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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 - 9:51 pm
Utility poles near Binghamton. Photo by Flickr user Enoch Ross; photo published under Creative Commons license.
Rural utility companies call it the "last mile problem": Even in places where there is a network nearby that carries data, the final... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 3:32 pm
According to a press release from the New York State Police, a 25-year-old Fishkill man who communicated with a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act was arrested by state police on Monday.
Michael Geleski was charged with attempted... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 10:49 pm
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office has finally made an arrest for the theft of a lawnmower and an ATV from a home at 109 South Road in Ruby last June. The cold case got a fresh lead this Monday, when the lawnmower turned up for sale on Craig's List.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 17, 2012 - 11:33 am
As promised in last week's town meeting, the Delaware County town of Middletown launched an official town website this week, with help from a grant from the O'Connor Foundation.
The site is still something of a work in progress -- the official launch date... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 12, 2012 - 11:23 am
Photo of check presented to Roxbury Central School by GRLIC for a new media and technology center at the school. Courtesy of Jenn Schuman.
With school budgets under fierce pressure, and enrollments dropping throughout the region, many local schools are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2012 - 2:55 pm
Above: Clouds? Smoke signals? A viral guerilla marketing campaign? Photo by Flickr user Sundve.
On Thursday, I'll be speaking at a workshop about building a marketing plan for your business (and getting the best bang for your buck out of it) in Stamford.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 1:09 pm
Screenshot of the Walton Reporter's new website at waltonreporter.com.
Congratulations to the Walton Reporter on rolling out their new website this week.
The paper, which covers a wide swath of Delaware County along with their Walton home base, has been... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 - 1:28 pm
Today, a wide swath of the Internet and web tech community is joining a digital protest of a pair of bills currently under consideration by Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate.
The bills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 12:30 pm
We're debuting something new today: Facebook comments. Instead of our old system, which let people choose between anonymous commenting and registering for a username on our site, we're now asking commenters to use their Facebook identities to post... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 - 7:35 pm
In the New York Daily News today: A glowing profile of Kingston's emerging high-tech microbusiness community, complete with photos of swank lofts, breathless real estate price quotes, and paeans to the city's thriving art scene. (Oh yes. They even used... Read more
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