Water
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 - 12:02 pm
Politics around here has always been a little more complicated than Republican vs. Democrat. And with gas drilling emerging as a big -- and party-busting -- issue in the upcoming town elections across New York State, the political landscape is getting... 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 WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 1:33 pm
To the editor:
Kayak, canoe, row, or sail the Ashokan Reservoir! This is the second season for AshokanBoaters.org, a boating group dedicated to bringing the DEP's recreational boating program to the Ashokan.
A visit to the Cannonsville Reservoir will... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 5:01 pm
Photo of new Ashland wastewater treatment plant courtesy of NYC DEP.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that a new sewage treatment plant in the Greene County town of Ashland is complete.
The plant will serve 90... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 2:51 pm
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the appointment of a new DEP commissioner today.
New DEP head Carter Strickland was promoted from within; before today's appointment, he was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 3:56 pm
The Catskill Scoop reported around 2:15pm that emergency crews were dispatched to Hasbrouck Road in the Sullivan County hamlet of Woodbourne, which had been completely flooded out. Their website has several photos of the flooded road.
According to the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 11:41 am
11:40am update: The flooding on Route 212 has been cleared, according to NY-Alert and Tony Fletcher, who tweeted us the good news.
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 10:26 am
11:15am: Update from Kathleen Nolan, via Facebook:
When I drove by just before 9 am, the center Triangle formed by the intersection of Country Route 40 (Old Plank Road) and Route 212 was flooded -- I think that's the intersection you mean. A crew of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 8:33 am
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a flood watch until 5pm today across western New England and eastern New York, including Greene, Schoharie and Ulster Counties:
Through This Evening * Locally Heavy Rain And Scattered Thunderstorms Are... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 5:53 pm
Photo from Riverkeeper's Facebook page.
Riverkeeper, a nonprofit environmental group that advocates for the Hudson River, recently announced the results of a five-year study of water quality in the Hudson. (See Scribd document below for the full study.)... Read more
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