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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 12:32 pm
On the list of contractor horror stories, raw sewage bubbling up in your backyard and a mysteriously disappeared septic company has got to be pretty near the top. The Times Union's consumer watchdog columnist, Cathy Woodruff (a.k.a., The Advocate) has a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 2:37 am
Looks like Tom Golisano's not the only New Yorker to flee to the bosom of the Sunshine State because of taxes. Kingston business Uptown Cigar Co., facing a possible 90% excise tax on tobacco, is headed south too:
The store, which has stood at the corner... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jun. 6, 2010 - 12:29 pm
The UK-based company that makes Glenfiddich whisky, The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch whisky, and Stolichnaya vodka has bought the Hudson Valley line of spirits made by Tuthilltown Spirits. The company, William Grant & Sons, now owns a suite of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jun. 6, 2010 - 12:10 pm
17-year-old Olivia Rose Belfiglio fell to her death Friday afternoon while hiking with friends in the Devil's Kitchen in Hunter. It's the second fatality in just over a month in the area.
From the Times Herald-Record:
Authorities said none of the hikers... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 4, 2010 - 12:30 pm
First Kingston was overpaying for welfare services by $40,000. Then that figure became $64,000. Now, according to an audit, it's more like $105,000, according to the Daily Freeman.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 4, 2010 - 12:31 am
A sunny moment at Mountain Jam.
This weekend in the Catskills, you can ogle a tractor, quaff a locally-brewed beer, prance in a Pride parade, and mob the stage with the masses at the Mountain Jam music festival.
Mountain Jam Festival - Friday, June 4... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010 - 5:13 pm
New York City has apologized for the leaks from the Delaware Aqueduct that have flooded the town of Wawarsing, but Wawarsing town Supervisor Leonard Distel would really prefer cash. A $4 million bailout bill, to be exact, according to the Daily Freeman.
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010 - 12:41 pm
Embattled Oorah, Inc., a Jewish organization that runs a summer camp for girls in Gilboa, won a court battle against the town of Jefferson yesterday. The ruling will allow Oorah to go forward with building a matching summer camp for boys on the grounds of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 3, 2010 - 12:14 pm
But if you're a business in Plattekill or Wallkill, you don't have the option of canceling your service, because Verizon is the only provider in town.
From the Times Herald-Record:
K&J's owner, Joshua Filangeri, had already been hit hard by the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 2, 2010 - 7:40 pm
American Rivers, a conservation group, put the Upper Delaware on the top of its annual "Endangered Rivers" report today because of pending gas drilling in the watershed. Ramsay Adams, the director of the Catskill Mountainkeeper, responded to the news at... Read more
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