Water
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2012 - 12:53 pm
Above: Flood damage in front of a house at 66 Main Street in Livingston Manor. Photo by Chris Andreola; courtesy of Livingston Manor Ink. Manor Ink writes: "This photo is of Main Street in front of old ADC Studio, also known as Chris Andreola's place,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Heavy rainfall across the region today has streams and creeks rising, and a few spots are predicted to flood later this evening.
The Beaverkill near Cooks Falls is predicted to reach minor flood stage later tonight. The river should crest at 11.5 feet... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 17, 2012 - 9:58 am
Above: The Schoharie Creek as dawn is just breaking, still wreathed in early-morning mist. A local photographer -- known only to Flickr as A Man Called ACME -- took this shot in the Schoharie County town of Esperance on Sunday. For a bigger view, check... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 13, 2012 - 3:20 pm
With speculation flying about what the state's next move on hydraulic fracturing will be, the spotlight is on New York's Southern Tier, where the richest Marcellus Shale gas deposits lie.
WSKG's Matt Richmond has a terrific radio documentary out today... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 6, 2012 - 4:18 pm
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Above: Itty-bitty Trout Creek. Source: Google Maps.
The tiny Delaware County hamlet of Trout Creek, in the town of Tompkins, will soon begin work on a community sewer system funded by the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 8:41 am
UPDATE, 8/29/12: The boil water notice has been rescinded, but there now is a ban on unnecessary water consumption in Andes. Via the Andes town clerk:
The Town of Andes Water District is under a WATER USE RESTRICTION due to the dry weather. All... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 - 12:39 pm
This week's must-read story for upstate New York: An editorial by Times Union columnist Fred LeBrun, titled "End of the anti-frack world is near." In it, LeBrun claims that a gubernatorial plan to greenlight hydraulic fracturing by the time the leaves... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2012 - 4:25 pm
Above: Some of the trash collected at this year's annual Delaware River cleanup, sponsored by Kittatinny Canoes in Milford, PA. Photo from Kittatinny's Facebook wall.
For over twenty years, a dedicated group of volunteers has been making an annual four-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 30, 2012 - 2:42 pm
Above: The Schoharie Creek in Lexington, where the USGS recently found the invasive algae Didymosphenia geminata, also known as "rock snot." Photo by Flickr user Doug Kerr; published under Creative Commons license.
The invasive alga known as "rock snot"... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 24, 2012 - 12:40 pm
Yesterday's thunderstorms delivered some much-needed rain to the region -- but they also knocked out a piece of local infrastructure.
The Daily Mail reports that the treatment plant that filters the water for the village of Coxsackie was struck by... Read more
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