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By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 10:20 pm
The view from above the Bun 'N Cone in Margaretville today. Photo by Watershed Post reader Wallace Patterson.
Got a photo, video or snow tale to share? Email it to editor@watershedpost.com.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 9:12 pm
The Red Cross is staffing four shelters in Greene County: in Hunter, Freehold, Cairo and Athens. Details here.
Shelters are also open in Ulster County: Kerhonkson, New Paltz and Hurley.
If emergency resources are available in your town, please feel free... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 4:38 pm
Online ski magazine First Tracks ran a fantastic interview yesterday with Joe Kelly, founder and chair of the Coalition to Save Belleayre Mountain.
The central Catskills region needs the ski area not only to survive, but to flourish. That’s why I became... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 4:26 pm
News 10 says the village has issued a water advisory because of heavy runoff.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 2:26 pm
Denise O'Donnell, NY's Deputy Secretary for Public Safety, just resigned.
The Times-Union is wondering what to call the latest gubernatorial scandal. We're going with "Battergate."
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 1:44 pm
...even the newspaper is shutting down.
From the Daily Star's Facebook wall:
Hi, Jason from the Star here. The Daily Star will be closing early today, due to the snow storm and road conditions. We will be closing at 3PM. You will still be able to contact... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 12:49 pm
The DEP issued a press release yesterday touting a new $5.2 million computer system that will allow the agency to do more advanced data modeling of the reservoirs. The goal: better water quality, and less flooding. (Hopefully the two go together.)
When... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 12:00 pm
Delaware County Board of Supervisors pass resolution opposing a state handgun-regulating bill; threat of Nazis invoked.
Masonville Supervisor Craig DuMond said, “If we give up our Second Amendment rights, it is the beginning of the end.”
Board Chairman... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 11:33 am
In case anyone is tempted to pull up to Dutchman's Landing in Catskill: Don't.
Photo by Flickr user Tracey Van Dyke.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 9:55 am
Skiers hit the jackpot this week across the Northeast.
In Roxbury, Plattekill Mountain, ordinarily closed on Thursdays, is open today to take advantage of the two feet of snow that fell yesterday.
All of which raises the following question: What are you... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 9:47 am
The Hudson River advocacy organization is looking for a new executive director.
Below: A video from BigThink featuring departing Riverkeeper Alex Matthiessen talking about the New York City water supply.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 8:53 am
The AP reports 60,000 New Yorkers are without power today, mostly in Ulster, Greene and Dutchess counties.
Anyone have photos, video or first-person accounts of the storm you'd like to share? Email them to editor@watershedpost.com.
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 11:42 pm
Scammers abound! The Catskill Chronicle warns that Sullivan Countyites are getting taken in by telephone con artists, in schemes involving faux cable guys and overseas operators offering "stimulus funds."
The first scam involves a telephone caller posing... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 11:30 pm
The story questions Paterson's role in a possible coverup of domestic violence accusations against aide David Johnson.
Many details of the governor’s role in this episode are unclear, but the accounts presented in court and police records and interviews... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 5:13 pm
Liza de Guia, the one-woman force of nature behind NYC-based video blog Food Curated, wrapped up a three-part series today on locally raised ducks. In the series, she follows them from John Fazio's farm in Ulster County to Savoy, a New York restaurant... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 4:07 pm
Kingston Happenings profiles Sri Talla of the Kingston Pharmacy, a brand-new venture located in the former home of the Muddy Cup.
Talla, who was born and raised in India and immigrated to the U.S. for his pharmaceutical training, said if a customer... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 3:57 pm
Amy Goodman's progressive radio show ran a segment yesterday on natural-gas drilling, featuring documentary filmmaker Josh Fox (Gasland) and Damascus Citizens for Sustainability's Joe Levine. Here's Fox on his film:
I got on the road and went to about... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 2:49 pm
Incontrovertible evidence that New York City is losing its collective marbles.
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 12:59 pm
February's not going to go out without a fight. There's more snow on the way--and the Ulster County Red Cross is reporting that as many as 31% of homes in the county are without power. From Twitter:
@ulsterredcross We've opened a shelter at the Kerhonkson... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Congressman Maurice Hinchey's bill would fund a study on whether the Hudson Valley should be made part of the national parks system. Here's the OpenCongress page for the bill.
The House Natural Resources Committee is voting today on whether to advance H.R... Read more
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