Liberty
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 12, 2011 - 10:41 am
The Catskill Watershed Corporation will hold a special meeting at their office, at 905 Main Street, Margaretville, at 10am on Tuesday, September 13. The topic: Potential assistance programs for flood victims in New York City's Catskill-Delaware watershed... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2011 - 10:56 pm
View from Overlook Mountain near Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Miss K; published under Creative Commons license.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced today that because of dangerous conditions in the wake of widespread... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 6:48 pm
Flooding fears aren't over in Sullivan County. The takeaway, according to a new alert on the county website, is that "the Delaware River at Callicoon and near Barryville, the Beaverkill River, and the Neversink River are either flooding or are expected... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 5:24 pm
From the governor's office: Residents of Schoharie Valley and Catskills should be on alert tonight for more rain. Specific warnings are made for western Delaware County, particularly Unadilla -- see the highlighted areas in bold:
Governor Cuomo Orders... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 12:58 pm
We'll be doing another special flooding edition of our radio show at 1pm today. Listen live by clicking here.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 6, 2011 - 3:38 pm
Above: A Brooklyn family headed to Sullivan County last week. Photo by Eli, posted on the Voz Iz Neias website.
The annual Jewish migration to the Catskills began last weekend, with thousands of families packing up their homes in Brooklyn and heading to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 - 9:24 am
A Brooklyn man was arrested in Liberty yesterday for driving drunk on a golf cart. (And without a license, to boot.) The State Police press release:
Fransisco Rosendo of Brooklyn , NY was arrested for Aggravated DWI after Troopers stopped him for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 2:11 pm
The Times Herald-Record is reporting that teams of federal and Sullivan County officials have made one of the biggest marijuana busts in the county's history: 7,000 marijuana plants, a haul worth about $10 million.
"We believe it will be a record,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2011 - 4:59 pm
Martin ButtsFor the second installment in our series of interviews with experts who will speak at this Sunday's Farm to Market Conference in Liberty, we talked with Martin Butts, a Syracuse-based local food advocate and consultant for small food producers... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2011 - 3:49 pm
Deb KavakosThis year's Farm to Market Conference, a get-together sponsored by Pure Catskills and being held this Sunday in Liberty, is an annual conclave of growers, distributors, marketers, and buyers from all points in the food chain. We attended last... Read more
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