town meeting coverage
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 - 6:14 pm
Photo of closed-off bridge to the village of Margaretville, in the town of Middletown, taken August 29, 2011. Posted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool by photographer Christopher Mooney.
Elected officials in Middletown are seeking to keep the town budget... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 4:09 pm
“We are now 36 days after Irene, and recovery efforts continue,” was the opening comment of Shandaken Town Supervisor Rob Stanley at last night's Town Board meeting.
Stanley pointed out that there are a number of sources out there to help residents and... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Sep. 16, 2011 - 11:15 am
Town supervisor Berndt Leifield and West Shokan resident Martha Frankel get into a shouting match at the Olive town board meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. One of 9 video segments from the meeting. For the others, see Cindy Johansen's YouTube... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2011 - 5:06 pm
Jody Rossitz, Big Indian/Oliverea Fire Chief, acknowledging applause at Monday's Shandaken Town Board Meeting, September 12, 2011: Photo by Rusty Mae Moore
A crowd of 45 Shandaken residents told the Shandaken Town Board on Monday that they were concerned... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 9, 2011 - 9:18 pm
Form the Onteora Central School District:
The Onteora Board of Education will hold a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at 6:00 in the Woodstock Elementary School on Route 375, Woodstock, New York.
The Board will vote to enter into Executive... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 8:46 pm
Video clip: Andes resident Laurie McIntosh (a.k.a. Story Laurie) delivers her testimony in song, at a public forum on gas drilling last Friday.
On the evening of Friday, August 19, over 100 people crammed into the Andes Central School auditorium to air... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 10:49 am
Last week, Olive government reporter Cindy Johansen attended the contentious August 8 public hearing about the draft comprehensive plan for the Town of Olive. She recorded this video footage of the hearing. To read her story about the meeting, click here... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 1:10 pm
Last week's Olive Town Board meeting occurred in the wake of a contentious public meeting about the new Town of Olive comprehensive plan. Our Olive government correspondent, Cindy Johansen, videotaped both meetings. This video, divided into seven... Read more
By wateradmin on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 12:57 pm
Today, the Watershed Post is rolling out our new Olive town page, a news and community website for the town of Olive in Ulster County. Reporter Cindy Johansen will be our Olive town government reporter. She attended two town meetings in Olive this week... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 12:24 pm
Photo by J. Ronald Lee, 2011. Via Flickr.
Sixty percent of the water that is pumped through Phoenicia's water system is vanishing before it reaches its destination, Alfred Peavey, the chairman of the committee for the Phoenicia Water District, told the... Read more
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