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By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 - 9:34 am
Millstones used to be critical to America's food chain. Until the late 1800s, when steel rollers began to take over the job, flour was made by grinding grain with heavy millstones turned by water or wind power. But before you could grind the grain, you... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 - 9:54 pm
At last: Honest-to-God local radio in Roxbury.
As all of the final touches are getting done, the radio station plans on starting its testing in May with the hopes of filling a full schedule of programming but Labor Day.
The station's looking for... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 - 9:41 pm
The DIY Network just announced that for 2010, Charles Petersheim of Catskill Farms is the builder on Blog Cabin, a DIY Network show that "asks Internet users to vote on the design features for a real cabin getaway." The DIY Network has some great photos... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 - 9:21 pm
Being on the NYC bus route has its perks. Margaretville had a big story today in offManhattan, a site that features "car-free green getaways" within striking distance of the city.
When the warmer winds of March begin to wind their way around the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 - 5:57 pm
Greene County racehorse owner Ernie Paragallo was found guilty today on 33 counts of animal cruelty, a year after a raid on his farm found 177 sick and starving horses. He faces up to two years in prison and $33,000 in fines--for comparison, that's less... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 - 5:05 pm
Is there some kind of terrible recession going on in the creative industry? It seems like the anti-budget-cut campaigns coming out of New York State's usually-staid nonprofit sector are getting awfully clever lately.
From the Healthcare Association of New... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 - 1:25 pm
Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen reports from a recent presentation by local developer Dean Gitter on the ever-changing plans for the Belleayre Resort.
After 11 years and 100 alterations to the project, you'd think the latest version would be a slam-... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 - 6:23 pm
Spectators along the Rondout Creek got a rare glimpse of an Arctic harp seal yesterday. The Daily Freeman has the story, with video.
Steve Noble, an environmental educator for the city Parks and Recreation Department, said the seal, which spent most of... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 - 3:43 pm
Today's New York Post profiles three Catskill mountains--Hunter, Windham and Plattekill--and exhorts New Yorkers to keep hitting the slopes til Easter. (And don't forget Belleayre!)
All the late-season snow has been a literal windfall for skiers. Check... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 - 10:44 am
A panel discussion of natural-gas drilling at SUNY New Paltz last night drew several hundred people, the Times Herald-Record reports.
Those against it — including New York City and most of the crowd of some 200 Monday night — again said drilling, or... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 8, 2010 - 5:46 pm
Catskills tsunami: A couple of feet of snow in late winter, followed by heavy rain. Anybody who was in the Margaretville area in 1996 can attest to the awesome might of a little poorly-timed rain. (Fourteen years ago, I was standing on my mother's front... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 8, 2010 - 12:01 pm
A proposed 355-mile power line from Canada to New York City--much of it buried in the PCB-laced muck of the Hudson River--will be the topic of a developer presentation tomorrow, at 6pm at the Holiday Inn at 300 Broadway in Albany.
Taghkanic resident Sam... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Mar. 7, 2010 - 10:56 pm
Top honors to Roxbury's Roger Ross Williams for Best Documentary Short.
Williams and the film's producer, Elinor Burkett, had a bit of a Kanye West moment on stage.
Here's the acceptance speech Williams planned to make.
Update: Salon gets the scoop behind... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Mar. 7, 2010 - 6:38 pm
In a little over an hour, Roxbury resident Roger Ross Williams will find out if he's taking home an Oscar. The director and his crew are up for their film "Music By Prudence," a short documentary about a severely disabled Zimbabwean singer-songwriter.... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 - 2:56 pm
Got a bachelor's degree in science? Want to fight invasive species in the New York City watershed? Now's your chance.
Duties include identifying and mapping invasive forest insect and plant occurrences, detecting occurrences that are moving into the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 - 2:41 pm
Dick May at Seeing Greene bemoans Greene County's dismal ranking in a recent list of New York State counties ranked by health: 59 out of 62.
GreeneLand’s score on health “factors” got pushed down chiefly by the habits and traits of its inhabitants, rather... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 - 1:51 pm
New York is going blue and gold again after all. Sort of.
Under a revised license plate plan, the Daily Mail says, New Yorkers will be issued blue-and-gold plates for new vehicles come April 1, but can keep their old white Liberty license plates when... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 - 12:53 pm
Traditionally, No. 6 is the Iron Anniversary. Last weekend marked the sixth anniversary of the gay weddings in New Paltz, and the mood was appropriately grim for the couples joining former mayor Jason West to mark the occasion.
As a member of one of the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 4, 2010 - 11:36 pm
New York Times jazz critic Nate Chinen recently spent an evening at the Falcon, an Ulster County venue he describes as an "unlikely jazz haven."
I began hearing about the Falcon four or five years ago, from musicians who had played there. It sounded like... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 4, 2010 - 3:58 pm
Realtor Jennifer Grimes just got her power back on after a week of no electricity--and now the phone's out. Wait, now the power's out again, too. Rats.
Seems a tree fell down behind Brooks’ Chestnut Woods and broke a phone pole. WIll investigate (and... Read more
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