Greene County
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 - 11:00 am
It's only been three weeks since he was elected Prattsville's new supervisor as a write-in candidate, but Alan Huggins has already resigned, according to a story in today's Daily Mail.
Reporter Michael Ryan writes that the town board will now be charged... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 4:04 pm
Photo of flood-damaged house taken in Margaretville, September 5, 2011. Taken by Flickr user fixbuffalo and posted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This just in from FEMA: The deadlines for filing a Proof of Loss claim through the National Flood... Read more
Delaware, Schoharie and Greene each get $500,000 in flood recovery grants for Main Street businesses
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 3:48 pm
Above: A building on Main Street Prattsville after Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Jay Harsevoort, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
The governor's meeting on Windham Mountain this afternoon ended with a big announcement: Three Catskills counties are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 9:07 am
Above: Cuomo tours flooded-out Middleburgh on September 3, 2011. Via the GovernorAdnrewCuomo Flickr page.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who announced a new package of relief funds earmarked for flooded-out communities two weeks ago, will be talking about... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 - 2:15 pm
On Tuesday, over 80 percent of Windham-Ashland-Jewett voters (213 yes to 50 no) passed the referendum authorizing the WAJ Board of Education the ability to borrow funds up to nearly $4 million dollars for expenses from Irene's flood damage. The borrowing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 - 2:41 pm
The Delaware River Basin Commission, a multi-state and federal agency that governs water use in the Delaware River Basin, has abruptly cancelled a meeting at which commissioners were expected to vote on new gas drilling regulations.
A notice posted on the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 - 1:57 pm
Votes in New York's Third Judicial District have been impounded by a judge in advance of a recanvass. Photo: http://www.courts.state.ny.us
You may have heard about a flap involving votes from the New York State Third Judicial District election that were... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 - 4:59 pm
A decaying bathroom at former Borscht Belt jewel Grossingers. Photo taken in 2008 by Jonathan Haeber; published under Creative Commons license.
Dean Gitter, the developer whose Crossroads Ventures has spent over a decade trying to build a luxury resort on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 5:39 pm
The Albany Times-Union's Capitol Confidential blog reports today that a coalition of U.S. representatives in the House has secured $338.6 million in funding for farmers affected by the Tropical Storm Irene flooding:
Reps. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 3:05 pm
We stayed up late on November 8 to cover election returns live on the internet and on the radio. The radio portion of the program was our special hour-long election edition of the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, which aired from 11pm to midnight on... Read more
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