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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 - 11:26 am
Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced more stops on his administration's ongoing tour of flood-damaged communities in upstate New York. This afternoon, Environmental Facilities Corporation CEO Matthew Driscoll will visit Sidney and Margaretville... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 - 11:01 am
Antlers: Too small (top) and large enough to kill (bottom): DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is expanding its antler-restriction program for deer hunting into a larger portion of the Catskills, in a bid to allow more young... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 - 9:42 am
FEMA will be running a mobile disaster recovery center in Cobleskill from Friday, October 21 through Monday, October 24, from 8am to 8pm each day. A press release from the agency: A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC) will open for four days in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 - 11:54 am
Pink Pearl apple at Montgomery Place Orchards, an orchard and cidery in Red Hook, NY on the Cider Route. Photo from Montgomery Place's website. The Apple Project, a scion of local farm advocacy group Glynwood, is sparking a revival of old-school... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 - 4:43 am
Above: Rte. 30 in Schoharie County the morning after flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Flickr user aimlessbird, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool. This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with Elizabeth Zicari, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 10:38 am
A video by food.curated showing damage to Maple Downs Farm, a dairy farm in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh that was devastated by the recent floods. On Monday, October 17, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) and the New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 - 12:21 pm
Thanks to the New York State DOT for ensuring that our local tourist attractions are well-marked. For instance, this sign on Route 28 in Shandaken, which appears to depict a hardy mountaineer skiing directly uphill on a 60-degree slope. (Or perhaps our... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 - 3:04 pm
Above: A house in Schoharie County after the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by fixbuffalo, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool. The Associated Press ran an in-depth feature story about flood victims mired in red tape in Greene and Schoharie... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 2:54 pm
Winter is icumen in. Photo of frost on leaves by Flickr user s.alt. Published under Creative Commons license. This year, a federal program that one in five New York State households rely on to help pay their winter heating bills is likely to face drastic... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 9:37 am
Above: A photographic tour of the enormous apple cider press at the Hubbell homestead. Click on the slideshow to open the the tour in a separate window. Photos by Julia Reischel. It’s a good year for apples in the Catskills. Call it the silver lining of... Read more

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