Wawarsing
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010 - 9:56 am
A garage on Berme Road in Ellenville was destroyed in an accidental fire yesterday, taking owner Joe Smith's six uninsured vintage cars with it. From the Times Herald-Record:
Harrison Cherry was changing his buddy's fuel pump in the 4,800-square-foot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 - 12:49 pm
Ulster County Comptroller Eliot Auerbach, who blogs at the not-so-originally-named Ulster County Comptroller blog, sent up a flare of anger yesterday about this week's announcement that the DEP is buying another 1,323 acres upstate to protect is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 - 9:43 am
Long has the 13-and-a-half-foot-tall statue at Homegrown Mini Golf and Kelder's Farm on Route 209 reigned supreme as the world's tallest garden gnome. But no longer, says the Times Herald-Record:
Now, according to Guinness World Records, Chomsky has been... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 - 2:54 pm
A former Ellenville junkyard which has been declared a Superfund site is on the federal Environmental Protection Agency's agenda this month.
Once Ellenville Scap Iron and Metal, the site is now 24 acres of leaking car batteries, heavy metals, and known... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 5, 2010 - 3:54 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record busted out a calculator and figured out exactly how much money New York City loses each day because of the acqueduct leak in Wawarsing. The answer? It ain't cheap:
In 2010, New York City charged its residents $2.61... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 11:04 am
It's been over 20 years, but Wawarsing's maddest, wettest homeowners have finally gotten what they've been clamoring for -- a clear admission, from the highest level of command at the New York City DEP, that the leaky Delaware Aqueduct has been damaging... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010 - 2:40 pm
Downtown Ellenville in 2005. Photo by Daniel Case, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Times Herald-Record's Jeremiah Horrigan waxes epic in his story about 91-year-old Ellenville mogul Harry Resnick, who once ran a 7,000-person company -- Channel Master -- out... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010 - 5:13 pm
New York City has apologized for the leaks from the Delaware Aqueduct that have flooded the town of Wawarsing, but Wawarsing town Supervisor Leonard Distel would really prefer cash. A $4 million bailout bill, to be exact, according to the Daily Freeman.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 1:04 pm
The Times Herald-Record documents that rarest of events: an apology from the New York City DEP to an upstate town.
"We forgot about Wawarsing," Paul Rush said at a meeting with homeowners and local lawmakers. "We should have been more connected. We should... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010 - 2:01 pm
High-speed crashes in Kerhonkson and Montgomery killed three and injured two last night. The Times Herald-Record has the details.
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