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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2011 - 11:29 am
Photo of Catskills vista by Flickr user ohmann alianne. Published under Creative Commons license.
Last week, New York Post travel writer David Landsel took a spin up Route 28 to see what Irene hath wrought.
Landsel, a local boy whose grandmother had a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011 - 9:44 am
Randy Creamer, a disaster expert with the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, was in Prattsville last week to tell homeowners and first responders how to rebuild and clean up after flooding.
Middletown videographer Fred Margulies... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011 - 9:32 am
According to the Middletown Flood Recovery website today, the landslide that blocked Hog Mountain Road in the Denver/Vega Valley and in Fleischmanns last week is still a big problem that drivers shouldn't ignore.
The site reports that drivers had been... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 4:04 pm
As we clean up from the destruction caused by flooding across the Catskills, it's on all our minds: How do we keep this from happening again?
The answer isn't a simple one. Here at the Watershed Post, we will be exploring the many tasks we have ahead of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 3:47 pm
FEMA is offering some rent subsidies and help finding replacement housing for flood victims, according to a press release the agency sent out today.
For more information on relief resources in the Catskills, to go the Watershed Post's relief page.
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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 10:51 am
FEMA recently announced the opening of a new Disaster Recovery Center in the region, and the moving of another.
Today at 12 noon, FEMA will be opening a new DRC for Delaware County at the Sidney Civic Center on 21 Liberty Street. Starting Tuesday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 18, 2011 - 10:15 am
After a fire gutted an apartment building on Main Street Margaretville on Saturday, September 17, deputies from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office arrested the man who owns the building -- 58-year-old Eugene E. Gundelach -- on charges of arson.
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 17, 2011 - 2:49 pm
Above: An apartment building in the village of Margaretville burned on Saturday. Photo by Reginald Oberlag.
2:45pm update: We just received more photos and a report from another witness to the fire, Reginald Oberlag. Here's what he sent us via email:... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 16, 2011 - 11:45 am
The New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, has set up meetings for flood victims in each county in the Catskills in the coming weeks. During these "office hours," all consumers are welcome to walk in and ask questions about flood-related issues.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 16, 2011 - 11:27 am
The IRS is giving you a break if you live in Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Delaware or Schoharie county this year, with a special Hurricane-Irene tax deadline extension. Normally, third-quarter estimated tax payments would have been due yesterday. Now they... Read more
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