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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 - 10:01 am
Tonight's federal scoping hearing for the proposed Constitution Pipeline, slated for 7pm to 10pm at the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, is expected to draw a crowd. The hearing was scheduled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 - 9:04 am
In Delaware County, the chance to elect the county's highest judge only comes around once every ten years. (Just as cicadas burst from the ground every decade or so, so do county judicial candidates. Both spend their brief time in the sun making as much... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 - 9:16 am
Traffic jam on New Kingston Mountain Road. Local crime writer and Blues Maneuver frontman David Krajicek got this shot of a few of the Manhattan Country School's year-round residents on New Kingston Mountain Road in Roxbury last week. Shared with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 - 4:26 pm
Frieda Suess, of Roxbury, snapped this shot of a severe-looking owl a few days ago. (If we had to guess, we'd say it's a Great Horned Owl. But we may be wrong.) [Update, 10/20/12: I was wrong. It's an Eastern Screech Owl, as many of you -- including the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 - 11:19 am
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has declared a flood advisory through around 3:45pm today for Sullivan and Delaware Counties. From an alert posted on NY-Alert:
At 945 AM EDT...Doppler Radar Indicated Heavy Rain Was Falling... And Will Result In... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 - 5:02 pm
Tonight, the candidates for New York's 19th Congressional District, Julian Schreibman (Democrat) and Chris Gibson (Republican incumbent), will hold their second debate at 8pm at WMHT-TV in Troy. The station will be broadcasting the debate live on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 - 2:54 pm
Above: Tuthilltown's microdistilled gin and vodka made with New York State apples, on display at a recent cider tasting for the media at the Stockade Tavern in Kingston. Photo by Lissa Harris.
The spirit of Johnny Appleseed is alive and well in New York's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 - 2:47 pm
Last week, a majority of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a resolution that would support the construction of a natural gas pipeline through a portion of Delaware County. This letter is in response to that vote. -- Julia Reischel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 - 12:44 pm
New York and Pennsylvania state environmental agencies are imposing emergency rules on hunters, after a captive deer in New Oxford, Pennsylvania was found to be infected with chronic wasting disease.
Today, the New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 - 2:44 pm
Above: Noel van Swol, in a screenshot from a 2011 YouTube video from Energy In Depth's Northeast Marcellus Initiative. In the video, van Swol cites the Anti-Rent Wars as a precedent for the pro-gas-drilling movement in upstate New York, and tells an... Read more
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