Delaware County
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 - 2:10 pm
Nighttime photo of white-tailed deer by Flickr user Ian T. Edwards. Published under Creative Commons license.
Four young Delaware County hunters have been arrested and charged with 85 violations of environmental conservation law that range from deer... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 - 3:16 pm
A race between Republican incumbent Gilbert Close and Democratic challenger Bonnie Seegmiller for a seat on Colchester's town council was too close to call following last Tuesday's election. In an unofficial machine count of the ballots cast at the polls... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 - 1:22 pm
We're continuing our WP class series this Monday, November 19, with a 90-minute workshop on how to use Google's powerful advertising program to promote your business on any budget. The class will begin at 5:30pm on Monday at the Delhi E-Center and run... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 - 1:23 am
Above: The Holy Innocents Church in Halcottsville. Photo courtesy of Bishop Francisco Betancourt.
A public outcry has erupted in a tight-knit Catskills community over a local interfaith council's reluctance to allow an independent Catholic church to join... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 3:08 pm
The Binnekill Business Council (formerly ShopMargaretville) is organizing a toy drive to help re-stock the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation warehouse in Brooklyn, which lost 1,000 toys to Sandy floodwaters. Brand new toys are being accepted at locations... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 - 11:24 am
Photo: An upstate DEP crew works to pump out Manhattan's Battery Underpass, which was submerged under 12 feet of Sandy floodwaters at the height of the storm surge. Photo dated Nov. 1, courtesy of NYC DEP.
Since Sandy made landfall, local firefighters,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 5:39 pm
Above: A pile of surplus donated clothing abandoned in a parking lot in Staten Island one week after Hurricane Sandy. Source: NY1's November 5 report, "Staten Island Donation Centers Taking In More Than They Can Give Out."
In the wake of a disaster like... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 1:37 pm
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Delaware County sheriff's deputies responded to a call in the village of Franklin and found a man and a woman dead inside a home.
Investigator Karl Vagts of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office said that their... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Above: Detail from a National Weather Service weather forecast map issued at 3:53 am today. Source: NWS Binghamton website.
Forecasters are tracking a nor'easter that looks likely to dump snow and sleet across a wide swath of the northeastern U.S.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 - 10:48 am
The votes are in -- and although a few races still hang in the balance, most of the big contests were settled decisively.
Incumbents across the region mostly fared well. Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand trounced Republican challenger Wendy Long... Read more
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