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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 3:12 pm
Dear Editor: I am glad that other members of the community have stepped up for the positions of Onteora School Board trustee currently held by myself and Laurie Osmond; after three years of uncontested elections, it was easy to presume that nobody wanted... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 2:58 pm
Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter in support of Rebecca Balzac, a candidate for the Onteora Board of Education. I have known Rebecca since 2005, when we moved our family up to this area full time. Rebecca and I first met at the Olive library where... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 2:51 pm
Dear Editor,
The current Onteora school board has acted irresponsibly with our students’ education and with taxpayer dollars, throwing money at a short-term fix that reconfigures the K-6 schools based on an unproven model that they “hope” will improve... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 2:31 pm
Dear Editor,
Last week I attended the showing of “Priceless” in Rosendale, a documentary film about campaign finances, fair elections and how candidates get bought off by taking large donations from sources outside of their voting district. After the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 12:56 pm
A state-owned property at 67 Wurts Street in Kingston that Ulster County executive Mike Hein wants to convert to county-owned veterans' housing. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Ulster County Executive.
At a lofty price of $1, it won't be the biggest... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 12:37 am
Shandaken's latest bout of dithering over a proposed Phoenicia sewer plant may have cost the town $15.8 million in New York City grant money. After years of negotiation with a reluctant town board over the Phoenicia sewer project, the Catskill Watershed... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 6:00 pm
A natural-gas compressor station. Photo by Penn State Live; published to Flickr under Creative Commons license.
The Sullivan County Democrat reports today that the Millenium Pipeline Company is seeking to build a natural-gas compressor station in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 1:46 pm
Today's Daily Freeman fills in some of the details on Sunday's horrific ATV accident in Rosendale, in which a dirt bike ridden by 40-year-old Paul Harper collided with a 16-year-old girl on an ATV, leaving her in critical condition.
The girl is Kaylon... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 10:04 am
At 12:30pm on Wednesday, May 9, the Gilboa Dam alert sirens will be tested.
Regular tests of the system will be held on the second Wednesday of the month henceforth, the Times Journal reports.
The sirens, which were heavily damaged during flooding from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 9:43 am
In this week's Woodstock Times: The Phoenicia Library, whose building was gutted by fire last March, has run up against a roadblock in its plans to rebuild and return to 48 Main Street:
Neighbors on both sides of the Main Street library building have... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 4:36 pm
President Barack Obama will be paying a visit to Albany on Tuesday to get a look at upstate New York's flourishing high-tech manufacturing sector.
But the Times-Union's Jimmy Vielkind talked to some insiders who say Obama is in the Capital to see the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 4:23 pm
In the Catskills this year, Memorial Day is going to be epic.
For the first time in history, four of the six west-of-Hudson New York City reservoirs will be open to boating and paddling for the masses. A new bike event will bring the spirit of the Tour de... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 3:13 pm
Above: The invasive Eurasian woodland plant Alliaria petiolata, more commonly known as garlic mustard, looking appropriately dramatic. Garlic mustard is most obvious in Northeastern woods around this time of year, when it is in full bloom. Photo by Flickr... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 11:29 am
Last week saw a couple of catastrophic ATV accidents in the Catskills.
On Thursday, May 3, two local residents were fatally injured while riding an ATV in Andes: 32-year-old John W. Morris and 45-year-old Julie M. Manon. The Daily Star reports:
Manon died... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 6:18 pm
Above: The Wynkoop House in Saugerties is about to get a bit of a facelift. Photo by Daniel Case on Wikimedia Commons, used by Creative Commons license.
The weather has shown its personality disorder, but this week, it appears to be finally heading for... Read more
By J.N. Urbanski on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 4:31 pm
Above: A recent photo from the ongoing construction of the new USA Shaolin Temple, on Breezy Hill Road in Fleischmanns. Photo from USA Shaolin Temple's Facebook page.
The Catskill Mountains are famously a magnet for people who want to create their own... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 2:44 pm
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, the parent company that runs Kingston Hospital, Benedictine Hospital, Margaretville Hospital and the Mountainside and Woodland Pond residential care centers, is considering closing one of its two Kingston hospital... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 10:45 am
Above: A comparison of last year's "supermoon," on March 19, 2011, with a more average full moon from December 20, 2010. File from Wikimedia Commons.
Cross your fingers for clear skies this Saturday night, when a phenomenon called a "supermoon" should... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 10:42 am
Above: A short, fun look at Foodstock 2010 on Youtube.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a beautiful day in the southern Catskills, so perhaps you'll wake up thinking to treat yourself to some cheese. But, wait! Cheese makes you think of wine, so you'll... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 3, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The verdict is in: Lejuan Wainwright, who has been on trial since last Wednesday for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Walton resident Tyler Warner, was found guilty today of second-degree manslaughter.
It's a lesser charge than the one the prosecution... Read more
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