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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 8:30 pm
Water in the Schoharie Creek hit 14.8 feet this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service's hydrograph. Main St. and Rte. 23 flood when the river hits 14 feet, according to NWS records. The National Weather Service issued an alert:
THE FLOOD... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 7:58 pm
Above: Main Street, Phoenicia around 6pm, December 1. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
11:15pm update: Menla Mountain's John Lundin took some great photos this afternoon of flooding at the retreat center. Below: A normally-placid dam spillway rages. (Posted with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 7:39 pm
A trained weather spotter reporting to the National Weather Service and the good folks at WGXC saw some high water covering Rte. 145 in Cairo this afternoon, at its intersection wtih Rte. 23.
From the weather spotter at 3:06pm, via NWS's Storm Summary... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 6:24 pm
The usual flooding suspects are at it again today as four inches of rain has pummeled the Catskills. Phoenicia is flooded and the town of Shandaken has declared a state of emergency, and the West Branch of the Delaware is expected to flood tonight in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 6:10 pm
*Update, 11pm: We hear from Jeremy Blaber, of all people, that as of 8pm, 28 was opened to one lane of traffic in alternating directions.
We noted this fact in the big flood post we've been updating all day, but we thought it might be getting buried under... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 5:00 pm
In Denning, Jennifer Grimes reports (with video!) that Sawmill Road has become impassable:
The flood waters coming off the Neversink and crossing Sawmill were already too deep for my Audi. But renters staying at The Lodge, hunters up for the week, came to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 5:00 pm
9:40pm update: The Tremperskill is not flooding. At the point where it passes over Main Street, it's only halfway up its banks.
In Andes, Little Dingle Hill Road is closed due to flooding. Via NY-ALERT.
What are you seeing out there? Email us reports and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 12:51 pm
A film crew from WTEN Albany and a photographer from the Catskill Moutain News were on hand on Monday in Arkille as over 100 people gathered to protest the Department of Environmental Protection's layoffs at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center.
The Daily Star... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 11:27 am
*Update: Route 30 in Roxbury is now open again. A tweet from WIOX around 11:45 am:
Route 30 Reopens between Roxbury and Grand Gorge, use caution while traveling, with High winds and rain thru out the region.
From 511NY a few minutes ago:
NYSDOT: closed,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 9:32 am
*Note: This post's been updated (and the headline changed as well). Read the whole thing to hear the DEP's response to accusations that they're a Kafkaesque bureaucracy of driftwood-hoarders. Maybe there's a happy ending to this sad little story after all... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 - 4:34 pm
You've really got to watch your step in the mountains during hunting season. Just ask Greene County man Robert Warrings -- who, it is alleged, was shot at several times by a local sheriff's officer while tracking a bear. The Daily Mail reports:
The state... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 - 2:37 pm
So says the National Weather Service, which has issued a flood watch for much of New York State, including Sullivan, Delaware, and Otsego counties. The NWS office in Binghamton had special warnings for the Catskills, and anyone living near the West Branch... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 - 9:59 am
During a special session last night, the New York State Assembly passed a moratorium on issuing new permits for natural gas drilling by hydraulic fracturing (A11443B). Since the Senate has already passed its companion bill, S8129B, the measure now heads... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 - 8:50 am
Peter Manning, the Regional Planner for the Catskills Center for Conservation and Development, has sent us some more details on those Smart Growth grants that were announced yesterday. (He stresses that the plans for the money, which were first drafted... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 - 3:49 pm
"A November Brown Catskills," by Dennis Schvejda. Posted to the Watershed Post Flickr group.
The Catskills Center for Conservation and Development has good news for Andes, Olive, Shandaken, Arkville, Margaretville, Middletown, Fleischmanns, and the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 - 11:21 am
Accord resident Kevin Chronister, 46, has been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly trying to burn a 9-year-old with a lit cigarette. A press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Deputies from the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 - 11:11 am
The Daily Star has the details.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 - 10:38 am
This Thursday evening, December 2, the Davenport Firehouse will host a panel on the risks of natural gas drilling, open to residents of Delaware County and surrounding areas. Speaking at the event will be:
-Lou Allstadt, former executive VP of Mobil Oil... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 - 12:47 pm
Freshly groomed trails on Belleayre Mountain yesterday. Photo from the Belleayre Mountain website.
One Catskills ski resort opened for business this weekend, and two more -- Windham Mountain and Hunter Mountain -- expect to have their opening days this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 - 9:54 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in New... Read more
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