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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 - 4:00 pm
Have you seen flooding in your area? Readers, you are our eyes and ears; we rely on you to help get the word out to your neighbors. Send eyewitness accounts, photos and video to editor@watershedpost.com, or post to our Facebook wall: facebook.com/... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 - 3:34 pm
Above: DEP employees cleaning up flood debris in downtown Margaretville on September 13, 2011. Photo by Lissa Harris.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced this morning that they will donate $1 million to a fund to help... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 - 9:08 am
Posted on NY-Alert at 4:45am:
The National Weather Service In Albany Has Issued A * Flash Flood Warning For... Greene County In East Central New York... This Includes The City Of Hunter... Central Ulster County In East Central New York... This Includes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2011 - 6:38 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Rondout Creek in Rosendale, effective through the evening of Thursday, September 29.
Posted on NY-Alert at 6:19pm:
At 5 PM Wednesday The Stage Was...17.5 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 18 Feet. *... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2011 - 5:52 pm
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we covered yet more flooding in the Catskills with a live interview with West Shokan resident Martha Frankel as she was being evacuated from her home today. We also interviewed Brooklyn artists Ellie... Read more
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
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