Greene County Emergency Services
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, May. 10, 2015 - 11:56 pm
Above: A helicopter fights the Hunter Mountain fire on Saturday, May 9. Photo by Ariel Woolheater.
Four days after it was sparked in a remote Greene County Valley, the largest forest fire to burn in the Catskills town of Hunter in living memory is fully... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 7, 2015 - 8:55 pm
Above: Fire on the mountain. A helicopter pours water on a forest fire, visible as a plume of white smoke rising over the ridge, on Hunter Mountain on May 8, the second day of the blaze. Photo by Douglas Senterman.
Updates at bottom of post. -- Ed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 2:34 pm
According to a press release from Greene County Department of Emergency Services, Greene County will be under a state of emergency beginning at 5pm today. Residents are urged to stay at home.
Here's the full press release:
At 1:15 p.m. today, the National... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 12, 2011 - 2:09 pm
This just in from Greene County at 2pm: School is in session for every Greene County school district except Windham-Ashland-Jewett. Here's the press release:
GREENE COUNTY PRESS RELEASE 9/12/11 at 2:00 P.M.
By order of the County of Greene, all Greene... Read more