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Mar. 22, 2010
Shouting Thomas, a nurse and EMT-in-training from Woodstock, had to spend yesterday's gorgeous weather sitting inside, taking a class on how to drive an ambulance. Luckily, the class was held at Woodstock's Fire Department, so he got an up-close look at... Read more
Mar. 19, 2010
The proposed conference center development for Partition Street in the village of Saugerties was debated last night at a long-awaited public meeting of the village's Planning Board. Today, the conversation is still going on at the comment boards at the... Read more
Mar. 19, 2010
According to a press release sent by Congressman Maurice Hinchey's office today, Gov. Paterson can't possibly close 41 state parks, because federal law doesn't allow it.
[T]he head of the National Park Service (NPS) told the congressman this week that... Read more
Mar. 19, 2010
Come for the fresh guacamole, stay for the pineapple-infused tequila. Hudson Valley Magazine's Lynn Hazlewood checks out Gaby's Cafe, a new-ish Mexican place in Ellenville, and declares it delectable:
It’s a casual little place, painted in bright, fruity... Read more
Mar. 19, 2010
But it isn't photographer and Flickr user Richardm740 of Stamford. (Photo reproduced with permission.)
Mar. 19, 2010
Aaaaand the prize goes to the Shawangunk Journal, for yesterday's story on flooding in Wawarsing: "Pump and Circumstance."
Part of Wawarsing is perched atop New York City's leaking Delaware Aqueduct. State senator John Bonacic is trying to get approval... Read more
Mar. 19, 2010
The EPA announced yesterday that the agency will conduct a two-year, $1.9 million, peer-reviewed study of the effects of horizontal natural gas drilling on drinking water.
Bring it on, gas companies say--but the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that shares... Read more
Mar. 18, 2010
Long Island Democrat Steve Levy jumps fence, joins GOP, declares he's running for governor. This should be fun.
Mar. 18, 2010
Steve's Digicams, a digital camera site whose members often share photographs in the forums, has some incredible recent pictures of the Ashokan from Samsonville Road. Check it out.
Mar. 18, 2010
The Daily Star reports that publisher Tanya Shalor has "left The Daily Star to pursue other professional interests."
Mar. 17, 2010
Federal antitrust top cop Christine Varney has been talking to farmers across the nation lately about anti-competitive agricultural markets. On March 29, she'll be at Genesee Community College to get an earful from New York's dairy farmers.
Farmers... Read more
Mar. 17, 2010
Populations of American shad have gotten so depleted that fishermen (and fisherwomen, naturally) may no longer fish for them in the Hudson River, the DEC announced today. Restrictions are also being put on shad fishing in the Delaware.
"Unfortunately,... Read more
Mar. 17, 2010
City councilors in the Northern New York city of Watertown are considering stepping in to prevent a local wastewater treatment plant from accepting hydrofracking fluid, the Watertown Daily Times reports.
"My feeling all along is that this is a parochial... Read more
Mar. 17, 2010
Two hikers were lost in deep snow on Blackhead Mountain over the weekend. Virginian Alberto Risenberg was rescued on Sunday, but Poughkeepsie's Seth Lyon died on the mountain.
View From The Top, a Northeast outdoors online community, remembers Lyon in a... Read more
Mar. 17, 2010
Last night, Ulster county legislators voiced their approval of the latest plan for a resort to be built near the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center by Dean Gitter, a developer with Crossroads Ventures LLC. The Daily Freeman reports that 27 legislators voted... Read more
Mar. 16, 2010
Gilboa resident James E. Papas was arrested last week on charges that he intentionally set fire to his trailer and claimed he'd been blasted out of the window by an exploding furnace. A press release from the New York State Insurance Department:
Papas... Read more
Mar. 16, 2010
Outdoorsman Dennis Schvejda followed a tip from the Andes Gazette to a bald eagle nest on Dingle Hill--and kindly posted driving directions for fellow birders, photographers and nature junkies.
With a good lens, you can get some good shots. REMEMBER…... Read more
Mar. 16, 2010
It's election day in villages around New York State. Most polls opened at noon today, and close at 9pm. Here's our guide to the races in and around the Catskills. Note: Races are grouped by county (Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster and Sullivan) and by... Read more
Mar. 15, 2010
A young harp seal spotted last week in the Rondout Creek died in the middle of a rescue attempt organized by the Riverhead Foundation, the Daily Freeman reports.
Earlier: Seal swims to Kingston
Mar. 15, 2010
In the MLS database for $3.5 million: A Saugerties property with 4 beds, 3 baths, 2,860 square feet of living space, and a backyard that rivals the seven wonders of the ancient world. Opus 40, a massive bluestone sculpture that sprawls across an... Read more