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By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 - 5:11 pm
Employees were evacuated, CSX freight rail lines were stopped and the Ulster Hose Company was called in but, when all was said and done, there was no hydrogen leak at the Precision Flow building in the town of Ulster today.
Sam Appa, chief of the Ulster... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 - 1:57 pm
Votes in New York's Third Judicial District have been impounded by a judge in advance of a recanvass. Photo: http://www.courts.state.ny.us
You may have heard about a flap involving votes from the New York State Third Judicial District election that were... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 - 12:50 pm
Town officials are reportedly dealing with a 2012 budget balancing act that may result in layoffs in Coxsackie.
A short piece in the Daily Mail today reports that cuts to services are also expected.
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 - 12:08 pm
Sunset at the Ashokan Reservoir. Photo taken by Flickr user llahbocaj, published under Creative Commons license.
The Daily Freeman is reporting today that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has no time frame for ending... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 - 4:59 pm
A decaying bathroom at former Borscht Belt jewel Grossingers. Photo taken in 2008 by Jonathan Haeber; published under Creative Commons license.
Dean Gitter, the developer whose Crossroads Ventures has spent over a decade trying to build a luxury resort on... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 - 1:42 pm
According to the Daily Star, the Andes Town Board has passed a temporary, six-month moratorium on heavy industry, which includes hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, at its regular meeting, held on November 10.
Although the state's draft regulations on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 - 11:42 am
On Monday afternoon, Windham-based radio station WRIP 97.9 began broadcasting in the Stamford area, thanks to a new translator that picks up WRIP's signal and re-broadcasts it on 104.5 FM.
WRIP's Joe Loverro told the Watershed Post that staffers at the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 - 11:37 am
Above: The trailer for "Robert," a new documentary film from videographer Jessica Vecchione.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with Jessica Vecchione, a Hamden-based videographer, about her new documentary, Robert. (Vecchione... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 5:39 pm
The Albany Times-Union's Capitol Confidential blog reports today that a coalition of U.S. representatives in the House has secured $338.6 million in funding for farmers affected by the Tropical Storm Irene flooding:
Reps. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, and... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 12:14 pm
Cobblestone Motel owner Kimberly Wendt with a wrecked fuel oil tank, which was lifted by floodwaters and wedged between two walls of the motel. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
After 62 years in operation, the Cobblestone Motel in Phoenicia closed down during... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 11:21 am
Dear Editor:
I am extremely grateful to everyone who voted in last Tuesday's election and especially grateful to everyone who worked with me on my campaign in Shandaken. Our goal was to create a solid and community-building campaign, one that can form... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 8:35 am
A Sealey gas generator. Photo by Flickr user Mark Hunter.
Post-Irene, generators are suddenly a luxury status symbol. You know it's true when the New York Times writes a long feature story about "power envy" that lauds the sudden passion for gas-powered... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 5:44 pm
Bud Sife, an 85-year-old who lives in the hamlet of Fleischmanns in Delaware County, sent us these photos of the contents of his flooded-out basement, which finally got hauled out and cleaned up this past weekend, thanks to the help of 25 volunteers. ... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 12:42 pm
On Wednesday, November 9, 19-year-old Hancock resident Brett Sherburne died after suffering a head injury while hunting on land near his home, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
The Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin has Sherburne... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 12:29 pm
Last Thursday, the Ulster County chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, a nonprofit that matches children with older mentors, closed its doors after 34 years in operation.
The Daily Freeman reports that the Kingston-based local chapter was done in by a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 8:45 am
A close-up photograph of a crack inside the Delaware Aqueduct. Photo provided by the NYC DEP.
Yesterday, the Associated Press ran a nice feature story about the soggy dilemma facing homeowners in the Ulster County town of Wawarsing, who have been sitting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 3:05 pm
We stayed up late on November 8 to cover election returns live on the internet and on the radio. The radio portion of the program was our special hour-long election edition of the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, which aired from 11pm to midnight on... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 2:45 pm
Alan Huggins, in a screenshot of a video interview with YNN.
Surprising most everyone except the Prattsville residents who voted for him, Alan Huggins appears to have defeated incumbent Prattsville town supervisor Kory O'Hara by a 15-vote margin (155 to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 9:20 am
The New York State Police report that a 40-year-old Deposit man was killed on Wednesday when his pickup truck collided with a tractor trailer hauling a pre-fabricated house in the town of Sanford, NY.
Bruce Singleton was a football coach at Seton Catholic... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 5:11 pm
Photo by Flickr user Michele Truex. Published under Creative Commons license.
Every election season, there are a few races that are so close that a victor can't be declared for certain until every last absentee and affidavit ballot has been counted. This... Read more
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