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By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 9, 2013 - 3:07 pm
Above: Video from the Shandaken town board meeting on Monday, March 4. A brief discussion of the scenic byway project and a vote on the resolution begins around 21:00. For more video of this and other town meetings, see the Town of Shandaken's YouTube... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 - 4:53 pm
Above: Faintly, the Fabulous Beekman boys' squee-worthy wee kid -- they have been blogging photos of things around their house that she is smaller than. Photo used by permission.
There's been a barnyard baby boom going on and we're using it as a) a sure... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 - 10:55 am
Above: Schenectady Pipe Band marching in Delhi's St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2011. Photo from the event's Facebook page.
‘Tis the season of the color green and wee mischievous creatures. It’s easy to see why celebrating St. Patrick, Irish-American style,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 - 9:15 am
Schools are closed across the Catskills this Friday morning, and it looks like a snow globe out there. The Hudson Valley Weather Facebook page reports that the snowfall ranges from 1 to 10 inches deep across the region.
We want proof! Share your snow... Read more
By Jason Dole on Thursday, Mar. 7, 2013 - 8:30 pm
Top: John Lopez works in the kitchen of J&K North Main Bakery. He is looking for a bigger space to move into. Photo by Jason Dole.
Above: A slideshow of photos from Sullivan County bakeries.
On New Year's Eve, Livingston Manor’s Flour Power Bakery,... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Mar. 7, 2013 - 12:36 pm
After a week of forecasts that seemed more like shots in the dark than science, the National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for the entire reading area. NWS Binghamton has advisories for Delaware, Sullivan and Otsego counties, while... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Mar. 7, 2013 - 10:45 am
The Wild Roses, a belly dance troupe from West Taghkanic who will perform Saturday night at the Woodstock Goddess Fest. Photo by Todd Hyson; from Goddess Fest's Facebook page.
Come bask in the energy of the Great Mother this weekend at the Colony Café in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2013 - 9:02 pm
Above: Screenshot of a video from a Wednesday morning press conference by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and fellow Assembly Democrats on a bill that, if passed into law, will place a two-year moratorium on fracking in New York State. Source: The Albany... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2013 - 4:53 pm
Above: The location of the new cell phone tower in Arkville. Screenshot from SBA Communications' SBA Sites mapping tool.
A new cellphone tower in Arkville is live and broadcasting Verizon 4G LTE service across the village of Margaretville and the rest of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2013 - 10:41 am
A 47-year-old Walton man was arrested on Tuesday morning at the scene of a one-car accident on County Route 14 in Franklin, when Delaware County sheriff's deputies found drugs and weapons in the car he was driving.
Rafael Macken was charged with driving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 - 9:51 pm
Utility poles near Binghamton. Photo by Flickr user Enoch Ross; photo published under Creative Commons license.
Rural utility companies call it the "last mile problem": Even in places where there is a network nearby that carries data, the final... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 - 1:59 pm
The latest local casualty of the crisis in the newspaper industry: Jobs and wages at the Kingston-based Daily Freeman, whose corporate parent, the Journal Register Company (JRC), is emerging from bankruptcy for the second time in four years.
In February,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 - 10:08 am
While driving near the Pepacton Reservoir last weekend, reader Lillian Browne snapped the photo above. She writes:
"I was traveling along 206 around the Pepacton Reservoir...and this majestic beauty swooped down in front of me -- two of these beautiful... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 4, 2013 - 2:29 pm
On Saturday evening, March 2, a truck towing an empty snowmobile trailer on State Route 8 in Deposit struck and killed a woman. The truck's driver is charged with vehicular manslaughter, according to a news release from the New York State Police.
The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 4, 2013 - 11:11 am
In a near-unanimous vote, the Delaware County Board of Supervisors voted on Wednesday, February 27 to pass a resolution opposing the SAFE Act, New York State's new gun control law.
The resolution that was passed (embedded below) is a slightly different... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 4, 2013 - 7:58 am
State police say they caught two burglars red-handed in the process of stealing copper piping, electronics and tools from a house on Potter Mountain Road in Gilboa early Friday morning.
According to a news release from the New York State Police, troopers... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 2, 2013 - 10:10 am
Greene County sheriff Greg Seeley addressed a group of pro-gun activists at a videogame store in Catskill last week, along with Congressman Chris Gibson and New York State Assemblyman Pete Lopez.
The Daily Mail's W.T. Eckert reports that Seeley told the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 1, 2013 - 4:25 pm
Above: The Empire State Railway Museum in Phoenicia on September 5, 2011, a week after Irene flooding damaged the building and grounds. Photo by Flickr user fixbuffalo; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group.
Over a year and a half since the Irene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 1, 2013 - 11:40 am
Rural enough for ya? Photo of dirt road in the Delaware County town of Meredith by Flickr user somervillebikes; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group.
A newly-released report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends a change in the agency'... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 1, 2013 - 10:30 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is looking for two men who broke into an Esopus home on Wednesday evening, pistol-whipped an occupant of the house, robbed the house, and fled on foot.
The home invasion occurred around 7:30pm at Lampman Avenue in Port... Read more
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