Hurricane Sandy
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 9:57 am
Power is still out in many Shandaken neighborhoods, according to Joyce Grant, Shandaken's town clerk, who just called us with an update. NYSEG crews are working to replace poles and the town hopes to see the electricity on again this afternoon, Grant said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 9:38 am
Intrepid Daily Freeman reporter Tania Barricklo in Shokan filed this thorough report about how Shandaken fared during Sandy yesterday. Freeman editor Ivan Lajara posted it to the Freeman's live Sandy blog, and you can watch it above.
Barricklo interviewd... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 4:16 pm
Route 28 in Shokan near Winchell's Corners reopened this afternoon, after being shut down during Monday night's storm.
We got the news via a tweet from the office of Ulster County executive Mike Hein, who has become quite a social media maven during Sandy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 3:42 pm
Above: Flooding on Water Street in Athens. Photo by Lila Lobdell. Reproduced by permission.
The swollen Hudson River poured into the Greene County waterfront village of Athens at high tide in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, prompting evacuations along... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Above: 95 Dwyer Ave. in Liberty, New York after the storm. Photo by Angela Page.
The storm that Hurricane Sandy became when it made landfall last night hit the village of Liberty especially hard.
High winds and heavy rains plunged Liberty into darkness, ... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 11:09 am
Although a few roads remain closed in Schoharie County, the region was spared much of Sandy's wrath. The county Emergency Management Office reports that a shelter set up at the Middleburgh Elementary School will close at noon on Tuesday.
Roads that are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 10:50 am
Above: Dwyer Avenue in Liberty this morning. Photo by Angela Page.
We're getting reports that the town of Liberty, in Sullivan County, endured considerable damage during the storm last night. Here is one photo of a neighborhood in Liberty that has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 10:18 am
In Delaware County, thousands of homes are without power (mainly in Sidney and Roxbury) and there is a travel advisory issued for the roads. The county has lifted the state of emergency, however, and is not operating any shelters, has cut emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 10:17 am
Above: NYSEG workers and the Fleischmanns Fire Department working on Wagner Avenue, where a tree fell on a transformer Monday night. Photo taken around 8:30am by village mayor Todd Pascarella.
The village of Fleischmanns has lifted its state of emergency... Read more
By Jason Dole on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 11:39 pm
Above: A Sullivan County Sheriff's Office squad car patrols Livingston Manor this afternoon. Photos by Jason Dole.
In September, cumulative rainfall flooded downtown Livingston Manor, something that’s become a common occurrence in the past decade. Now,... Read more
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