Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 10:25 pm
On February 27, 50-year-old Timothy Shields, a photographer, was found dead in his cabin in a Big Indian housing complex on Oliverea Road.
Although a medical examiner's report would show that Shields died of a pulmonary embolism, the flurry of police... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 5:18 pm
Within the last hour, we received press releases from emergency coordinators about flooding predictions for tonight and tomorrow. Here's the Delaware County press release:
The Delaware County Emergency Operations Center was opened at 1300 hours today in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 3:20 pm
Between the rain and the millions of gallons of water being pumped by the DEP through the leaky Delaware Aqueduct underground, the sump pumps of Wawarsing are working overtime. Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record reports today:
Homeowners said floods... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 12:05 pm
The remains of Overlook Mountain House. Photo by Flickr user bryanu35. Used with permission.
Overlook Mountain has a certain mysterious charm, as the above photo of the ruins of its once-grand mountaintop hotel show. But 19th-century resorts aren't the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 5:20 pm
If you thought the rivers and streams got high earlier this week, you haven't seen anything yet.
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for all five Catskills counties -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster -- from tomorrow... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 9:22 am
The rain from yesterday combined with a surprise snowstorm last night have made for a bit of nutsiness this morning. There are multiple school delays, road closures, car accidents, and a travel advisory issued for Delaware County until noon today. Via... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Mar. 6, 2011 - 12:35 pm
Thanks to the combination of rain and snowmelt that's expected to last all day today, the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch throughout the Catskills for today and tomorrow.
But in Walton, the flooding has already started, according to a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 5, 2011 - 10:34 am
Ice rescue practice on the Ashokan Reservoir. Photo via the NYC Water/NYC DEP website.
Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record spent Thursday on the ice at the Ashokan Reservoir watching NYC Department of Environmental Protection police officers don bright... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 10:19 am
Despite the layoff woes at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, this year has been excellent for the businesses that depend on it, Jay Braman wrote in the Daily Freeman yesterday:
At a meeting on Monday of the Belleayre Region Lodging and Tourism... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011 - 8:33 am
According to a hydrograph from the National Weather Service, the Wallkill River in Gardiner hit 15 feet this morning, two feet above flood stage. According to historical measurements, when the river hits 15 feet, Springtown Road, Libertyville Road... Read more
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