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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 29, 2010 - 10:59 am
This morning, I left Delhi before dawn to make the four-hour trek to Batavia for a meeting between the state's beleaguered dairy farmers and the Department of Justice's Christine Varney. I'm delighted to report that there's free wifi at Genessee Community... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 29, 2010 - 10:45 am
After almost a decade at Catskill Point in the village of Catskill, the local farmer's market is moving to the center of town, reports The Daily Mail. Not everyone is happy about it: Kay Stamer, executive director of the Greene County Council on the Arts... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 - 10:53 pm
Nate Wilson had an op-ed in the Buffalo News yesterday, in which he accused federal regulators of "whistling past the graveyard" while the U.S. dairy industry collapses. Middletown, N. Y., cattle dealer Joe Distelburger, relates: “I spoke to a Western N.... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 - 10:46 pm
The New York Times keeps digging, and the hole Gov. Paterson's in keeps getting deeper. Gov. David A. Paterson personally helped draft a statement last month that he hoped would be endorsed by a woman involved in a domestic dispute with one of his top... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 - 5:01 pm
Maria at New Paltz Gadfly would rather not see the New Paltz P.D. packing Tasers. In order for Taser use to be warranted and effective, a target ideally would be middle aged, of normal build, good health, and sitting down. You would point the taser at... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 - 5:27 pm
For a village of 6,500, Monticello has been generating a great quantity of unfortunate news lately. First, their mayor gets arrested on counterfeiting charges and hauled away in the back of a police cruiser. Then the village manager resigns, in the wake... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 - 3:35 pm
New Yorkers with unpaid water bills collectively owe the DEP an astonishing $58.4 million. The agency announced this week that they're going after homeowners with delinquent water bills: This is the first of a series of notifications to homeowners owing $... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 - 4:36 pm
The fate of most of New York's state parks is still undecided until legislators and the Governor can agree on a budget, but the axe is already falling on some natural areas in the state. With the DEC facing staffing cuts (and, potentially, a vastly... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 5:56 pm
Frequent Fox News commentator Dick Morris aimed a rhetorical blunderbuss between New York Congressman Scott Murphy's eyes yesterday over his vote for the healthcare reform bill, calling him and seven other legislators "traitors."  Those all voted no,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 3:55 pm
Last week's public meeting about the Partition Street development project in Saugerties is still prompting reactions. Peter Solow of Saugerties has published a public comment on the Saugerties Citizens for Smart Development website in which he suggests... Read more

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