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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 - 12:52 pm
A photo of a Catskills streambank post-Irene, from the Catskill Watershed Corporation website.
Five months after the Irene and Lee floods, streams all across the Catskills region are still clogged with downed trees, trash, pieces of trailers, and other... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 - 11:04 am
The late Vincent, a formerly-feral Phoenicia cat who adopted columnist Tom Rinaldo when he moved into the neighborhood.
Vincent arrived at our new property pretty much the same time we did. At least it seems that way now looking back. When we moved into... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 - 8:44 am
Photo of bobcat by Flickr user ucumari. Published under Creative Commons license.
New York's bobcat population is growing, says the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The elusive cats, found mostly in the Catskill, Taconic and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 - 1:18 pm
On Tuesday, the Onteora Central School district held yet another meeting to discuss the planned reconfiguration of its three elementary schools, which could result in the closing of the Phoenicia School or the re-shuffling of grade levels among the... Read more
Got flood damage? New grants available for businesses and municipalities are now taking applications
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 - 9:40 am
Above: Flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene in the Greene County town of Lexington. Photo taken on August 30, 2011, by Flickr user kimmcg. Posted in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Two big grant programs for storm-ravaged businesses, property-owners,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 - 11:15 am
A hearing on the Route 28 Scenic Byway project, scheduled for tonight at 6pm in the Shandaken Town Hall, has been postponed. The byway meeting conflicted with an important Onteora School Board meeting on the reconfiguration of the district's elementary... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 - 5:12 pm
Ulster County meeting with DEP at SUNY UlsterAbove, join our live blog at 6pm covering tonight's DEP forum in Ulster County.
Tonight, a long-anticipated public meeting will be held at 6pm at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge, for Ulster County officials and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The National Weather Service has announced snow and winter weather advisories across much of the region for tonight and tomorrow.
Ulster County: Winter Weather Advisory from 1am through 3pm tomorrow, 3-6 inches of snow.
Delaware County: Winter Weather... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 - 12:10 pm
Photo of Route 28 road signs by Daniel Case. From Wikimedia Commons, published under Creative Commons license.
Much has been said, with much more likely remaining to be said, about ongoing efforts to gain a scenic byway designation for a 50-mile section... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 - 2:15 pm
Today, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a division of the US Department of Agriculture, announced that it is setting aside $31.5 million in disaster aid for projects sponsored by local town, city, county or tribal governments in New York... Read more