Schoharie County

By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 12, 2012 - 9:29 am
Just a reminder: Today is the final day to vote in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Grant Competition. As I type, Schoharie High School is in the lead with 98159 votes. Vote by midnight tonight to help Schoharie students win! Our original Feb. 9 story about... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 10, 2012 - 11:18 pm
Photo by Flickr user Dave Stokes. Published under Creative Commons license. Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour -- Daylight Saving Time starts at 2am on Sunday, March 11. Readers: Are you looking forward to that extra hour of light in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 2:22 pm
Above: A video about Schoharie County after the devastating Irene and Lee floods, filmed by Schoharie Recovery. Schoharie Recovery is one of the partners in a regional recovery effort called SALT (Schoharie Area Long Term). Starting Monday, March 12,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 - 2:21 pm
Above: Chris Berry, a paleontologist at Cardiff University, examines the fossilized stump of a Gilboa tree in a quarry at the Gilboa Dam. Photo courtesy of Cardiff University. Scientists around the world have been waiting for nearly a century to walk... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 - 3:02 pm
Above: FEMA External Affairs Interns inspect the recovery effort in Prattsville on Feb. 22, 2012. Photo by Hans Pennink. Wednesday is the deadline for New York State towns and counties to submit lists of properties for a federal buyout program. Under the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 - 10:01 am
Above: WBNG-TV forecast of a winter storm headed for the Northeast later this week. Looks like Old Man Winter's finally woken up at last: A big snowstorm is barreling towards us from the Midwest, and will start dumping some sleet and snow on upstate New... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 3:32 pm
Above: A YouTube video made in tribute to the destroyed Old Blenheim Bridge, destroyed on August 28, 2011 by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Poor Blenheim. In order to get federal money to rebuild its bridge, the town needs to be on the National... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 10:14 am
See that off-white line about halfway up the brick wall? That's how high the Irene flood waters came on Main Street in the Schoharie County village of Middleburgh. Photographer Christopher Auger-Dominguez took this photo while shooting on location for a... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 4:33 pm
I totally agree with Cole Porter: I love Paris in the springtime.  Since it's neither spring time, nor are we in Paris, why not break up the work week with a trip to the Middleburgh library for a matinee screening of Woody Allen's acclaimed "Midnight in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 3:30 pm
Across northern Schoharie County, mysterious BB-gun shooters are taking aim at cars and trucks, and no windshield is safe. Despite the January arrest of four men in connection with the incidents, the BB shootings go on, the Times Journal reports: State... Read more

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