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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 5:00 pm
Anti-drilling documentarian Josh Fox was at the Walton Theatre last night showing his movie "Gasland" to a pretty packed house. After the showing, Fox fielded questions from the audience. In one notable answer, Fox described how he thinks gas drilling... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 3:51 pm
National rural-issues website The Daily Yonder ran an article yesterday exhorting rural businesses to form "clusters" if they want to thrive. The thrust of the story is counter-intuitive -- the author, Stuart Rosenfeld, argues that rather than competing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 3:27 pm
The Dancing Cat Distillery and Saloon, a new distillery-and-art-venue combo near Bethel Woods in Sullivan County, looks like it's going to be opening soon, according to David Knudsen, who has been eyeing its orange and "burnt raspberry" color scheme all... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 3:19 pm
Wanted by the City of Kingston police as a suspect in a sexual assault on May 27: This man, possibly named Adam.
Hat tip to Kingston Neighborhood Watch.
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 2:54 pm
It's that time of year once more: Dressler Farms in New Paltz announces the arrival of u-pick strawberry season.
PickYourOwn.org has a big list of u-pick farms in southeastern New York State, organized by county. Know of any they've missed in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 2:37 pm
Over at Goldilocks Finds Manhattan, Ulla Kjarval captures a few bonding moments between cows and calves on her father's farm, Spring Lake Farm in Meredith.
Mothers. They are important to us and on our farm we breed for mothering ability just like we do... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 2:10 pm
The Catskill Kiwi harvested her first french breakfast radishes yesterday, and she's got the photos to prove it.
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 10:57 am
Whoops.
Town Police Chief Paul Watzka said police were called to assist at the scene at 9:15 a.m. and said the road was still passable while emergency responders were hosing it off.
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 10:49 am
The recreation center at Pine Knoll Country Club in Monticello was destroyed by fire early this morning, the Times Herald-Record reports.
In other fiery Monticello news, a car caught on fire on Route 17 this morning, but it's out now.
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 5:25 pm
This one happened in West Virginia today and created a 70-foot tower of flame.
It's the second Marcellus shale blow-out in a week.
Update: The AP is also reporting a massive explosion at a natural gas pipeline in rural Texas that has left 10 people... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 3:43 pm
Vera Farmiga is in Kingston today, filming her directorial debut, "Higher Ground." (She's been scouting for talent for the movie a while now.) As the Times Herald-Record reports, the production crew is closing down a few streets entirely. That plan... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 2:42 pm
... is that those reservoirs can get bought and sold, which is what's happening right now in Sullivan County, according to the Times Herald-Record. Four reservoirs currently owned by Alliance Energy are being sold to a privately equity group with Goldman... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 2:00 pm
Summertime in upstate New York is rich in opportunities for log-pulling, pie-eating, livestock-admiring and tractor-ogling. Case in point: The Agfest in New Baltimore over the weekend. Points to the Daily Mail for their extravagant use of four-cent words... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 1:07 pm
The Ithaca Journal reports that the state's breezy projections of a windfall from the sale of "enhanced" drivers' licenses, which contain radio-transmitting RFID chips, are way, way off.
State officials once estimated revenue from new enhanced driver's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 12:32 pm
On the list of contractor horror stories, raw sewage bubbling up in your backyard and a mysteriously disappeared septic company has got to be pretty near the top. The Times Union's consumer watchdog columnist, Cathy Woodruff (a.k.a., The Advocate) has a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 2:37 am
Looks like Tom Golisano's not the only New Yorker to flee to the bosom of the Sunshine State because of taxes. Kingston business Uptown Cigar Co., facing a possible 90% excise tax on tobacco, is headed south too:
The store, which has stood at the corner... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jun. 6, 2010 - 12:29 pm
The UK-based company that makes Glenfiddich whisky, The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch whisky, and Stolichnaya vodka has bought the Hudson Valley line of spirits made by Tuthilltown Spirits. The company, William Grant & Sons, now owns a suite of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jun. 6, 2010 - 12:10 pm
17-year-old Olivia Rose Belfiglio fell to her death Friday afternoon while hiking with friends in the Devil's Kitchen in Hunter. It's the second fatality in just over a month in the area.
From the Times Herald-Record:
Authorities said none of the hikers... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jun. 5, 2010 - 2:25 pm
Photographer Joe Damone, an Andes resident, snapped a photo of the doggy scene around town last week. (Check out more of Joe's work on his Watershed Post directory page or on his website.)
If you're a photographer working in the Catskills, we'd love to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 4, 2010 - 4:45 pm
While New York State is still mulling the pros and cons of Marcellus shale gas drilling, we have a ringside seat from which to watch the drama already unfolding just over the border in Pennsylvania. Exhibit A: a massive blowout last night at a... Read more
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