Delaware County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011 - 2:55 pm
According to Ulster County Emergency Communications./Emergency Management Directory Arthur Snyder, there will be rain moving through the Catskills tonight, and nobody really know how much. From his email earlier today:
Special attention to all those... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011 - 2:07 pm
From the Middletown Flood Recovery website:
Margaretville Central WILL NOT OPEN for students on Wednesday September 7th as previously scheduled. (Updated):
MCS will delay the opening of school to students until Tuesday September 13th.
Faculty is to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 2:38 pm
Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo visited flood-ravaged Margaretville, for the third time since flooding began. A week ago, Cuomo and his aides were snapping cell phone pictures from his SUV while it forged through several feet of water in downtown... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 6:20 am
20-year-old Brett Barnett of Stamford was struck by a car and killed early yesterday morning, while lying in the road on Route 10 in the town of Harpersfield. From the Press & Sun Bulletin:
Brett A. Barnett, 20, of Stamford, was lying on Route 10 in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 3:48 pm
Lissa Harris was in Margaretville this morning and stopped in at the Catskill Mountain Christian Center in time to catch their first Sunday service post-Irene. The pews were packed with flood relief volunteers, and the spirit to rebuild and carry through... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 10:20 pm
Above: Judy Sugar's steps have been found! Photo by Judy Sugar.
Things have been looking up in Fleischmanns since the worst of last week's flooding, according to Paula DeSimone, who sent us an update about the village on Thursday:
Fleischmanns is moving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 8:36 pm
This just in from Diane Galusha, public information officer for the town of Middletown (which contains the villages/hamlets of Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns, New Kingston and Halcottsville): Governor Andrew Cuomo is coming to town. Again.
Galusha... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:57 pm
Yesterday, the first of many Disaster Recovery Centers slated to open in New York State as a result of Hurricane Irene’s fury began operating at Belleyre Ski Center in Highmount, Ulster County. Today, a second Disaster Recovery Center opened in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:05 pm
This just in from Diane Galusha, the newly-minted Middletown Information Officer. The town of Middletown and its flood-ravaged hamlets and villages (Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns) has a new source for up-to-date, official information: a Middletown... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 8:58 pm
Delaware County Human Services has put together a fleet of free shuttle buses that will ferry hurricane victims to and from the Delhi Price Chopper, the Oneonta Wal-Mart, and the Disaster Assistance Center on Belleayre Mountain starting tomorrow. Here's... Read more
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