Greene County
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 1:12 pm
So said a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson's office today, after Greene County appointed an interim treasurer at a meeting last night. According to Daily Mail reporter Susan Campriello, this is an abrupt turnaround for the Governor's Office, which said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 5:16 pm
On Monday, Greene County legislators looked into why the Greene County Industrial Development Agency gave its director, Alexander Mathes, a $175,000 bonus last year.
According to Daily Mail, which covered the meeting, IDA's chairman, Paul Slutzky, said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 4:28 pm
On Sunday, being photographed was the last straw for the Capuchin monkey that resides at the Kaaterskill Bed and Breakfast in Catskill. According to the Daily Mail, the monkey slashed the cheek of a Long Island woman who was trying to give it its close-up... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 9:36 am
The man who would be governor is visiting the Catskills whistle-stop style this week, with appearances in Catskill and Cobleskill on Saturday and in Monticello yesterday. Today, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to appear at the New Paltz... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 19, 2010 - 11:32 am
At a Thursday public hearing, livestock-loving protesters won a reprieve from a proposed ordinance that would outlaw farm animals from Coxsackie, according to the Daily Mail:
The hue and cry prompted village officials to promise to take a second look at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010 - 11:13 am
On Monday night, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's plan to buy more private land in the upstate watershed met a skeptical crowd at a public hearing at SUNY Delhi.
The Land Acquisition Program, as the DEP calls it, is the linchpin... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2010 - 11:05 am
Thanks to state Assemblyman and Attorney General hopeful Richard Brodsky, who has been demanding to know why quasi-public agencies have been handing out bonuses to their executives, we now know that Alexander Mathes, the executive director of the Greene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 28, 2010 - 11:19 am
From the AP this morning: A tanker carrying chlorine gas crashed near Exit 21 on the New York Thruway, near Catskill, around 1:50 am. The spill closed I-87 northbound for almost seven hours:
Sgt. Michael Kopp says it wasn't immediately known how much... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jun. 26, 2010 - 11:40 am
Remember Rev. Mother Cathryn Platine and the Maetreum of Cybele? We ran a story on the Maetreum's property-tax battle with the town of Catskill last month. Today, the Catskill Daily Mail has a feature on their brewing court battle -- and why its outcome... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010 - 3:11 pm
Three seniors at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School won't be attending graduation tomorrow and might face jail time for painting "2010" with red house paint all over the school grounds, the Daily Mail reports:
While much of the paint was subsequently... Read more
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