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Feb. 20, 2010
Developer Dean Gitter presented a revised plan for the Highmount resort to the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce this week. The Times-Union reports that the new design calls for fewer units.
"Crossroads' proposals have been literally all over the place... Read more
Feb. 19, 2010
Reuters has been doing a great job lately of following the debate over natural gas drilling in New York State. Their latest article takes a look at the growing problem of disposing of frack water, which is too salty and contaminant-laden for most... Read more
Feb. 19, 2010
That's what the Times Union says. Basement Bistro owner Damon Baehrel got a phone call about the prospect:
“They asked if we would be interested in hosting — of course I said yes — and they’re going to give me some possible dates,” Baehrel tells me.... Read more
Feb. 19, 2010
Upstate New York has bountiful open space, a great climate for raising grassfed meat, and a long tradition of local agriculture. So why is it still hard to find local pasture-raised meat at the grocery store?
Brooklyn food writer Adriana Velez had a... Read more
Feb. 19, 2010
The Brooklyn-based band, fronted by Halcottsville's own Arleigh Kincheloe (with brother Jackson on the harmonica), plays two shows in the Catskills this weekend. Catch them tonight at the T-Bar Saloon in Roxbury, or tomorrow (Saturday) at the Andes... Read more
Feb. 19, 2010
Police are investigating the death of 22-year-old Erik Shook, who was found dead in his off-campus home on Tuesday, WRGB reports.
Feb. 19, 2010
State parks are taking a huge fiscal hit in the Governor's budget. The Albany Times-Union has a full list of state parks the Paterson administration is recommending closing or scaling back. It's a long one.
On the list: the Robert V. Riddell State Park... Read more
Feb. 19, 2010
A tractor-trailer carrying concrete crashed into a house in Davenport around 5am this morning, killing an occupant, the AP reports.
Feb. 19, 2010
Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY 21st) was on the Truth About Trucking radio program yesterday, talking up a bill he's sponsoring to increase trucker safety. Named for the late Jason Rivenburg, who was killed while sleeping at a gas station last spring,... Read more
Feb. 19, 2010
The Catskill Chronicle profiles Plunk, a new art/consignment shop on Main Street in Livingston Manor.
On Saturday, February 6, The Plunk Shop held its grand opening featuring “Realer Than Real – A Collection of Lenticular Images and 3-D Photo Wonders” an... Read more
Feb. 18, 2010
Steven Schimmrich, writing at Hudson Valley Geologist, remembers Rosendale's Dietrich Werner, who died in December.
What affected me the most about Dietrich's death was that the week he died I was working on a project having to do with the Rosendale... Read more
Feb. 18, 2010
Kingston Citizens has the details.
Kingston Natural Foods, an organic food store and provider of local artisan products, is opening in the Rondout Spring 2010! That means that Jennifer McKinley-Rakov will not only host one of the biggest organic and... Read more
Feb. 18, 2010
Tony Fletcher finds an unexpected treasure trove of '70s music history in his basement.
It’s not like I don’t already have several boxes full of cassettes in the storage room behind my office, including tapes of my pre-pubescent bedroom band from back in... Read more
Feb. 18, 2010
From the Times Herald-Record.
“The governor's proposal would directly harm taxpayers and businesses at a time when we can least afford it,” Assemblyman Kevin Cahill said in a statement issued Wednesday. The state should be encouraging people to file... Read more
Feb. 18, 2010
Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen reflects on county executive Mike Hein's recent State of the County address, and is a little frustrated about not hearing more about forward progress.
But I'm a realist. It's not so much who was giving the speech as... Read more
Feb. 17, 2010
We got a call from Peter Manning at the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development on our recent item on a fed/state tussle over the color of Adirondacks and Catskills road signs. It seems that while the Adirondacks will get to keep their iconic... Read more
Feb. 17, 2010
Oklahoma investor Joey Abbo, who failed in his bid to buy the ailing Friar Tuck Inn in Catskill last year, says he's still interested in buying, if he has time to put the financing together. From the Times Union:
Abbo says he had been working with... Read more
Feb. 17, 2010
New York genealogists and researchers are upset about a rumored plan by the National Archives and Records Administration to move the Northeast regional archive to a new office in New York City, and put most of its hard-copy materials in a storage unit in... Read more
Feb. 17, 2010
The DEP is holding a hearing in the Bronx tomorrow to discuss soaring water rates.
The New York City Water Board is expected to enact a 14% rate hike in May, bringing water rates to double what they were 12 years ago, and making the average single-family... Read more
Feb. 17, 2010
Congressman Maurice Hinchey introduced a bill in support of the Saugerties businessowners on February 5. You can track its progress on OpenCongress, a handy website that provides easy access to federal legislation.
From a comment left on OpenCongress,... Read more