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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 10:38 am
A video by food.curated showing damage to Maple Downs Farm, a dairy farm in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh that was devastated by the recent floods.
On Monday, October 17, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) and the New York State... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 - 11:06 am
If you experienced flooding after Tropical Storm Lee in Delaware or Ulster county, you have an extra month to apply for the U.S. Department of Labor's Disaster Unemployment Insurance. The New York Office of Emergency Management made the announcement... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 - 11:05 am
If you lost your job or gig because of Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee, you have an extra month to apply for the U.S. Department of Labor's Disaster Unemployment Insurance.
Victims of Lee in Delaware and Ulster counties have until Nov. 14 to apply... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 - 12:21 pm
Thanks to the New York State DOT for ensuring that our local tourist attractions are well-marked. For instance, this sign on Route 28 in Shandaken, which appears to depict a hardy mountaineer skiing directly uphill on a 60-degree slope.
(Or perhaps our... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 2:54 pm
Winter is icumen in. Photo of frost on leaves by Flickr user s.alt. Published under Creative Commons license.
This year, a federal program that one in five New York State households rely on to help pay their winter heating bills is likely to face drastic... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 9:37 am
Above: A photographic tour of the enormous apple cider press at the Hubbell homestead. Click on the slideshow to open the the tour in a separate window. Photos by Julia Reischel.
It’s a good year for apples in the Catskills. Call it the silver lining of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 8:53 pm
Dana Elizabeth Rice
Ulster County detectives are searching for 54-year-old Kingston resident Dana Elizabeth Rice, missing since September 29, 2011.
From a press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office:
On 10/4/11, this agency began examining... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 - 8:04 am
Above: Flooding in Ulster County in September. Photo from the New Paltz Flood Aid website.
Ulster County was hit hard during the flooding caused by the double whammy of Tropical Storms Irene and Lee at the beginning of September. New Paltz Flood Aid, an... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 10:12 am
Video: Part 1 of A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic, a three-part series produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service. More from the series available here.
Feral pigs are gaining a foothold in western Sullivan County and... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 - 3:46 pm
Photo of temporary housing units in North Carolina by FEMA.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced last week that they are delivering temporary housing units to Cobleskill, to be distributed to flood victims in New York State who cannot find... Read more
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