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By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:27 am
Dear fellow residents of the Hudson Valley, New York State, and beyond,
While our so-called moratorium on fracking continues, the gas industry is already industrializing rural New York State.
Forests are now being clear-cut to pave the way for hundreds of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 9, 2013 - 2:26 pm
Above: The Middletown Town Hall and court building. Photo via Google Street View.
Can a judge be fair in a town where everyone knows everyone else? The recent dismissal of a small-town judge by a state commission shows that even in the tiniest towns,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 8, 2013 - 10:29 am
In a five-way race for two open seats on the New Paltz Village Board on Tuesday, voters elected Tom Rocco and Rebecca Rotzler.
Rocco got 335 votes and Rotzler 252, giving them a comfortable margin over Don Kerr (180), Jonathan Cohen (124) and Radi Serdah... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 7, 2013 - 11:33 am
Opening day at the New York Safety Track: A track day for the members of the Driving Force Club. Photo from NYST's Facebook page.
When is a racetrack not a racetrack? When it's a "motorcycle training facility" -- a phrase used to describe a new 2.1-mile... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 7, 2013 - 11:24 am
Above: [From left to right] Lindsay Day, Issis Orrego, Alana Moskowitz, and Chelsea Shultis celebrate after taking a 3rd place ribbon at the 31st Olympics of the Visual Arts in Saratoga Springs, NY on April 23. All four are students at Margaretville... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 6, 2013 - 9:24 am
David Krajicek holds up living proof of a fine day on the river. Photo by Dan Plummer; used with permission.
Looks like local crime-writing bluesman David Krajicek and river advocate Dan Plummer had a lucky day on the East Branch near Hancock over the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 6, 2013 - 8:45 am
Two 20-year-old Schoharie men have been arrested in an investigation into two burglaries in the town, one of which targeted a house owned by New York State Assemblyman Pete Lopez.
State police arrested Connor Casabonne and Bryan Lemoine, both residents... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 6, 2013 - 8:14 am
A body was pulled from the Delaware River on Saturday afternoon, the Times Herald-Record reports.
Around 3pm, the paper reports, state police and local officials responded to a call of a body floating in the water, and recovered the body from the river... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, May. 5, 2013 - 10:24 pm
A hiker was seriously injured in a fall on the Tanbark Trail in Phoenicia on Sunday afternoon.
Around 3pm Sunday, Shandaken police and first responders received a call that a hiker had fallen down a cliff roughly 40 feet high, according to Shandaken... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 5:36 pm
Photo by Julia Reischel.
The banner says it all: The CVS on Bridge Street in Margaretville is once again open for business. The pharmacy reopened on Friday, with a gloriously sunny May day to mark the occasion.
It's been almost two years after the Irene... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 11:29 am
Regarding the resurrected Belleayre Resort, it doesn't take a nobel prize in economics to see the flaws in the developer's business model and projections. Yes, Belleayre needs more lodging options but timeshares? They are not exactly the hottest... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 11:26 am
Dear Editor:
Last week the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released documents for review of the proposed Crossroads resort and plans for expansion at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center (http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/90370.html).
The... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 11:22 am
To the Ulster County Legislature,
As merchants in Woodstock, NY, we are acutely aware of how important tourism is for the local economy. We have been fortunate to be a tourist destination for many years. At this moment, we are seeing many other local... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 11:18 am
Dear Editor:
I'm a 71 year old survivor of thyroid cancer.
Two years ago I joined 500 people bicycle from Buffalo to Albany in eight days. Along the way we patronized restaurants, discovered villages and historic sites and found places we would return to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 10:34 am
Coming soon to a whiskey near you: Mash from Ommegang's Hennepin ale. Photo from the Ommegang website.
The up-and-coming Catskill Distilling Company in Bethel has struck a deal with Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown to make Catskill whiskey with Ommegang... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 10:03 pm
A spill that shut down a stretch of Route 28 and Ohayo Mountain Road for hours on Tuesday afternoon was messy, but not dangerous, officials say.
The spill occurred sometime before on Tuesday, when a tractor-trailer traveling in West Hurley began leaking... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 9:25 pm
Update, Friday, 5/3/2013: The body of the pilot, 72-year-old Copake resident Michael B. Braunstein, was recovered by divers on Friday, about 24 hours after the plane crashed.
A small plane crashed into the Hudson River between Greene and Columbia Counties... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 11:41 am
Two upstate New York towns that faced lawsuits over their gas drilling bans have won in appeals court, delivering a major victory to proponents of town "home rule."
The towns of Dryden and Middlefield faced separate lawsuits seeking to overturn their... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 10:17 am
It's not exactly Watergate, but this hot scoop by the Daily Freeman is a must-read.
It seems Jeremy Blaber, former Kingston parking enforcement officer (and erstwhile Ulster County politics blogger) brought a tape recorder to a meeting with Kingston mayor... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 9:27 am
A newshound. Photo of "Carson the Newshound" by Flickr user jseattle.
Ever wonder how to get us here at Watershed Post HQ to write about your events and press releases?
Today in Stamford, both Lissa and I will be joining a panel of editors, publishers,... Read more
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