Julia Reischel
Articles
Feb. 5, 2011
A Black Hawk helicopter with a minor mechanical problem made an emergency landing by Rte. 9W in New Baltimore yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. It was quite a sight:
If you were driving on Route 9W in New Baltimore just south of the Town Of Coeymans... Read more
Feb. 5, 2011
Apparently, as opponents of a plan to build a resort casino in Sullivan County gathered at Albany this week, the casinos backers were getting "frowns" and "bad vibrations" in Washington about the plan.
The Times Herald-Record reports that members of the... Read more
Feb. 4, 2011
The Capitol Confidential blog is reporting this afternoon that a lobbyist for a Saratoga Springs racino is suing Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration. The suit charges that the Sullivan County casino deal negotiated under former governor David Paterson... Read more
Feb. 4, 2011
Above: Some of the 100 starving llamas rescued by Wes Laraway in Schoharie County last week. Photo from the Northeast Llama Rescue blog.
A massive cross-country llama rescue operation coordinated by a Schoharie-county "llama whisperer" is making... Read more
Feb. 4, 2011
The Oneonta Daily Star printed an emphatic call for New York to legalize gay marriage today, in a strongly-worded editorial that cited the First Amendment and Elton John:
Singer Elton John, who is openly gay, said he is tired of being treated like a... Read more
Feb. 4, 2011
WBNG Action News is reporting that a fire engulfed a Hancock trailer home this morning. Although the trailer didn't have a smoke detector installed, the article reports that "2 adults and three kids living at the home made it out safe after noticing the... Read more
Feb. 3, 2011
The staff of the Hanford Mills Museum cuts ice blocks in preparation for Saturday's Ice Harvest Festival. Image from the Hanford Mills Facebook page.
Ice used to be a crop in the days before refrigeration, and at the Hanford Mills Museum in East... Read more
Feb. 3, 2011
Eager to put that whole "Willy Wonka's chocolate river" thing behind it, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued a press release today stating that the Esopus Creek is running clear again.
The DEP's practice of releasing turbid... Read more
Feb. 3, 2011
This week, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his budget plan for New York, which is designed to close a $10 billion gap without raising taxes.
This means cuts, cuts, cuts.
Local schools districts stand to see their budgets sliced by ten to twenty percent... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
Opponents of former governor David Paterson's plan to allow the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian tribe to build a resort casino in Sullivan County testified at a hearing in Albany today. Critics of the plan are hoping to persuade Governor Andrew Cuomo that the... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
Want to raise some pheasants this year? The New York Department of Environmental Conservation gives away day-old pheasant chicks every spring to anyone with a brooding pen and department approval. The idea is to release the full-grown birds in the fall... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
The New York State Department of Labor's WARN system, which requires employers to provide 90 days' notice of layoffs, has a filing from the Oneida Daily Dispatch announcing that 17 workers will be laid off from the newspaper on March 22.
The Dispatch,... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman both have the sad story -- Mount St. Alphonsus, the the castle-like seminary and retreat center on the banks fo the Hudson in Esopus, will close next year.
Photo from the Mount St. Alphonsus website.
Feb. 2, 2011
This just in from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office: An unnamed 28-year-old woman reportedly has experienced what might be the world's worst employment interview in the town of Esopus.
According to a press release (read it in full below), the woman was... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
The New York State Police are warning that creative con artists have been targeting the region with the goal of getting unsuspecting would-be good Samaritans to wire lots of money far away.
The first scam, according to a State Police press release, has... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
A Kingston house partially succumbed to the weight of snow and ice on its roof this morning, the Daily Freeman reports. Around 9am, the porch of the Midtown home collapsed:
The Kingston Fire Department said the collapse occurred about 9:12 a.m. and that... Read more
Feb. 1, 2011
On Sunday, the Times Herald-Record gave the front-page treatment to the notorious Richard Ulloa, a Stone Ridge resident who was convicted of orchestrating an elaborate paperwork harrassment scheme against government officials in December.
According to... Read more
Feb. 1, 2011
Losing All Tomorrow's Parties must have been a big blow to Monticello's venerable Kutshers County Club, as we reported last week. But the resort has another trick up its sleeve.
The New York Post reports that the owners of Kutshers are teaming up with... Read more
Feb. 1, 2011
Above, the scene at Plattekill Mountain this morning, via its Facebook page.
Can you see much out your window this morning? We can't here in Andes. But this is only the beginning. Anywhere from 9 to 20 inches of snow is expected across much of the... Read more
Jan. 31, 2011
We just got an update from Treadwell resident Linda Norris about The Pickle Project, an exhibit about Ukranian foodways which Norris was seeking to fund via the website Kickstarter by February 1. (We reported on the project a few weeks ago.)
From a... Read more