Delaware County
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 - 2:19 pm
The Mountain Eagle's Rosie Cunningham penned a thoughtful article yesterday about last week's news that Delaware County is declining to renew the contract of its Stop DWI coodinator, Lisa Barrows.
Notably, Cunningham includes several statements from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 - 3:33 pm
The New York State Police are reporting that two Hancock men, 45-year-old John T. Gurnick and 31-year-old James P. Santicola, were arrested last Thursday in Hancock for allegedly posessing crack cocaine, an illegal handgun, marijuana, marijuana... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 - 3:22 pm
Who could have guessed, when the little Delaware County town of Sidney was being painted as a hotbed of bigotry on Comedy Central and MSNBC a couple of months ago, that the town would end up being nationally singled out as an object lesson on how to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 - 2:46 pm
A press release issued today by the Delaware Sheriff's Department reports that the county responded to two car accidents on Friday. The release:
December 10, 2010
Sheriff's Deputies investigated a 2 car property damage accident on State 10 in the hamlet... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 - 3:58 pm
There is a truly excellent feature story in the Associated Press about Sidney today.
It's a compassionate, lengthy article by award-winning feature writer Helen O'Neill, who specializes in nuanced, well-reported portraits of towns and people struggling... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 - 9:28 pm
Lisa Barrows, the Delaware County DWI Coordinator, in front of her office door in Delhi. Photo by Julia Reischel.
This story has been updated with new information as of 12:30pm, 12/10/10. Scroll to the bottom to read the update.
Unlikely as it sounds,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 - 9:55 am
The Delaware River Basin Commission has finally issued its long-awaited draft regulations for the development of gas drilling within the river's watershed. To read the regs, which will be subject to public comment from now until March, see below:
Draft... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 12:52 pm
Snow accumulation in Davenport, Delaware County. Photo by Mike Wilkie.
Yup, it's snowing. And it will keep snowing today and tomorrow throughout the northern counties of the Catskills, according to multiple warnings and forecasts from the National... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 - 6:40 pm
Zack Grapes (as Aladdin) and Jade Litaker (as Jasmine) in the Andes Central School production of Aladdin yesterday. Photo by Joe Damone.
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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Photo of 12/2 meeting to discuss gas drilling risks held at the Davenport Firehouse, courtesy of Mike Wilkie.
This week, residents of Otsego and Delaware counties got an earful on the risks associated with a rush on horizontal gas drilling in the region.... Read more
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