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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 20, 2010 - 1:26 pm
Steve Levy and Rick Lazio, the two pols jousting to run for governor on the Republican ticket, paid a visit yesterday to the Sullivan County GOP convention. From the Times Herald-Record:
Lazio, a former four-term Congressman, and Levy, the Suffolk County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 20, 2010 - 9:23 am
The New York Times ventured as far north as Livingston Manor recently for one of their perennial second-home renovation features (a.k.a., "house porn").
The surprise? The homeowner, PR magnate Melanie Brandman, turned out to be more interesting than the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 19, 2010 - 2:39 pm
For a column published yesterday, Mike Di Paola of Bloomberg News paid a visit to a Sullivan county grandma, Alice Diehl, who helped convince Sullivan County legislators to ban gas drilling on county land.
Breathing is Political's Liz Bucar, who attended... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 19, 2010 - 8:26 am
Despite much controversy over school budgets this year -- prompting a massive campaign by the state teachers' union -- yesterday's school election results aren't too revolutionary. (See the Daily Freeman's results chart here, and the Times Herald-Record's... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 18, 2010 - 10:51 am
Old Locomotive Gets New Life
Engine 407, a 1940s-era veteran of the Long Island Railroad and the Staten Island Railway, could easily have ended up on the scrap heap, Staten Island Advance reports. Instead, the little blue engine is getting buffed... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 18, 2010 - 10:12 am
This may be the most contentious school budget year in recent memory for many districts around the Catskills region. Today's the day for voting on school budgets and school board members, across the state. Here are a few links for more information on... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 18, 2010 - 9:44 am
Even in sleepy Greene County, a lot has changed since 1997 -- the last time the county's administrative manual got an update. Yesterday, county legislators began to tackle the sticky question of what their social-networking policy should look like, the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, May. 16, 2010 - 11:03 pm
Maybe he would have spent a few years and $95 million getting rid of a stop light in Parksville. Times Herald-Record editor Barry White is sick of the endless construction:
How do you get rid of a light and grade crossing in a hamlet that has long... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 13, 2010 - 1:22 pm
Last week, Covidien, one of the largest employers in Delaware County, announced that it was making the first layoffs of its almost 20 years in the tiny village of Hobart. This week, the Daily Mail Mountain Eagle has the numbers: 90 hourly and salaried... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 13, 2010 - 12:37 pm
If you're a 16-year-old, you might want to avoid Truman's Bar in the week hours of the night. If you don't, you might end up with "serious cuts to the face." Via the Daily Freeman.
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 5:09 pm
Broadcasting live from the Rhinecliff Hotel in just a couple of hours: The inaugural webcast of Hudson Valley Green Drinks, whose members will be downing libations and talking about local sustainable food this evening. Tune in here for live "moderated... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 4:59 pm
Move over, embattled dairy farmers of New York State: It's going to be a tough year for onion and fruit growers, too. The Times Herald-Record reports:
Black Dirt onion farmer Chris Pawelski of Goshen, for example, said strong winds at the end of April... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 4:40 pm
Fed up with a plague of feral cats in his neighborhood, Robert Senor, Democrat of Ward 8, wants to limit the number of cats per house in Kingston, the Freeman reports.
The alderman envisions a limit of between three and five cats, and his legislation... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 4:30 pm
The Catskills Cyclist reports that Ulster County is looking for input on its 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan. Naturally, he's hoping bicycles get mentioned in it:
The survey is pretty cool. It allows you to check boxes for Bike/Ped issues. One... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 4:23 pm
Social-media maven (and Kingston Neighborhood Watcher) Claudia D'Arcy was a little steamed that an Ulster County conference on promoting local business via social media didn't bother to hire a local:
Now, this has absolutely nothing personal against Brian... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 4:06 pm
Catskill ex-cop Nathan Van Fleet's scheduled May 10 trial, on charges of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old girl, has been postponed, the Daily Mail reports. The reason? Van Fleet couldn't get to the hearing because he's in jail on unrelated weapons... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 12:50 pm
Yesterday, with much fanfare, the late Board of Water Supply police officer John J. Quinlan was added to the State of New York Police Officers Memorial in Albany (and also the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.) He is the "... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 12:05 pm
Trout in the Classroom from VeccVideography on Vimeo.
Local video maven Jessica Vecchione just filmed the Trout in the Classroom program in action at the Arkville Community Living Skills Center, which offers programs for people with disabilities under... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 11:39 am
Policy watchdog Environmental Advocates of New York has flunked state senators John Bonacic and Bill Larkin on environmental issues, Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record reports. It's because they both voted to kill a bill that would've allowed people in... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 12, 2010 - 11:13 am
Twenty-three Ulster County centenarians were feted by the Ulster County Office of Aging last Friday. Seems like a lot of venerable aged folks for one county, doesn't it? Apparently, whiskey has something to do with it, according to YNN Hudson Valley:
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