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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 1:30 pm
Kingston Citizens reports that there is a new foreclosure hotline in Kingston:
If you are having a problem with a neighboring foreclosed property, there is a new hotline number for property complaints that citizens should feel free to use. That number is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 11:48 am
Pina Jackson in Mercemoriam: Foofwa d'Imobilite's Tribute to Merce Cunningham, Michael Jackson and Pina Bausch
Dear readers: Please believe us when we tell you we'd never inflict a mime on you in our weekend picks if he wasn't going to be brilliant. A... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 9:50 am
A scary, official-looking letter was sent to a woman in the Bronx after she signed a petition supporting a candidate running against state senator Pedro Espada. The New York Times' City Room blog has the story:
In bold-face capital letters, it read “... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 10:15 pm
Village of Saugerties: Apparently crime-ridden enough for spy cameras, but not crime-ridden enough to need its own police department. Just five months after residents voted to abolish the village P.D., the board is now contemplating installing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 4:18 pm
Although Walker Valley in Ulster County was recently the scene of some unpleasantness about small-scale farms, it looks like Acorn Hill Farm is doing well enough to need some extra hands. The farm just posted a job listing for a capable, heavy-load-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 3:51 pm
That would be more of an honor if the press release announcing the 126 grants being awarded by the US. Department of Agriculture to boost internet service in rural areas didn't describe the recipients as 'persistent poverty counties.' Yippee.
Still, money... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 10:12 am
The New York Post has caught deposed state senator Hiram Monserrate still using his old senate parking pass. Stories like these are why God gave us tabloids:
Former state Sen. Monserrate (D-Queens) is still using his state-issued parking placard -- six... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 10:00 am
An update from the Times Herald-Record says that there are now 20 sites in Ulster County that have been infected by the emerald ash borer:
The latest sites include a tree in the Catskill Park's Forest Preserve and one about a half-mile away from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 11:53 pm
Tom Murray
Despite being allegedly caught on tape calling using the N-word in a national scandal that has already caused Cobleskill Mayor Mark Nadeau to resign, Cobleskill Town Supervisor Tom Murray doesn't see any reason to leave his job.
In a statement... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 8:02 pm
Last weekend's Tour of the Catskills cycling race, all 160 miles of it, was grueling. Especially the Horsegate section of the course:
The video above, taken during the first road stage of the race, was shot by a member of the Boston-based cycling team... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 4:15 pm
NPR had a great story about Cobleskill's how-to-be-a-butcher "meat lab" yesterday, in which it asked several of the participants why they forked over $3000 to slice flesh for a month. The answers are awesome:
Fred Beckman, who's worked in Manhattan's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 4:00 pm
When the Delaware County village of Andes voted to dissolve itself in 2002, it was the only village in the state of New York to abolish itself in years.
But nowadays, thanks to high taxes and a new law (dubbed the Empowerment Act by Attorney General... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 12:04 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a terrifying story on Saturday about the newfound emerald ash borer infestation in the Catskills. Apparently, things are far, far worse that we originally thought:
"My best guess is that there are thousands of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 9:28 am
The New York state Senate had a few surprises up its sleeve last night, and for once, they weren't about Pedro Espada.
Not only did the senators finally pass the long overdue state budget, they then quickly debated and passed Senate Bill 8129B, which bans... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 5:38 pm
The Albany press corps has just witnessed official proof that the NY Senate's atrocious antics are registering on a cosmic level. Rick Karlin of the Capitol Confidential blog describes how an Act of God interrupted the state legislature's budget... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 3:25 pm
New York state Senate majority leader Pedro Espada might have topped himself. After declaring yesterday that he would boycott today's special Senate session on the long-overdue state budget, he's reportedly heading to Albany right now, and bringing his... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 2:48 pm
Rte. 17 was covered with dead chickens early this morning. Via the Times Herald-Record.
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 12:17 pm
Image: Summer Landscape, 1869, Julie Hart Beers
Artists, if you're seeking to toil in obscurity and ensure that your work lies neglected for centuries, here's how to do it: 1. Be a woman. 2. Paint trees.
Such has been the fate of the women of the Hudson... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 11:10 am
On Sunday, a human skeleton was found in the woods in the town of Thompson, near Monticello, the Times Herald-Record reports today. Disturbingly, this is the second human skeleton found in the area this year:
It was the second human skeleton discovered in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 - 2:50 pm
From the New York Times's City Room blog:
The current record was set in 2004, when Gov. George E. Pataki and lawmakers wrangled until Aug. 11 over how to comply with a court ruling requiring the state to fix New York City schools. That put them fully... Read more
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