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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 14, 2011 - 9:00 am
For years now, the Greene County town of Lexington has had an uncomfortable offer on the table from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: Build a wastewater treatment plant with city money, or don't and face the consequences..
The town... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Mar. 13, 2011 - 12:47 pm
The SUNY Delhi ice sculpting team, with coach Thomas Recinella on the left. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Margaretville's Main Street was transformed into a festive frozen gallery yesterday, thanks to the talents of the SUNY Delhi ice sculpting team. Ice swans... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Mar. 13, 2011 - 11:53 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.)
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 12, 2011 - 10:19 am
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record reports that the pleas of Wawarsing residents about their perennially flooded basements were finally heard by New York City Department of Environmental Protection authorities yesterday when top DEP officials showed up... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 11, 2011 - 3:46 pm
Posted on the Sullivan County website this morning:
County Manager David Fanslau issued the following statement: “As of 8:00 AM there are some County Roads that are flooded, some with shoulder damage from water runoff, and some with mud slides. The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 11, 2011 - 2:01 pm
Sandbags outside Ricciardella's Restaurant this morning in Phoenicia. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
After the dire warnings of the past two days, the flooding isn't as bad as expected.
Ulster County Emergency Communications Director Arthur Snyder emailed at 12:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 11, 2011 - 8:23 am
Sidney supervisor Bob McCarthy has declared a state of emergency in the area of the Fowler Finch Dam. Here's the press release we received from Delaware County around 7am:
Town of Sidney Supervisor Robert McCarthy has declared a State of Emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 5:18 pm
Within the last hour, we received press releases from emergency coordinators about flooding predictions for tonight and tomorrow. Here's the Delaware County press release:
The Delaware County Emergency Operations Center was opened at 1300 hours today in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 3:20 pm
Between the rain and the millions of gallons of water being pumped by the DEP through the leaky Delaware Aqueduct underground, the sump pumps of Wawarsing are working overtime. Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record reports today:
Homeowners said floods... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 10:13 am
To help track flooding across the Catskills today, we're launched a new feature: an interactive flood report map. Help us keep track of trouble spots! File a report, and we'll put a pushpin into the map. To file a report, click here.
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