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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 19, 2011 - 1:48 pm
At their regular meeting on Tuesday, the Ulster County Legislature approved a redistricting plan that will reduce the size of the Legislature from 33 to 23 members, eliminate at-large legislators, and create 23 new districts that each have a single... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 19, 2011 - 1:13 pm
Comparative attendance records of New Paltz Village Board members, as complied by Brittany Turner, a.k.a. Legislative Barbie.
Brian Kimbiz, the only one of New Paltz's Village Trustees who was not up for relelection in this year's extremely crowded race,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 19, 2011 - 8:41 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman report that Allison R. Lee-Hinchey, U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey's third wife, was pulled over in Hurley on Tuesday night for allegedly driving drunk.
From the Freeman:
Allison R. Lee-Hinchey, 49, of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 12:30 pm
Ramsey Clark, a lawyer who helped the Johnson administration pass civil rights legislation in the 1960s, has in decades since become a controversial human rights activist who has defended Saddam Hussein in court, has attended Slobodan Milošević's funeral... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 11:35 am
Yesterday, New Yorkers went to the polls to decide the fate of 2011-2012 school budgets. And, for the most part, the results are in.
In Ulster County, every budget passed except Saugerties, whose budget failed for the second year in a row, 1,631-1,369. [... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 10:27 am
It looks like the phone service fallout from yesterday's transformer fire in Phoenicia has been fixed.
A responder at the Delaware County Emergency Services office tell us that 911 service in Delaware County was "all fixed as of 9pm last night."
And... Read more
By Maxanne Resnick on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 10:20 am
On May 23rd, 2011, from 5:30-7:30 pm, the Onteora MS/HS cafeteria will be the site of “Cool Aid,” a Farm-to-Table fundraiser, the proceeds of which will enable the purchase of a walk-in freezer for the school district’s food services. Last year, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 9:56 am
Lisa Barrows, the former Stop DWI coordinator for Delaware County, was arraigned yesterday for allegedly stealing a set of golf clubs from the county while she worked there, the Daily Star reports.
Barrows' relationship with the country soured last year... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 12:28 am
Results are in for the Onteora school district: the budget passed 755-607, all three school board candidates on the ballot were reelected (no big surprise there), and the proposition to create a capital reserve fund passed.
Here are the results, from the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 7:05 pm
Just starting now: A 7pm public meeting to discuss the Ulster County Commission on Reapportionment's plan to redraw the county's legislative districts. The Legislature will be voting on whether to accept the new plan immediately after the hearing.
It's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:47 pm
Calling all seniors at Andes, Margaretville, Onteora and Roxbury schools: You could win $300 bucks by waxing poetical about growing up here in the Catskills. The deadline for the annual Catskill Heritage Alliance essay competition is this Friday, and all... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:28 pm
We're launching a new feature on the Watershed Post today: Letters to the Editor, which will appear as their own menu item on our menu bar above. Our first letter is from Ron Urban, who wrote us in response to a looming deadline facing the Delaware River... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:22 pm
This just in from the Town of Shandaken's Facebook page:
Verizon contacts have informed the Town that Service in the 254 exchange and a portion of the 688 exchange (approx. West of Rte.42) will remain without service until approximately 12 Noon... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:13 pm
As we reported earlier this morning, some Delaware County residents in the 845 area code are unable to reach 911 today, in the wake of a transformer explosion on a utility pole in Shandaken early this morning. (And some Ulster County residents are without... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 11:24 am
Uncle Rock, the rockstar alterego of Phoenicia resident Robert Warren, played some of his first shows at the Phoenicia Library. It's not suprising that in the library's hour of need, he wants to give back.
Uncle Rock: Photo by Franco VogtWarren and his... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 10:29 am
A notice on the Onteora Central School District's website says that a power outage has moved Phoenicia Elementary classes to the high school, but that school elections will still be held at the school this afternoon:
Power is out at Phoenicia Elementary.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 10:21 am
As of 8 A.M., and continuing through tomorrow evening, a flood watch is in effect over eastern New York and western New England. A warning message from NY-Alert says that locally, Ulster, Greene and Schoharie counties should watch out for heavy rainfall... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 9:31 am
According to NY-Alert, if you live in the 845 area code in Delaware County, you might not be able to reach police and fire officials using 911 this morning. The alert advises people with emergencies to go physically to the nearest fire station:*
Due to a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 8:32 pm
On Tuesday, May 17, New Yorkers from Buffalo to the Bronx are voting in school elections -- or, at least, some of them are. (Turnout for school budget elections is usually abysmally low. We're hoping local voters will buck the trend tomorrow.)
This year... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 6:23 pm
A man whose body was pulled from the Hudson River last Friday has tentatively been identified as missing 27-year-old Troy resident Matthew Rafferty, the Troy Record reports:
Troy Police Capt. John Cooney said that Rafferty’s family has been notified of... Read more
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