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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 4:30 pm
Above: Esopus Fire Department firefighters taking a break from volunteering for Sandy relief at the beach on Long Island last week. Photo by Randi Port, via the Esopus Fire Department Facebook page.
We asked our readers for photos of Catskills emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 10:35 am
Sullivan and Ulster counties are on a list of New York State counties declared eligible for individual aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with the lower Hudson Valley and New York City metropolitan area.
Both counties have also asked... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 - 11:24 am
Photo: An upstate DEP crew works to pump out Manhattan's Battery Underpass, which was submerged under 12 feet of Sandy floodwaters at the height of the storm surge. Photo dated Nov. 1, courtesy of NYC DEP.
Since Sandy made landfall, local firefighters,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 5:39 pm
Above: A pile of surplus donated clothing abandoned in a parking lot in Staten Island one week after Hurricane Sandy. Source: NY1's November 5 report, "Staten Island Donation Centers Taking In More Than They Can Give Out."
In the wake of a disaster like... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Above: Detail from a National Weather Service weather forecast map issued at 3:53 am today. Source: NWS Binghamton website.
Forecasters are tracking a nor'easter that looks likely to dump snow and sleet across a wide swath of the northeastern U.S.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 10:48 am
The votes are in -- and although a few races still hang in the balance, most of the big contests were settled decisively.
Incumbents across the region mostly fared well. Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand trounced Republican challenger Wendy Long... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 - 9:13 pm
Photo taken in Narrowsburg by Linda Slocum and Tony Ritter. Tony, a Tusten town councilman -- and Delaware River fishing guide -- tells us, "Those stumps with V-O-T-E were sawed from an 80 foot pine that snapped at the base during Sandy last Monday night... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 - 2:46 pm
As of Saturday, we are hearing reports and increasing social-media chatter about gas outages spreading north into Sullivan and Ulster County.
If you have first-hand information about a gas outage -- or, better yet, a photo of a local station where gas is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 - 11:07 am
Woodland Valley is one of the few neighborhoods in Shandaken where the power is still out today, four days after the storm.
Carol Seitz, the president of the Woodland Community Association, has been blogging about the valley's experience of the storm at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 - 10:58 am
Update: Two more locations for dry ice have been added in Sullivan County (Claryville FD and Highland Town Hall). Source: 1pm update from Sullivan County.
Update: Two locations for dry ice have been added in Sullivan County. Source: Sullivan County's... Read more