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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 - 11:12 am
On Thursday afternoon, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation unveiled its latest set of proposed regulations to govern hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The new proposed regulations replace an earlier set of draft regulations,... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 - 3:37 pm
Above: Santa pays a pre-Christmas visit to the annual Woodstock Holiday Open House in December 2010. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Shopping small and local for the holidays will get you a whole lot more than a warm fuzzy glow of political rectitude. It’ll get... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 - 10:50 am
Above: Morning light shows off the early-winter snow on the flanks of Hunter Mountain today. From Hunter's Facebook page.
The Catskills high peaks got a pretty dusting of snow this week, and local ski resorts are poised to take advantage of it. The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 - 11:16 am
Above: The 2012 USARA Adventure Race National Championship from the point of view of its second-place winners, Term Tecnu. Video by Aaron Johnson.
Most people you find biking uphill through sleet on a rainy October weekend in the Catskills are tough. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 4:19 pm
Last week, a public outcry erupted in a little Delaware County town over whether or not the Margaretville Interfaith Council would admit Holy Innocents, an independent Catholic church in Halcottsville, as a member. This week, the Council has quietly put... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 4:13 pm
Incumbent Delaware County judge Carl Becker, a Republican, has eked out a victory against Democratic challenger Gary Rosa in a race that was too close to call without counting absentee ballots.
On Thursday afternoon, the county Board of Elections finished... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 - 10:54 pm
The race for Delaware County judge between Republican incumbent Carl Becker and Democratic challenger Gary Rosa is still too close to call, despite rumors that have been circling that Rosa is the winner after a count of absentee ballots.
On election night... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 - 1:23 am
Above: The Holy Innocents Church in Halcottsville. Photo courtesy of Bishop Francisco Betancourt.
A public outcry has erupted in a tight-knit Catskills community over a local interfaith council's reluctance to allow an independent Catholic church to join... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 - 11:24 am
Photo: An upstate DEP crew works to pump out Manhattan's Battery Underpass, which was submerged under 12 feet of Sandy floodwaters at the height of the storm surge. Photo dated Nov. 1, courtesy of NYC DEP.
Since Sandy made landfall, local firefighters,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 5:39 pm
Above: A pile of surplus donated clothing abandoned in a parking lot in Staten Island one week after Hurricane Sandy. Source: NY1's November 5 report, "Staten Island Donation Centers Taking In More Than They Can Give Out."
In the wake of a disaster like... Read more
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