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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 - 9:34 am
The Croton Reservoir: Wikimedia CommonsThe New York Times had a neat article yesterday about the history of the New York Public Library building, which stands on what once was the Croton Reservoir.
The reservoir opened for business in 1842 as the city's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 - 8:57 am
We're getting a short break this morning, but the snow will be back tonight, the National Weather Service warns this morning. It has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Sullivan County and Ulster County starting this evening. For Ulster County:
.TONIGHT... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 - 10:13 am
Today's New York Post lambastes Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- one of the most powerful figures in New York State politics -- for his law firm's making money off lawsuits against gas-drilling companies in other states, while leading the charge against... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 - 8:36 am
It's another day of slow driving and ice covered roads, and like as not your local school is closed. Again.
(For a list a school closings, check out the Daily Freeman, the Times Herald-Record or Fox 23.)
The counties are sending out alerts about the road... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 - 3:54 pm
Hydraulic fracturing is shaping up to be one of the big dramas of our newly-minted 112th U.S. Congress, and the various actors are already hinting at how the debate will unfold.
President Barack Obama's administration has hinted that gas drilling could... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 - 10:44 am
Jessica Vecchione shoots videos for the ARC of Delaware County, which provides services and education to people with disabilities. Her latest movie is a sweet look at how Belleayre Mountain hosted some of the ARC's students on the slopes this winter. Best... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 - 9:00 am
Radar image of a storm system moving over the Catskills today, From the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service is warning drivers across the Catskills today that a pernicious mix of snow and sleet will make the roads an ice rink this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 - 9:19 am
An 18-year-old woman, Erin Clare Malloy-McArdle, died after skiing into a tree on a Windham Mountain ski slope on Saturday morning.
According to a press release from the New York State Police, Mallow-Mcardle, who was a novice skier, skied off the trail... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 - 9:38 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. To see a full-size version of this cartoon, click here. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context about this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 - 2:57 pm
This just in from the Times Herald-Record: Facing threats of legal action from Ulster County over their releases of turbid water into the Esopus Creek, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has promised to stop the releases in 30 days.... Read more
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