Prattsville
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 5:26 pm
Photo by Flickr user K's GLIMPSES. Published under Creative Commons license.
Selling secondhand items in Greene County? Not so fast, lawmakers say.
Some Greene County legislators want to pass a law requiring secondhand shops, auction houses, and scrap... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 11:52 am
Photo by Flickr user Dennis Wilkinson, who baked all these pies himself yesterday, and is entering two of them in this year's Serious Eats Pi Day baking competition. Published under Creative Commons license.
Feel like celebrating? It might be the glorious... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 10, 2012 - 11:18 pm
Photo by Flickr user Dave Stokes. Published under Creative Commons license.
Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour -- Daylight Saving Time starts at 2am on Sunday, March 11.
Readers: Are you looking forward to that extra hour of light in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 2:22 pm
Above: A video about Schoharie County after the devastating Irene and Lee floods, filmed by Schoharie Recovery. Schoharie Recovery is one of the partners in a regional recovery effort called SALT (Schoharie Area Long Term).
Starting Monday, March 12,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2012 - 10:03 am
On Saturday, March 3, Prattsville held a Housing Expo and Home Improvement Show for homeowners looking to rebuild after the devastating Irene floods.
The Daily Mail's Michael Ryan was on hand, and spoke to a few of Prattsville's determined residents:
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By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 - 1:04 pm
Above: Prattsville depicted in the days of Zadock Pratt on an 1844 postcard, when Pratt's tannery was the biggest business in town. From Wikimedia Commons.
Thanks to Irene, the picture the country has of Prattsville in its collective consciousness is,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 - 3:02 pm
Above: FEMA External Affairs Interns inspect the recovery effort in Prattsville on Feb. 22, 2012. Photo by Hans Pennink.
Wednesday is the deadline for New York State towns and counties to submit lists of properties for a federal buyout program.
Under the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 - 10:01 am
Above: WBNG-TV forecast of a winter storm headed for the Northeast later this week.
Looks like Old Man Winter's finally woken up at last: A big snowstorm is barreling towards us from the Midwest, and will start dumping some sleet and snow on upstate New... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 - 9:49 am
Photo of hammer and nail by Flickr user Mike Bitzenhofer. Published under Creative Commons license.
On Saturday, March 3, the flood-ravaged town of Prattsville will host a housing expo and home improvement show, featuring contractors, architects,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 2:13 pm
Photo of barn, fence and field in Kiamesha Lake by Catskills Photography. Shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group.
The Obama administration announced three new initiatives to benefit the rural economy, including a $15 million "Rural Jobs Accelerator"... Read more
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