbers show that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 - 11:28 am
IwanowiczAfter firing Pete Grannis, the former head of the Department of Environmental Conservation, last week, Governor David Paterson has a new man for the job: Peter Iwanowicz. According to a press release issued by the governor's office yesterday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 - 5:30 pm
This week, the Daily Freeman caught up with the still-in-the-works Crossroads Resort development and its backer, Dean Gitter, who told the paper that rumors of the project's demise have been greatly exaggerated:
“It has been a while since we communicated... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 - 2:20 pm
The photo above bears more than a passing resemblance to the Meeting of the Waters, the famous spot in the Brazilian Amazon where the muddy "white" water of the Solimoes flows into the "black" water of the Rio Negro. But no: It's the Lower Esopus Creek,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 - 10:48 am
Looks like strong rural feelings about outdoor wood boilers have got the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation running scared. After issuing new regulations for OWBs last week, the DEC decided to un-issue them.
The regulations were... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 - 9:12 am
It was only a matter of time. In fact, our cartoonist Gary Mayer saw it coming.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 - 3:06 pm
The Golden Notebook in Woodstock. Photo from the bookstore's Facebook page.
After months of fretting that their favorite independent local bookstore would close for good, bibliophiles in Woodstock can rejoice. The Golden Notebook, a venerable local... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 - 9:20 am
Round Top Barn on the Shultis family farm in Wittenberg, Ulster County. Below, one man's memories of a childhood in the Catskills, submitted by Watershed Post reader Lawrence J. Caldwell. If you have tales of bygone Catskills to share, send them to us at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 3:30 pm
A professor at Finger Lakes Community College is trying to figure out why the bears he's studying are blazing trails through the woods -- and he's looking for help from sharp-eyed New York State residents. From the Hornell Evening Tribune:
[John] VanNiel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 3:04 pm
UPDATE: The day we published this post, PA governor Edward Rendell signed a moratorium on any further gas development in state forests. Wonder if he reads National Geographic.
Pennsylvania may own the trees in its state forests, but the state doesn't have... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 1:57 pm
Tonight at 7pm in the town hall on Rte. 28, anyone interested in the Delaware County town of Middletown will have a chance to weigh in on its 112-page draft comprehensive plan. The plan attempts to outline how Middletown, which contains the villages of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 8:35 am
If you thought bedbugs were strictly a downstate problem, think again, says the Times Herald-Record.
...[T]hey've also been found in a Kingston clothing store, a City of Newburgh apartment complex, and local movie theaters, office buildings, taxis, moving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 4:45 pm
The Daily Star's Mark Boshnack spoke to two prominent locals involved in the debate over hydrofracking -- one pro, one anti -- who both think Gov. Paterson's recent decision to axe DEC chief Pete Grannis could slow things down.
Ron Bishop, a chemistry... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 9:57 am
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office reports that two local men are due to appear in the Town of Schoharie Court today, on charges stemming from a fight at the Hotel Austin in Central Bridge last Tuesday. The press release:
On 10-19-10 at approximately 8... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 9:41 am
In the WSJ last week: a loving paean to Delaware County furniture designer Jim Zivic's latest creation, a leather-and-steel chaise lounge inspired by the sleek lines (and buttery upholstery) of the Jaguar E-type.
The Jaguar’s hexagonal steel undergirdings... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 - 1:40 pm
Word on the street is, you shouldn't leave your car doors unlocked in Port Ewen anymore. From the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum is cautioning Port Ewen to lock their cars in the wake of a rash of larcenies from unlocked... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 - 8:04 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Gary Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 - 12:11 pm
The Daily Mail has the details:
A 29-year-old Durham man died Wednesday night in an ATV accident on Cunningham Road, state police said Friday.
Earlier: Other recent ATV fatalities in the Catskills.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 - 4:25 pm
A slew of environmental groups are rallying to side with Pete Grannis, the erstwhile Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, who was fired abruptly last night. The groups expressed their concern by releasing a press... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 - 3:54 pm
This spring, Margaretville was abuzz with cameras and revving engines, as documentary filmmaker Christina Eliopoulos and her crew filmed Demon On Wheels. The film is an homage to local mechanic Mike Ondish's 1968 Shelby Mustang, and to the days when... Read more
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