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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 5:11 pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the Middleburgh Fire Department today, announcing that New York State will cover the local share of flood recovery costs in 25 counties. Photo by David Avitabile of the Schoharie County Times Journal; reproduced by permission.
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By Rich Muellerleile on Monday, Apr. 9, 2012 - 3:18 pm
Above: Stayin' Alive columnist (and Shandaken Ambulance Service captain) Rich Muellerleile properly geared up for a spin around town with local bike blogger Mike Wentland.
I could try to scare you with a diatribe citing national statistics on mortality... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 9, 2012 - 12:41 pm
The Catskills are catnip for artists, and have been ever since Thomas Cole painted his first majestic waterfall. Filmmaker David Becker is the latest aesthete to respond to the lure of the mountains, and he's making a whole film about the subject. In his... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Thursday, Apr. 5, 2012 - 2:31 pm
Above: Jack Jordan listens as Vincent Bernstein reads a resolution to retain legal defense for the town against a lawsuit brought recently by Hanover Farms. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
Highlights from the Shandaken town board meeting on Monday, April 2:... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Apr. 2, 2012 - 5:37 pm
Above: A 1957 timetable for the Pine Hill - Kingston Bus Corporation. Courtesy of Watershed Post reader Stu Silverman.
Sometimes, once-commonplace things must almost vanish before they are finally revered. Forgotten familiar items can spend decades in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 5:22 pm
Above: Video taken by YouTube user mjanensch1 on Monday, August 29, 2011, showing heavy flood damage to Bridge Street and the Bridge Street Bridge in Phoenicia.
Phoenicia's Bridge Street Bridge over the Esopus Creek, knocked out of commission by the Irene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 12:46 pm
Photo courtesy of Phoenicia Festival of the Voice.
This summer, from August 2-5, will be the third annual Phoenicia Festival of the Voice. Last year's festival culminated in a thrilling performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni in Phoenicia's Parrish Field,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 10:21 am
Still waters run deep. Photo of New York City's Ashokan Reservoir by Flickr user Doug Kerr. Published under Creative Commons license.
Ulster County's battle with NYC over the muddy Esopus has made the pages of the New York Times at last. Reporter Mireya... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Thursday, Mar. 29, 2012 - 5:04 pm
Stop-work order attached to the work site at Hanover Farms on Route 28, taped on top of the original building permit. Construction work continues unabated at the site. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
A Route 28 farmstand in Shandaken that has been embroiled in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2012 - 9:25 am
Photo from Belleayre's Facebook page.
With an April 1 budget deadline looming, the New York State legislature and governor's office are close to finalizing a $132.5 billion budget, the AP reports.
Part of that budget deal, state senator John Bonacic's... Read more
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