Delaware County
By wateradmin on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 - 12:05 pm
At their first meeting of 2012, on Tuesday, January 4, the Hamden Town Council was presented with a proposal from residents of Chrystal Brook subdivision that the town take over roads in their subdivision. While some towns actually have the right-of-way... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 - 8:19 pm
Above: A Flickr slideshow of photos from Catskills FarmLink landowners and farmers. The first photo is of Michelle Premura, a landowner who has listed 13 acres between Delhi and Stamford on the FarmLink website. Click on individual photos to see the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 - 5:46 pm
Earlier today, several accidents on an icy stretch of Route 17 in Roscoe shut down the road in both directions. NY-Alert is now reporting that the road has been cleared.
WBNG reported about an hour ago that about 40 vehicles were involved in crashes on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 - 3:35 pm
In his proposal for the 2012 - 2013 New York State budget, released today, Governor Andrew Cuomo made it clear that he would like to transfer the management of Belleayre Mountain Ski Center to the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) at the close... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 - 2:10 pm
UPDATE: The road has now been cleared.
Route 17 is currently closed in both directions near Exit 92 on Route 17, due to multiple road accidents.
From NY-Alert:
State Highway 17 is closed in both directions (East & West bound) in the area of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 - 8:50 pm
Be careful on the roads tonight, Delaware and Sullivan County. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for south-central New York and northern Pennsylvania through tomorrow morning.
From NY-Alert:
Light Wintry Mix With Ice... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 - 1:23 pm
Left to right: Ann Epner, director of the Pine Hill Community Center; Dr. Alison O’Brien, thrift store volunteer; Kent Brown, deputy director of the MARK Project. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
The Pine Hill Community Center donated $ 618.64, the proceeds of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 - 9:02 am
Above: It wasn't a white Christmas this year in the Catskills. Photo of a Delaware County dairy farm on Christmas Eve this year by Mark Zilberman, via the Watershed Post Flickr Pool.
After an oddly snow-less winter so far, Mother Nature is going to make... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 - 12:22 pm
Peter Applebome, the Our Towns columnist at the New York Times, has a nuanced article out this week about how the controversial issue of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has split the environmental movement down the middle, particularly in the Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 - 8:53 am
Above: Video coverage of Saturday's "people's hearing" by videographer Jessica Vecchione.
On Saturday, a coalition of anti-fracking groups organized a "people's hearing" to accept public comments about hydraulic fracturing from Catskills residents.
The... Read more
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