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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 - 11:48 am
Yesterday's two public hearings on the proposed regulation of natural gas drilling by the Delaware River Basin Commmission had a good turnout. According to PoconoNews.net, about 500 people showed up at the meeting in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, while the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 - 8:38 am
Twenty-eight-year-old James Persico of Saugerties was killed yesterday when his Volvo crossed into an oncoming lane on Route 32 and collided head-on with a tractor trailer, New York State Police are reporting today. Here's the full press release:
The New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 - 12:23 pm
Laura Levine, the proprietrix of Phoenicia's thrift-store-cum-junk-shrine Homer & Langley's Mystery Spot Antiques, also happens to have taken some of rock's most iconic images (such as a portrait of naked, leaf-covered Bjork) during her career as a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 - 9:03 am
The alleged wrongdoings of Kingston police Detective Lt. Timothy Matthews, who has been charged with stealing thousands from the city of Kingston, are inspiring a full-scale investigation of Ulster County's Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotic Team, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 2:11 pm
The Bovina History blog has a tidbit today proving that -- alas -- the fine art of community newspaper writing has suffered since its nineteenth-century glory days. Ray LaFever writes:
In February 1880, the winter was the subject of discussion, as it is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 1:02 pm
Photo of snow on a Stamford hillside by Flickr user McGahee. Posted in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Michael Frank, writing for the online-only Adventure Magazine this week, has a special Valentine's message for the Catskills: he's sorry he ever thought... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 11:22 am
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein announced in his annual county address last night that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has filed a formal complaint against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over the DEP... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 10:54 am
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office is reporting that 26-year-old Tara Valhos fell off a snowmobile in the village of Richmondville and into the path of an oncoming car yesterday.
According to a press release, Valhos was airlifted to Bassett Medical... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 1:25 pm
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em. Photo by Flickr user Jim Lynch; published under Creative Commons license.
Now that the federal Departments of the Interior and Justice have put the kibosh on the proposed Stockbridge-Munsee casino... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 11:08 am
Another person has died in a vehicular accident this week, bringing the death toll from Catskills car and snowmobile accidents up to four since Friday.
The Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record are reporting that a 58-year-old Hurley woman died after... Read more
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