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Feb. 2, 2010
And he did: Gov. Paterson vetoed an ethics reform bill today, claiming it didn't go far enough.
"While there are positive aspects of this legislation, it does not go far enough in addressing the corrosive effects of outside influence and internal decay... Read more
Feb. 2, 2010
Un-Natural Gas reports that Calvin Tillman, mayor of DISH, Texas, is visiting Delaware County later this month to talk about the problems his town has had with natural gas drilling.
DISH hosts eleven massive natural gas compressors, four metering... Read more
Feb. 2, 2010
Ice climbers, take note: The guides at Mountain Skills say conditions are looking pretty sweet for this weekend.
Gunks climber Alex Deadpoint has some great photos from a recent trip to Sleepy Hollow.
Feb. 2, 2010
Times Herald-Record outdoor columnist David Dirks gets wistful over elk, last seen in New York State in the 1840s.
Feb. 2, 2010
The debate between local pols and the NYC's DEP about how to manage high water levels goes on, the Daily Freeman reports.
From the vault, here's a NYT editorial from 2006 on the topic.
Feb. 2, 2010
The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports that pro- and anti-gas-drilling groups in the area sat down over breakfast recently to talk about what they have in common when they're not hurling nasty epithets at one another.
Dan Fitzsimmons, chairman... Read more
Feb. 2, 2010
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning.
Translation: While the rest of the nation grouses about six more weeks of winter, here in the Catskills we'll be hoping the woodpile lasts til May.
Feb. 1, 2010
And we're celebrating it. (Maybe you thought there was no black history in the Catskills?)
Check out this find from the papers of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society: depositions from an 1822 trial in Catskill, Greene County in which "James Fox a negro"... Read more
Feb. 1, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated along with the Long Island Business News and Times Herald-Record that the Nevele had finally been sold. Well, it was under contract, anyway. Which is just paperwork, right?
Wrong. The THR's Adam Bosch reports that a... Read more
Feb. 1, 2010
The NY Daily News gossips that David Bowie and Iman are looking at Annie Leibovitz's $11 million pad in Rhinebeck.
Feb. 1, 2010
Interest in the Marcellus Shale is heating up at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which just launched a tipline where New Yorkers can report sightings of illegal gas and oil drilling. The agency is asking residents of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New... Read more
Jan. 30, 2010
The Daily Freeman reports that Woodstock dentist Michael Tischler (who's also a photographer) recently started a foundation that will:
...raise money to provide high-quality dental care to underprivileged children and raise awareness about the importance... Read more
Jan. 30, 2010
Adventures in the Outdoors reports from a cross-country ski trip from South Lake to Boulder Rock, with photos.
The trip out to Boulder Rock from South Lake is probably the 'classic' backcountry cross-country ski trip in the Catskill Mountains. It is not... Read more
Jan. 30, 2010
Part time, spring through summer/fall. From Ulster Corps:
Nestled next to the southwest side of the Marlboro Hills, ten minutes from the center of college town New Paltz, New York, Liberty View Farm is a boutique farm and orchard of organically grown... Read more
Jan. 30, 2010
The recession has squeezed the 30-year-old gallery from both ends: their building's owners can no longer afford to give them a break on rent, and the state budget crisis has eliminated much of their funding.
Stamer said that does not mean she nor her... Read more
Jan. 30, 2010
How cold is it in upstate New York? A sampling from the Twitterverse:
@CatskillsCyclng 0F outside and a Phoebe is whistling its summer "Feee-beee" call. Someone has to lead the charge, eh? Sign me up!
@sleepjunky 4 degrees Fahrenheit, without the wind... Read more
Jan. 29, 2010
Founder Mark Greene is leaving for NYC, wants to leave the org in good hands.
Join Mark Greene at his home Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 5:30 PM for a discussion on the future of the KDC.
Jan. 27, 2010
A Gerson Lehrman Group analyst says Congress is likely to hold off on passing legislation to regulate hydrofracking:
The EPA has delayed a study of fracking's effect on drinking water that the Congress ordered last year because the study has not been... Read more
Jan. 27, 2010
A blogger at New Paltz Gadfly is steaming over the theft of his feisty pro-middle-school yard sign.
This morning I discovered that the sign, which was secured to a tree in my yard by and Eagle Scout well acquainted with knots, was missing.
New Paltz is... Read more
Jan. 27, 2010
Ulla Kjarval of Meredith's Spring Lake Farm thinks farmers should be connecting with eaters online. She's selling a whole steer on Twitter.