Malden-on-Hudson
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2011 - 12:22 pm
Our friends at the Kingston Digital Corridor and the Ulster County Musicians Network are throwing a fantastic flood-relief bash called "After the Deluge" tonight in Kingston. We're proud to be an official sponsor of the event.
"After the Deluge" features... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2011 - 10:39 am
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced that they will be opening a mobile disaster recovery center in Catskill, from Wednesday, September 28 through Friday, September 30.
The DRC will be located at the Catskill Community Life Church at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 23, 2011 - 1:27 pm
This just in from Community Reporting Alliance director Barbara Gref: The Millbrook NY-based Dyson Foundation has established two hurricane relief grant programs for nonprofit organizations in several affected counties, including Greene and Ulster. Check... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 22, 2011 - 8:15 pm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the New York Office of Emergency Management announced today that all Disaster Recovery Centers currently operating in New York State will now be open six days a week.
A joint press release from the agencies... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 22, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Above: The board of the Town of Dryden unanimously passes a ban on gas drilling on August 2, 2011. Video by ShaleShock, an anti-gas drilling media group.
The first shots in what is likely to become a statewide battle were fired recently, as two lawsuits... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2011 - 11:29 am
Photo of Catskills vista by Flickr user ohmann alianne. Published under Creative Commons license.
Last week, New York Post travel writer David Landsel took a spin up Route 28 to see what Irene hath wrought.
Landsel, a local boy whose grandmother had a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011 - 9:44 am
Randy Creamer, a disaster expert with the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, was in Prattsville last week to tell homeowners and first responders how to rebuild and clean up after flooding.
Middletown videographer Fred Margulies... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 3:47 pm
FEMA is offering some rent subsidies and help finding replacement housing for flood victims, according to a press release the agency sent out today.
For more information on relief resources in the Catskills, to go the Watershed Post's relief page.
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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 10:51 am
FEMA recently announced the opening of a new Disaster Recovery Center in the region, and the moving of another.
Today at 12 noon, FEMA will be opening a new DRC for Delaware County at the Sidney Civic Center on 21 Liberty Street. Starting Tuesday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 16, 2011 - 11:45 am
The New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, has set up meetings for flood victims in each county in the Catskills in the coming weeks. During these "office hours," all consumers are welcome to walk in and ask questions about flood-related issues.... Read more
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