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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 24, 2011 - 1:10 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a bang-up story yesterday about the embattled Esopus Creek.
According to a letter sent by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Esopus Creek has become too shallow for a Coast Guard... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 24, 2011 - 11:38 am
We heard from fans of WIOX 91.3 in Roxbury this morning that the community radio station had mysteriously disappeared from the airwaves last night. We put in a call to the station's office and talked to Glen Pedersen, the station's business manager, who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 24, 2011 - 8:57 am
Marijuana plants were found growing in the basement and backyard of a licensed day care facility in the town of Bainbridge last week, State Police out of Sidney report today in a press release.
James Spinella: Photo via New York State PoliceThe plants... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 3:57 pm
Photo taken at the former Winding Brook farm; from the Vishwa Dharma Foundation's website.
Devotees of a Manhattan-based Hindu group, Vishwa Dharma Mandalam, are transforming a run-down farmstead on Round Top in Cairo into an ashram for retreats and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 3:38 pm
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office just announced that it broke up "a large underage party" on Spring Valley Road in Delhi two Saturdays ago. In a press release sent out today, the Sheriff's Office stated that deputies arrested four people for underage... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 3:12 pm
Photo: Aerial view of Hanover Farms, taken from the Ulster County GIS web map. Town zoning code says farmstands in residentially-zoned areas can take up no more than 100 square feet.
A special meeting of the Shandaken Town Board to discuss re-zoning a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 10:55 am
Above: Video of flooding in Sidney Center on Friday, by YouTube user kiki71669.
The Delaware County Department of Emergency Services announced recently that people affected by this weekend's flooding in Sidney Center might be eligible for help from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 8:49 am
Two men flying a small airplane crashed in the parking lot of a Kohl's distribution center in Wurtsboro on Friday, according to New York State Police and a slew of media outlets. Both men were injured, but not severely. The cause of the crash is being... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, May. 22, 2011 - 10:58 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context for this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, May. 22, 2011 - 10:37 am
According to a 9:30am email from Delaware County Emergency Services chief Richard Bell, the state of emergency in Sidney has been lifted:
The state of Emergency in the Town of Sidney (Hamlet of Sidney Center) has been lifted. Some roads still may have... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 21, 2011 - 11:06 pm
As of around 2:30pm today, Delaware County Emergency Services says "most" 911 service has been restored:
Verizon continues to restore 911 services to the area. Delaware County has had area fire departments conduct tests of the 911 system from their... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 21, 2011 - 11:45 am
This just in from Delaware County Emergency Services, around 11:30am: Sporadic phone outages and problems routing calls to 911 are being reported from around the county.
Currently Verizon and some local carriers are experiencing phone and 911 service... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 21, 2011 - 10:55 am
Around 8pm last night, Delaware County Emergency Services announced that flash flooding had led to road closings and evacuations in Sidney Center:
Delaware County has experienced heavy rainfall that has resulted in flash flooding throughout the county. A... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 2:50 pm
Keeping up with the new peregrine falcon chicks on the Mid-Hudson Bridge has become an annual rite of spring in the Hudson Valley. And with the rise of social media, it's getting easier to watch along in real time as the chicks -- called "eyasses" --... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 12:23 pm
The Ulster County Sheriff's Department reports that Kingston resident Ruben J. Lindo was arrested yesterday on multiple charges stemming from his allegedly writing several bad checks.
Lindo is a former pro football player. According to a profile of him on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 11:44 am
According to the Mountain Eagle, the on-going dispute between the Jefferson Town Board and Oorah's Jewish BoyZone summer camp got another airing at last week's Jefferson town meeting.
The paper reports that the camp is planning to expand its capacity by... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 11:36 am
Who needs May flowers? The glories of mid-spring in the Catskills: Technicolor-green grass, mud, and piglets.
Ulla Kjarval snapped this recent photo on her father's farm, Spring Lake Farm, just outside of Delhi. She tells us the mother is a large black... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 11:33 am
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation, which is cracking down on sales of outdoor wood boilers (OWBs) that don't meet the agency's new emissions standards, gave consumers an unexpected three more months to purchase non-complaint models... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 8:42 am
Despite the week of soggy weather and last night's impressive thunderstorms, there's only a bit of flooding around the Catskills region today, mainly in Ulster County. A U.S. Geological Survey's hydrograph, posted below, shows that the Esopus Creek is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 19, 2011 - 2:07 pm
The National Weather Service is warning of heavy thunderstorms across the region, this afternoon and tonight:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 307 Is In Effect Until 800 PM EDT For The Following Locations Ny . New York Counties Included Are Albany... Read more
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