Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 - 9:05 am
Above: Natalie Merchant performing at the Shelter for the Storm benefit concert at UPAC on November 18, with Dan Littleton and Chris Wood. Photo by John Desanto, of the Times Herald-Record.
The Watershed Post was proud to be one of the many, many... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 7:13 pm
Tonight, December 5, the Ulster County legislature is scheduled to vote on the 2012 budget, including a decision on whether to transfer the county's publicly-owned Golden Hill nursing home to a Local Development Corporation (LDC). Transferring Golden Hill... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 2:21 pm
Above: The bridged ravine on Oliverea Road. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
The governor's office announced on Friday that Rte. 23 in Greene County between Prattsville and West Settlement Road is open today. [This post has been changed -- see correction below... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 2:12 pm
Photo of dogwood buds by Flickr user *Psycho Delia*. Published under Creative Commons license.
The signs of spring are all around us, faint but definitely present. Seeds are sprouting and new life is stirring. After far too much time spent dormant, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 9:03 am
An alleged home invasion, assault and burglary in an apartment on Broadway in Port Ewen early Sunday morning has resulted in the arrest of a local man.
Deputies from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office arrested 21-year-old Port Ewen resident George M.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 - 2:34 pm
On Wednesday, Ulster County Deputy Executive Robert Sudlow told the Daily Freeman that the enormous ravine that Tropical Storm Irene cut through Oliverea Road in Shandaken would open to traffic on Friday (today).
You may remember this ravine from our... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 - 12:29 pm
Our correspondent Aaron Bennett reports this morning on a dozen signs that have appeared along Oliverea Road in the Big Indian/Oliverea Valley. The signs, which seem to have appeared today, announce that hunters have joined the Occupy Wall Street movement... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 - 10:28 am
Above: Video taken by Sullivan County radio producer and anti-drilling activist Sabrina Artel at the DEC's public hearing on gas drilling in Binghamton, November 17, 2011.
In what has become a familiar plot point in the unfolding saga of New York State's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 - 12:08 pm
Photo of Schoharie resident Clinton Manchester, who is living in a FEMA trailer while he rebuilds his house. From the caption: "FEMA is placing these units close to the homes of the hurricane survivors, enabling easy access as they rebuild." Taken by FEMA... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 - 9:14 am
Video: Saugerties resident Ralph Childers speaks against the privatization of Golden Hill, and has his words echoed by members of the crowd, in a "human microphone" technique used by Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Fifteen individual members of the public... Read more
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