Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 27, 2013 - 11:52 am
Photo of empty post office box by Flickr user Bryan Alexander. Published under Creative Commons license.
In news, timing is critical. As the old reporter's saying goes: Yesterday's news wraps today's fish.
No wonder River Reporter managing editor Jane... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2013 - 6:50 pm
Above: A dramatic photo of Lower Esopus turbidity, submitted to the Times Herald-Record in October 2010 and republished with permission.
A long-overdue agreement governing New York City's release of turbid water from the Ashokan Reservoir into the Lower... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2013 - 11:58 pm
Above: Work begins in earnest at the Phoenicia Library this week, gutted by fire in March of 2011 and currently occupying a temporary space on Ava Maria Drive. According to a newsletter from library director Liz Potter, restoration work on the building is... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2013 - 9:05 am
The young ones are the most voracious. A revenant reveler at the 2012 Rosendale Zombie Festival; photo by Debora Lyons.
Rosendale will be one dead festival town this Saturday afternoon -- the walking dead, that is. Residents and visitors will don their... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 23, 2013 - 9:48 am
Above: A video produced by Sean Eldridge's campaign, announcing the 27-year-old Democrat's bid for New York State's 19th Congressional district. Source: Eldridge's campaign website.
With the release of a campaign video Sunday, 27-year-old Democrat Sean... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Sep. 20, 2013 - 10:39 am
This weekend, get in on the jokes as the first Woodstock Comedy Festival lights up the town with three days devoted to the art and science of laughter. Stand-up, films, and a closer look at how comedy is created will all be part of the picture, presented... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 16, 2013 - 4:43 pm
Above: A document showing a roughly 1,200-acre parcel acquired by the state in Big Indian, near the Belleayre Ski Center. Source: DEC website.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that the agency has completed a proposal to... Read more
By Julie McMahon on Monday, Sep. 16, 2013 - 10:44 am
Photo illustration. The reservoir in the background is the Pepacton in Delaware County; photo by Timothy Cox, shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
Since 9/11, the number of Department of Environmental Protection police officers in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 13, 2013 - 12:10 pm
Above: Sunrise over the dividing weir that separates the Ashokan Reservoir's east and west basins. Photo by Tim Cox; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
'Tis the season for road work, apparently: Next week, several construction projects will... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 12, 2013 - 3:45 pm
A round of intense thunderstorms is headed east across upstate New York this afternoon. We're keeping track of fast-moving Catskills weather updates in the Storify post below. As we add new updates, the latest news will automatically appear at the bottom... Read more
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