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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 - 1:13 pm
Ulster County Emergency Communications director Art Snyder wrote about Ulster County's storm preparations on Thursday afternoon. It's not too early to start laying plans for a potential disaster, Snyder writes:
Hurricane Sandy is getting a lot of media... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 - 12:07 pm
Other images: 5-Day track on – 3-Day track on – 3-Day track off – InteractiveNew!
Above: The five-day forecast for Hurricane Sandy from the National Hurricane Center. The NHC has also posted an interactive Google map tracking the hurricane's progress... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 - 1:11 pm
To the Editor:
As our local weather gets stranger and stranger, I think that more people are becoming aware how dependent we are on the natural world. We need politicians who understand the necessity to protect our farmland and other open space, who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 - 3:06 pm
The eastern Catskills and Hudson Valley are now under flood advisory, along with Delaware and Sullivan County. The National Weather Service at Binghamton warns:
The National Weather Service In Albany Has Issued An * Urban And Small Stream Flood Advisory... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 - 5:02 pm
Tonight, the candidates for New York's 19th Congressional District, Julian Schreibman (Democrat) and Chris Gibson (Republican incumbent), will hold their second debate at 8pm at WMHT-TV in Troy. The station will be broadcasting the debate live on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 - 2:54 pm
Above: Tuthilltown's microdistilled gin and vodka made with New York State apples, on display at a recent cider tasting for the media at the Stockade Tavern in Kingston. Photo by Lissa Harris.
The spirit of Johnny Appleseed is alive and well in New York's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 - 2:31 pm
Watershed Post reader Cassie Perez sent us a video of a few baby bucks -- with miniature antlers -- play-fighting at dusk next to the Ashokan Reservoir last night. Yet another entry for the Wild Things Badge.
Cassie writes:
Here is a video I shot on 10/... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 - 12:44 pm
New York and Pennsylvania state environmental agencies are imposing emergency rules on hunters, after a captive deer in New Oxford, Pennsylvania was found to be infected with chronic wasting disease.
Today, the New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 - 4:46 pm
Canoes line up at the Adventure Race National Championship on the Pepacton Reservoir yesterday morning. Photo by Carol O'Beirne.
For the past two days, the Catskills have played host to a grueling 30-hour trial of physical strength and endurance: the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 - 2:17 pm
Above: Detail of photo by Flickr user Kevin Dooley. Published under Creative Commons license.
Are you registered to vote in New York State? If not, you have until Friday, October 12 to make sure you're registered to vote in the general election on... Read more
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