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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012 - 8:34 am
With 102,023 votes, Schoharie High School has won the Community Choice Award in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Grant Competition!
School officials announced the good news at an assembly held on Wednesday, March 14. (See photo at left, from the Schoharie... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 11:52 am
Photo by Flickr user Dennis Wilkinson, who baked all these pies himself yesterday, and is entering two of them in this year's Serious Eats Pi Day baking competition. Published under Creative Commons license.
Feel like celebrating? It might be the glorious... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 12, 2012 - 9:29 am
Just a reminder: Today is the final day to vote in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Grant Competition. As I type, Schoharie High School is in the lead with 98159 votes. Vote by midnight tonight to help Schoharie students win! Our original Feb. 9 story about... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 10, 2012 - 11:18 pm
Photo by Flickr user Dave Stokes. Published under Creative Commons license.
Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour -- Daylight Saving Time starts at 2am on Sunday, March 11.
Readers: Are you looking forward to that extra hour of light in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 2:22 pm
Above: A video about Schoharie County after the devastating Irene and Lee floods, filmed by Schoharie Recovery. Schoharie Recovery is one of the partners in a regional recovery effort called SALT (Schoharie Area Long Term).
Starting Monday, March 12,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 - 3:02 pm
Above: FEMA External Affairs Interns inspect the recovery effort in Prattsville on Feb. 22, 2012. Photo by Hans Pennink.
Wednesday is the deadline for New York State towns and counties to submit lists of properties for a federal buyout program.
Under the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 - 10:01 am
Above: WBNG-TV forecast of a winter storm headed for the Northeast later this week.
Looks like Old Man Winter's finally woken up at last: A big snowstorm is barreling towards us from the Midwest, and will start dumping some sleet and snow on upstate New... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 - 8:30 pm
In recent weeks, two different companies have publicly discussed plans for natural gas pipelines that would cross through the Leatherstocking region and northern Catskills in upstate New York. The prospect of a major new natural gas pipeline in the region... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 3:30 pm
Across northern Schoharie County, mysterious BB-gun shooters are taking aim at cars and trucks, and no windshield is safe.
Despite the January arrest of four men in connection with the incidents, the BB shootings go on, the Times Journal reports:
State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 2:13 pm
Photo of barn, fence and field in Kiamesha Lake by Catskills Photography. Shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group.
The Obama administration announced three new initiatives to benefit the rural economy, including a $15 million "Rural Jobs Accelerator"... Read more
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