Ulster County
By Jason Dole on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 3:27 pm
Above: Farm tractor powering generator at the rear of Eureka Market & Cafe, on loan from nearby Catskill Mountain Sugar House, one of the largest maple syrup producers in the state. Photo by Jennifer Grimes.
Dry ice will be available for the towns of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 11:53 am
Here's a list of dry ice locations in the Catskills today, compiled from Central Hudson's dry ice page, NYSEG's dry ice page, town websites, and our calls to several locations. Call if you can before you drive to make sure dry ice is there. We've provided... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 9:57 am
Power is still out in many Shandaken neighborhoods, according to Joyce Grant, Shandaken's town clerk, who just called us with an update. NYSEG crews are working to replace poles and the town hopes to see the electricity on again this afternoon, Grant said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 9:38 am
Intrepid Daily Freeman reporter Tania Barricklo in Shokan filed this thorough report about how Shandaken fared during Sandy yesterday. Freeman editor Ivan Lajara posted it to the Freeman's live Sandy blog, and you can watch it above.
Barricklo interviewd... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 4:16 pm
Route 28 in Shokan near Winchell's Corners reopened this afternoon, after being shut down during Monday night's storm.
We got the news via a tweet from the office of Ulster County executive Mike Hein, who has become quite a social media maven during Sandy... Read more
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 10:20 pm
Emergency officials are currently at the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash in the Town of Rochester in Ulster County.
Supervisor Carl Chipman said the crash on Rocky Mountain Road involved a passenger car and an RV, and that there was one death.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 4:25 pm
An hour ago, Ulster County Emergency Management director Arthur Snyder sent an update explaining that ten towns in Ulster County are under states of emergency, and that county workers will be working to clear downed trees until it gets dark tonight.
Read... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 4:00 pm
Throughout the weekend, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been making emergency releases from three of its upstate reservoirs -- the Schoharie, the Ashokan and the Neversink -- in an effort to create voids that can absorb some... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 12:39 pm
The Ulster County town of Woodstock declared a state of emergency at 10am on Monday.
A press release issued by the town declares that there are no road closures at the moment, and urges residents to tune into WDST for updates:
Pursuant to Woodstock's... Read more
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 9:12 am
Above: A screenshot from NYSEG's power outage map taken around 8:30am, showing outages in Sullivan County.
Some Catskills residents are already waking up to power outages, even before the storm hits in full force.
Central Hudson's outage map shows that... Read more
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