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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 5:11 pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the Middleburgh Fire Department today, announcing that New York State will cover the local share of flood recovery costs in 25 counties. Photo by David Avitabile of the Schoharie County Times Journal; reproduced by permission.
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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 - 9:57 am
Two programs that have been helping with the local effort to rebuild and restore the region after the Irene and Lee floods announced application deadlines this week.
A $2.5 million program for funding debris removal from streams in the New York City... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 9, 2012 - 12:41 pm
The Catskills are catnip for artists, and have been ever since Thomas Cole painted his first majestic waterfall. Filmmaker David Becker is the latest aesthete to respond to the lure of the mountains, and he's making a whole film about the subject. In his... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 11:34 pm
Freshtown, the Margaretville supermarket that is still closed seven months after it was heavily damaged in the Irene floods, announced to local officials this week that work is being done in the building, and they hope to be "fully operational" by June 1... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 10:21 am
Still waters run deep. Photo of New York City's Ashokan Reservoir by Flickr user Doug Kerr. Published under Creative Commons license.
Ulster County's battle with NYC over the muddy Esopus has made the pages of the New York Times at last. Reporter Mireya... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 26, 2012 - 11:36 am
Above: Pea seedlings at WP HQ under a blanket of straw. Temperatures in New Kingston, on the eastern edge of Delaware County, are predicted to drop into the teens tonight. Photo by Lissa Harris.
March came in like a lamb, and it's going out like a lion.... 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
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012 - 11:57 pm
Wondering where the brillant art in the windows of businesses in Margaretville, Arkville and Fleischmanns this month came from? Look no further than Margaretville Central School, where artists from every grade level competed to have their creations... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012 - 12:17 pm
Above: New York State's new 19th Congressional district. Detail from a document posted on Scribd by Politicker reporter Colin Campbell; embedded below.
It took a federal court to get it done, but New York State finally has its Congressional districts... Read more
Dairy dossier: Tax breaks for working girls, the low price of NY milk, and Chobani's dangerous plant
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012 - 3:53 pm
Born to depreciate. Photo by Flickr user Benjamin Golub; published under Creative Commons license.
Q: How is a milk cow like a fax machine?
A: She can be written off as a business expense. And under a new federal law proposed by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer... Read more
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