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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011 - 1:05 pm
Photo of organic seed packets by Flickr user LollyKnit.
Reuters reports that the Public Patent Foundation, a nonprofit organization located at Cardozo School of Law and dedicated to preserving "freedom in the patent system," has filed suit against the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011 - 10:13 am
For the first time in five years, Albany has gotten its act together and passed a budget on time -- indeed, a day early.
That's the good news. The bad news? With all the cuts required to close a $10 billion budget gap, state-run services are being slashed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 4:49 pm
Watershed Post reader Sarah Mesh found evidence of spring, in defiance of the forecasts of snow for tomorrow, in Delhi last Saturday. (We spotted crocuses in Andes two weeks ago. But it wasn't enough to keep the snows away.)
If you'd like to share a photo... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 4:36 pm
The Times-Union reports:
Investigators are examining the death of a 20-year-old State University of New York at Cobleskill student found in an apartment on Tuesday, village police said.
Police were called to the Hammerstone Village Apartments at 5:21 p.m... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 3:49 pm
This just in from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: A Seaford man drove into a creek in Hamden and flipped his car, after failing to stop at an intersection. Here's the press release:
On 3/19/2011 Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies investigated a one... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 3:28 pm
Kingston Citizens reports that Brooklyn-on-the-Hudson our fair city to the east is dipping a toe into the waters of social media, and has gotten a Twitter account.
Good news! The city of Kingston is finally working to access social media outlets to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 2:11 pm
The Times Herald-Record is reporting that teams of federal and Sullivan County officials have made one of the biggest marijuana busts in the county's history: 7,000 marijuana plants, a haul worth about $10 million.
"We believe it will be a record,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 12:30 pm
We're debuting something new today: Facebook comments. Instead of our old system, which let people choose between anonymous commenting and registering for a username on our site, we're now asking commenters to use their Facebook identities to post... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 12:25 pm
According to the Ellenville Central School District's website, a lit cigarette caused a fire in the basement of the High School and smoke damage throughout the school building last night.
A previous post on the school's website this morning, which has... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 10:15 am
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced yesterday that she had been named chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security. From the press release (via the Catskill Chronicle):
Senator Gillibrand will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 8:45 am
Lee Hoiby, a reclusive Catskills-loving composer who adapted one of Tennessee Williams' plays into an opera, died yesterday, according to the Times Herald-Record:
Lee Hoiby, a Sullivan County-based composer whose operas were performed everywhere from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 3:30 pm
Black bear cub. Photo by Alan Vernon, via Flickr.
According to the New York State Department of Conservation's 2010 hunting numbers for bear and deer, which were released yesterday, the Catskills are the place to go if you're hunting black bear. Three... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 1:08 pm
Sullivan County farmer Bob Franklin has been making headlines lately -- for expanding his dairy operation at a time when many dairy farmers are in dire straits. (And for getting a visit from Congressman Maurice Hinchey, seen above admiring one of Franklin... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 12:32 pm
The Daily Mail has the details:
A Hunter-Tannersville Central School District school bus maintenance supervisor was charged with having sexual relations with an underage student.
Timothy B. Tait, 52, of Tannersville had a court appearance adjourned... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 11:00 am
The Daily Freeman is reporting that a car ran head-on into a tractor-trailer on Rte. 28 yesterday afternoon in the town of Ulster. The paper reports that a 65-year-old man heading westbound drifted into the oncoming lane and caused the accident. The man... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 10:06 am
In the wake of a merger with Community Bank System, a banking company based near Syracuse, the Oneonta-based Wilber National Bank has announced they're making 63 layoffs. The Daily Star reports:
Monday's announcement "slammed" the dedicated employees of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 8:23 am
Amazing story in the Freeman today about Antonio Flores-Lobos, the editor of the Daily Freeman's Spanish publication Las Noticias, who stopped a suicidal woman on the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge on Friday just as she was about to jump.
The story is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 28, 2011 - 4:34 pm
Continuing a trend of loosening its tight grip on access to boating on its Catskill reservoirs, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is co-sponsoring a triathlon on the Cannonsville Reservor this June, in what tourism organizers hope... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 28, 2011 - 1:29 pm
For most of us, the arrival of the first buds of early spring is a welcome sign that winter's on its way out. For an ecologist, every unfolding blossom is a data point. By making careful records of when each plant begins to bloom, scientists hope to paint... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 28, 2011 - 1:14 pm
The Daily Star, which was one of the sponsors of Saturday's Regional Spelling Bee, reports that 12-year-old Tatum Kiff from Sidney Central School won a trip to Washington, DC. She'll compete against other kids from across the country in the Scripps... Read more
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