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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 - 3:43 pm
Above: A satellite image of the turbid lower Esopus spilling into the Hudson River. From Google Maps. The following letter, from New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) deputy commissioner Paul Rush, lays out the agency's reasoning... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 - 12:09 pm
Today at 1pm and 3pm on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we come back from a winter vacation with the stories you may have missed while snoozing in front of the fire. Also: A look back at our top stories of 2011.  CLICK TO LISTEN LIVE to today's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 - 12:02 pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address, delivered from Albany earlier this afternoon: Watch live streaming video from newyorkstateofficeofthegovernor at livestream.com A copy of the speech was passed out to attendees in advance. Cuomo went off-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 - 2:09 pm
Above: "David and Goliath," a cartoon by Gary Mayer showing Mike Hein as a stone-throwing David to NYC's Golaith, which ran on the Watershed Post a year ago. Maybe Ulster County Executive Mike Hein is a bona-fide upstate firebrand representing the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 - 3:11 pm
There's a wind advisory for all five Catskills counties today from the National Weather Service. In Delaware, Ulster, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Greene counties, watch for isolated gusts of 45 to 55 miles per hour, and possible downed trees and power lines... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 - 9:10 am
Today at 1pm and 3pm on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with Ken McCarthy, the founder of rebuild123.org, a website that helps local flood relief organizations use the internet to solicit and receive the exact donations they need. Also, we... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 - 11:42 am
Photo by Flickr user Sonja Alves. Published under Creative Commons license. Everybody needs a holiday now and then, even new-media news junkies. We're going to be spending some time during these last two weeks of 2011 on things that can't be done while... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 - 5:14 pm
Above: A satellite image of the turbid lower Esopus spilling into the Hudson River. From Google Maps. Ulster County executive Mike Hein has fired another salvo in his ongoing battle with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 - 10:45 am
Batten down the hatches, and watch out for downed trees and power lines: Ulster, Greene and Schoharie Counties (as well as much of the rest of Eastern New York) are under a wind advisory through 1pm today. Via NY-Alert: Westerly Winds Will Blow At 15 To... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 - 5:38 pm
Town of Ulster police officer Travis Nissen was just 27 years old when he was killed in an off-duty car accident on Route 28 in Olive on Friday, December 9. Today in a ceremony attended by over 100 fellow police officers, family and friends gathered to... Read more

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