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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 8:35 am
If you thought bedbugs were strictly a downstate problem, think again, says the Times Herald-Record.
...[T]hey've also been found in a Kingston clothing store, a City of Newburgh apartment complex, and local movie theaters, office buildings, taxis, moving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 4:45 pm
The Daily Star's Mark Boshnack spoke to two prominent locals involved in the debate over hydrofracking -- one pro, one anti -- who both think Gov. Paterson's recent decision to axe DEC chief Pete Grannis could slow things down.
Ron Bishop, a chemistry... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 9:57 am
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office reports that two local men are due to appear in the Town of Schoharie Court today, on charges stemming from a fight at the Hotel Austin in Central Bridge last Tuesday. The press release:
On 10-19-10 at approximately 8... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 9:41 am
In the WSJ last week: a loving paean to Delaware County furniture designer Jim Zivic's latest creation, a leather-and-steel chaise lounge inspired by the sleek lines (and buttery upholstery) of the Jaguar E-type.
The Jaguar’s hexagonal steel undergirdings... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 - 1:40 pm
Word on the street is, you shouldn't leave your car doors unlocked in Port Ewen anymore. From the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum is cautioning Port Ewen to lock their cars in the wake of a rash of larcenies from unlocked... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 - 8:04 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Gary Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 - 12:11 pm
The Daily Mail has the details:
A 29-year-old Durham man died Wednesday night in an ATV accident on Cunningham Road, state police said Friday.
Earlier: Other recent ATV fatalities in the Catskills.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 - 4:25 pm
A slew of environmental groups are rallying to side with Pete Grannis, the erstwhile Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, who was fired abruptly last night. The groups expressed their concern by releasing a press... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 - 3:54 pm
This spring, Margaretville was abuzz with cameras and revving engines, as documentary filmmaker Christina Eliopoulos and her crew filmed Demon On Wheels. The film is an homage to local mechanic Mike Ondish's 1968 Shelby Mustang, and to the days when... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 - 12:32 pm
Here in Andes, it snowed -- and stuck, in places -- for hours this morning. That picnic bench above is just outside the Watershed Post HQ, around 9am.
Carol Seitz of the Woodland Valley View reported flurries down in the Phoenicia area this morning, too... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 - 9:12 am
Interested in studying and practicing conservation in local forest landscapes? The Mohonk Preserve might be interested in you From NY Flora:
The condition of the Preserve’s forest have degraded due to more than 50 years of fire suppression, white-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 - 10:00 pm
GrannisPete Grannis, the head of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, was abruptly shown the door today by Governor David Paterson. Capitol Confidential has the scoop, and it's a doozy, with juicy inter-agency emails and lots of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 - 6:05 pm
"My Headlight After a Deer Encounter." Photo by Flickr user joanna8555.
Sometimes, the deer really are out to get you, the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin reported on Sunday:
Solon "Stevie" Tsangaras was driving back from a music gig near the hamlet... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 - 2:46 pm
The first of 56 UV-irradiating steel-disinfection chambers being installed in the DEP's new ultraviolet Disinfection Facility in Westchester County. Photo via the DEP's Facebook page.
Beginning in 2012, all the water from the Catskills-Delaware watershed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 - 11:36 am
An outdoor wood boiler, photographed by Flickr user julianmeade.
After a long, hot summer of discontent, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has given up on outlawing old outdoor wood boilers. The agency is rolling out regulations... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 - 9:59 am
In the upper elevations of the Catskills, the leaves are mostly fallen now. Dennis Schvejda got this shot of the Pepacton Reservoir a couple of weeks ago, with shreds of autumnal glory still clinging to its banks. Despite the 10/1 floods, the water was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 - 11:36 pm
This just in from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office: A motorcyclist driving on Rte. 10 in the town of Jefferson this afternoon struck a guardrail and was ejected into a 40-foot ravine. The driver was 47-year-old Maurizio Segatto of Schenectady. He was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 - 2:52 pm
Christopher Palmatier, from the Otsego County town of Worcester, has been arrested by the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office for allegedly raping an underage girl.
According to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office, which you can read... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 - 12:51 pm
There's no doubt Monday night's historic, seven-candidate gubernatorial debate was great television. (God knows it was funnier than anything out of SNL lately.) But did it serve a greater purpose?
It says a lot about this year's bizarre race that the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 - 11:33 am
Government-hating Stone Ridge resident Richard Ulloa, who spent last year demanding trillions of dollars from various banks and government officials who had crossed him, is in jail again this week. Ulloa was arrested in June on four counts of mail fraud... Read more
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