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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 5:24 pm
From the governor's office: Residents of Schoharie Valley and Catskills should be on alert tonight for more rain. Specific warnings are made for western Delaware County, particularly Unadilla -- see the highlighted areas in bold:
Governor Cuomo Orders... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 12:58 pm
We'll be doing another special flooding edition of our radio show at 1pm today. Listen live by clicking here.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 18, 2011 - 11:25 am
J.J. Pavese, erstwhile Democratic candidate for District 9's seat in the Sullivan County legislature, announced on Friday that he's dropped out of the race after failing to gather enough signatures to appear on the November ballot. If he had been able to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 12:20 pm
They vacation up in the Catskills.
Yesterday, the New York Post ran a story about a "horse hotel" in Monticello that caters specifically to Central Park carriage horses, who retire to the upstate farm for their mandatory 5-week vacations. Er, make that "... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 9:16 am
Gunshots were exchanged during a fight last night on Broadway in Monticello, scattering nearby pedestrians, says the Times Herald-Record:
The fight broke out around 7 p.m. near the intersection of west Broadway and Forestburgh Road. One of the men... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011 - 9:01 am
Gary Mayer's Potshots cartoon about casinos in Bridgeville, Sullivan County.
A nit-picky rule for Indian casinos was thrown out the window yesterday, when the federal government announced that it will no longer reject potential Indian casino projects for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 10, 2011 - 12:48 pm
Governor Andrew Cuomo burying Sullivan County casino dreams. Illustration by Gary Mayer.
After an ambitious plan to put a casino in town of Thompson in Sullivan County crashed and burned earlier this year (see image above), a new casino dream is rising in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 - 5:32 pm
Hunters aren't a protected minority just because they carry guns, a state appeals court ruled yesterday in a case involving a Sullivan County hunter who allegedly shot another hunter in 2009.
The case involves a hunter named Robert Robar who, according... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 25, 2011 - 8:54 am
Victor Whitman at the Times Herald-Record reports this morning that a onetime casino investor who sold land in Bridgeville to the Seneca Nation for an ill-fated casino project wants both his land back and $15 million in damages. Charles Petri of 3D... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 - 11:11 am
It's official: Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Interior rejected the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans' application for approval to build a resort casino in a hamlet in Sullivan County.
The Times Herald-Record has the story:
The Department of... Read more
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