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May. 6, 2010
During yesterday's meeting of the New Paltz Central School District Board of Education, where the district's latest painful budget plan was presented for public comment, the only one to speak up about spending was a 15-year-old:
At the hearing, Sylvia... Read more
May. 6, 2010
On the lam: A trio of alleged paving scammers accused of pulling a bait-and-switch on elderly homeowners around Ulster County. From the Daily Freeman:
Rodney Cooper, 48, Rodney T. Cooper, 28, and James Lambert, 45, are wanted on arrest warrants for... Read more
May. 6, 2010
The town of Catskill has given Wal-Mart a million-dollar reduction on how much its Catskill store is worth, which will help the global corporation lower its town and county taxes by a bundle this year, according to the Daily Mail. Catskill's reasoning?... Read more
May. 4, 2010
That's the kind of candid rhetoric I like from a local restaurant:
Well…. I am the new owner and operator of the Munson Diner, let me just say… none of the same old crap… only quality food at a fair price…. I opened on the morning of the 22nd…No previous... Read more
May. 4, 2010
JImmy Fallon, who hails from Saugerties, gets to be the face of the Emmys. Via the Daily Freeman.
May. 4, 2010
That's the question for Allan Wikman, a Kingston resident who is going to spend 15 days in jail for refusing to budge during a January meeting of the Ulster County Legislature. Via the Daily Freeman.
May. 4, 2010
Albany hiker DSettahr spent the weekend hiking up Windham High Peak, and he tells the Views from the Top forum that already, the flies are biting:
We had the lean-to to ourselves on Saturday night. We saw and heard some bugs during the evening Friday and... Read more
May. 4, 2010
No, not pigs: motorcycles. Two Wheels to Anywhere, a YouTube "motorcycle touring / reality travel show," just dedicated several of its episodes to the BMW Motorcycle Owners Association dual sport rally, which was staged at Hunter Mountain last fall. In... Read more
May. 3, 2010
An editorial in the PoJo states what is becoming painfully obvious:
The Catskills region needs an economic resurgence, but it's clear waiting for a string of casinos to be built is not the answer and never was.
May. 3, 2010
...really, who can you trust? The Albany Times Union blew the bottom out of Ward B. Stone's reputation yesterday with an article that chronicles the celebrated scientist's dark side:
What is less known about the 71-year-old scientist at the state's... Read more
May. 3, 2010
A Woodstock yard abloom in bugleweed. (We think.) Photo credit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjs76/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
May. 3, 2010
Akira Ohiso has photographic evidence of the seizure of a business on North Main Street in Liberty for tax delinquency. That giant orange "SEIZED" sign is pretty terrifying.
May. 3, 2010
Crews are out repaving the shoulders of 28 between the Woodstock turnoff and the town of Olive. The Catskills Cyclist is thrilled:
If you've ever driven this length of road you would have to agree that the shoulders were downright treacherous. If you... Read more
May. 3, 2010
We're a little late on this one, but that's because we had no idea that New York's horse-betting industry had such an innovative way of bringing off-track betting to customers who can't make it to the casino.
May. 3, 2010
The Albany Project has an account of the recent New York State Democratic Rural Conference on Saturday. It's weirdly fixated on describing the contents of the buffet table, but there's some meat: Writer Adama Brown critiques the AG candidates' plans for... Read more
May. 1, 2010
It's May Day, otherwise known as Beltane, which good students of the Goddess know means it's time to have one hell of a party.
Mike Madsen is celebrating Beltane on his blog, the Kingston Progressive:
With a high density of immigrants from Ireland and... Read more
May. 1, 2010
Not bad for a tiny little town that wants to revitalize its movie theater. From an email that the Collective sent out this morning:
We did it! Out of 362 projects across the United States competing for a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant, the Rosendale... Read more
Apr. 30, 2010
Local officials in Greene County are mounting an effort to get the DEC to reconsider their decision to close the Devil's Tombstone campground. From the Windham Journal:
The campground, located amidst Route 214’s Stony Clove, has been slated for closure... Read more
Apr. 29, 2010
From today's Daily Freeman:
In handing down the sentence, Ulster County Judge Donald Williams told Latourette "my only regret is I cannot do more to punish you."
Apr. 29, 2010
This week, the Obama administration issued a 47-page report on the American rural economy, with recommendations for policies aimed at giving a boost to small business, infrastructure, agriculture and overall quality of life in rural areas. The Daily... Read more