Hurricane Irene
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:05 pm
This just in from Diane Galusha, the newly-minted Middletown Information Officer. The town of Middletown and its flood-ravaged hamlets and villages (Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns) has a new source for up-to-date, official information: a Middletown... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 2:51 pm
Dredging the Stony Clove this morning. Photo and video by Marilyn Manning.
Our Shandaken correspondent Tom Rinaldo spoke with Shandaken Town Supervisor Rob Stanley this morning. One big story: Today, town officials are taking advantage of emergency... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 1:27 pm
This just in from folks in Shandaken:
Shandaken Healing Ceremony
2PM Today, 3rd September Parish Field Phoenicia, NY
A gathering of community following the devastation of the flood.
Bring your voice, a bowl and a candle.
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 2:27 am
Town supervisor Dennis Richards Friday at the command post in the Middleburgh village office: Photo by Marty Rosen.
Hurricane Irene plunged rural Schoharie County into a nightmare.
During the storm last Sunday, emergency sirens blasted. Emergency... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 11:07 pm
Burning Barn from wet hay spontaneous combustion in Schararie County. Photo credit Shannon VanKuren.
Ulla Kjarval of Spring Lake Farm in Delhi provides this report on the impact this week's flodding has had on our region's farms.
Many New York State farms... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 10:23 pm
MIDDLEBURGH - Debris from flood damage being collected near the Middleburgh High School: Photo by Marty Rosen
Our Schoharie County correspondent, Marty Rosen, visited the beleaguered Schoharie County town of Middleburgh today to find a town without... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 8:58 pm
Delaware County Human Services has put together a fleet of free shuttle buses that will ferry hurricane victims to and from the Delhi Price Chopper, the Oneonta Wal-Mart, and the Disaster Assistance Center on Belleayre Mountain starting tomorrow. Here's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 8:51 pm
The following press releases from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), one on the federal disaster declaration for New York State and one on available aid programs for the New York disaster, were issued on Wednesday, August 31. Also attached: A... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 7:48 pm
This release from the Small Business Administration was dated August 31. Also attached: An embedded PDF fact sheet from the SBA on how to apply for disaster loans. --Ed.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Karen G. Mills issued... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 4:23 pm
I was live on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now this morning, via the magic of Skype. It's a program with a huge national audience, and we're delighted they're helping us get the word out about what's happening here in the Catskills, even if they can't... Read more