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By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 12:28 pm
Kingston Citizens has the details.
Kingston Natural Foods, an organic food store and provider of local artisan products, is opening in the Rondout Spring 2010! That means that Jennifer McKinley-Rakov will not only host one of the biggest organic and... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 10:38 am
Tony Fletcher finds an unexpected treasure trove of '70s music history in his basement.
It’s not like I don’t already have several boxes full of cassettes in the storage room behind my office, including tapes of my pre-pubescent bedroom band from back in... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 10:25 am
From the Times Herald-Record.
“The governor's proposal would directly harm taxpayers and businesses at a time when we can least afford it,” Assemblyman Kevin Cahill said in a statement issued Wednesday. The state should be encouraging people to file their... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 9:49 am
Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen reflects on county executive Mike Hein's recent State of the County address, and is a little frustrated about not hearing more about forward progress.
But I'm a realist. It's not so much who was giving the speech as... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 3:50 pm
We got a call from Peter Manning at the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development on our recent item on a fed/state tussle over the color of Adirondacks and Catskills road signs. It seems that while the Adirondacks will get to keep their iconic... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 2:23 pm
Oklahoma investor Joey Abbo, who failed in his bid to buy the ailing Friar Tuck Inn in Catskill last year, says he's still interested in buying, if he has time to put the financing together. From the Times Union:
Abbo says he had been working with several... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 2:02 pm
New York genealogists and researchers are upset about a rumored plan by the National Archives and Records Administration to move the Northeast regional archive to a new office in New York City, and put most of its hard-copy materials in a storage unit in... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 9:35 am
The DEP is holding a hearing in the Bronx tomorrow to discuss soaring water rates.
The New York City Water Board is expected to enact a 14% rate hike in May, bringing water rates to double what they were 12 years ago, and making the average single-family... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 9:12 am
Congressman Maurice Hinchey introduced a bill in support of the Saugerties businessowners on February 5. You can track its progress on OpenCongress, a handy website that provides easy access to federal legislation.
From a comment left on OpenCongress,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 - 9:00 pm
Hungry young entrepreneur shares a ski lift with multi-million-dollar venture capitalist; gets a few minutes suspended in air to make a pitch for funding. It sounds like a movie plot. But it's a networking event at Hunter Mountain next month: Peak Pitch... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 - 8:09 pm
Once again, Alpine Endeavors and Rock and Snow are hosting a four-day ice climbing festival.
Last year was great fun and this year again will have multiple clinics on all the skills and techniques you need to get out on ice - from basic skills, to dry-... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 - 9:48 am
The former governor will be speaking at SUNY New Paltz on March 11. Jeremy Blaber's excited about it.
Who likes Gov. Eliot Spitzer more then me?!?!
Definitely not "Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis, who announced recently that she's running for governor.
"I... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 - 9:22 am
Catskill Mountainkeeper recently hired a new regional director for Delaware, Ulster and Greene Counties: Aaron Bennett, an 11-year veteran of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development. Here's the press release.
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 - 3:09 pm
**Update: Contrary to what the first story linked below says, no agreement has yet been reached on the Catskills signs, Peter Manning of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development tells us. While the Adirondack signage has been resolved, plans... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 - 8:48 pm
The A-list food writer and former Gourmet editor was in town this weekend for the Woodstock Writers' Festival. From Twitter:
@ruthreichl Thinking about the tabouli last night at Joshua's in Woodstock. So fresh and bright, perfect winter salad. Why have I... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 - 4:57 pm
A singer performs on Friday, Feb. 12, at the Muddy Cup in Saugerties.
Photo by katstan. Posted in the Watershed Post photo pool on Flickr.
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 - 3:05 pm
ATP announces a partial lineup for this year's Labor Day Weekend musicfest at Kutsher's. This will be the third year in the Borscht Belt for the indie-rock fest.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd: IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power, SLEEP performing Holy... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 - 1:05 pm
Where else does a "Grrls On The Town" day involve raw milk and Methodist Cabin Fever?
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 - 12:42 pm
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle takes aim at Albany's spending habits today.
At issue: Taxes and fees originally intended for things like roads, education and emergency services tend to disappear into the black hole of the state's general fund.
You... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 - 12:21 pm
New York City doesn't have the only unfiltered water supply in the state. The city of Syracuse also drinks unfiltered water from Lake Skaneateles, making it one of just a handful of cities in the U.S. that are allowed by the EPA to drink unfiltered... Read more
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