Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 4:04 pm
Photo of flood-damaged house taken in Margaretville, September 5, 2011. Taken by Flickr user fixbuffalo and posted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This just in from FEMA: The deadlines for filing a Proof of Loss claim through the National Flood... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 3:26 pm
Above: The Catskill Mountain Velo Club raising money for a kids' bike fund at the Belleayre Mountain Fall Festival in October. Photo via the Catskills Cycling blog.
Mike Wentland, the brains behind the Catskill Mountain Velo Club, is giving back what... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 11:01 am
Dear Editor,
I am writing to express my support for the strong executive form of government created by the Ulster County Charter. Specifically, I have witnessed a focus on Catskills advertising and a coordinated flood response. As a business owner in... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 9:20 am
Window display at the Phoenicia Pharmacy. Photo by Flickr user Lori_NY; published under Creative Commons license.
When I think of historic places, I think of roadside markers. I think of heroic conflicts and memorable people long deceased. I think of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 - 12:11 pm
The Rondout Valley School Board voted unanimously at their meeting on Tuesday, November 22, to close the Rosendale Elementary School in June.
Rosendale Elementary, one of three elementary schools in the Rondout Valley Central School District, faces a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 - 1:22 pm
The Daily Freeman and Times Herald-Record are reporting two deaths in the town of Ulster over the weekend, in unrelated auto accidents: 28-year-old Amber Haley and 45-year-old Gerald Bowden, both residents of Ulster.
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Times Herald-Record... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011 - 12:58 pm
Detail from cover of the November 17, 2011 issue of the New Paltz Oracle, a newspaper run by student journalists at SUNY New Paltz.
For the last two weeks, the SUNY New Paltz community has been embroiled in controversy over a series of racist incidents on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 - 2:41 pm
The Delaware River Basin Commission, a multi-state and federal agency that governs water use in the Delaware River Basin, has abruptly cancelled a meeting at which commissioners were expected to vote on new gas drilling regulations.
A notice posted on the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 - 1:57 pm
Votes in New York's Third Judicial District have been impounded by a judge in advance of a recanvass. Photo: http://www.courts.state.ny.us
You may have heard about a flap involving votes from the New York State Third Judicial District election that were... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 - 4:59 pm
A decaying bathroom at former Borscht Belt jewel Grossingers. Photo taken in 2008 by Jonathan Haeber; published under Creative Commons license.
Dean Gitter, the developer whose Crossroads Ventures has spent over a decade trying to build a luxury resort on... Read more
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