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Could New York's Cardinal Dolan be Pope?
Photo of New York Cardinal-Archbishop Timothy Dolan, circa 2009. Via Wikimedia Commons.On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing that he would resign on February 28. As the New York...
View ArticleTo drill or not to drill: New York gas regs delayed again
New York State is slated to miss a key Wednesday deadline in the long march toward issuing regulations on hydrofracking.State health commissioner Nirav Shah announced Tuesday, in a letter to Department...
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Seven ways to spend Valentine's Day in the Catskills
St. Valentine, it might be remembered, got into a heap of trouble for marrying couples in defiance of the government, which had decreed that young men remain single so that they’d make better soldiers...
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Catskills county governments take aim at SAFE Act
Photo of L1A1 SLR semi-automatic rifle by Flickr user Keary O. Published under Creative Commons license.County governments across upstate New York are weighing in against New York State's new gun...
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Middleburghers vote to keep their village
Above: Middleburgh's Municipal Building. Photo by Carolyn Simmons; reproduced by permission.In a public vote Tuesday on whether or not to dissolve the village of Middleburgh, residents voted by a...
View ArticleSnow and sleet in the Catskills forecast
Watch out on the roads tonight, drivers: Winter weather advisories are in effect this evening across the Catskills region, and forecasters are calling for freezing rain changing over to snow...
View ArticleHeavy snow to fall in the Catskills
Forecasters are calling for heavy, wet snow to fall across the Catskills late this evening and overnight, moving from south to north.Accumulations could reach 5 to 10 inches in western Greene and...
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Cat hoarder faces cruelty charges -- but her 99 live cats are on the mend
A few of the 99 cats seized in January from the home of a cat hoarder in Wright settle into their new surroundings at the Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley. Photos from the Animal Shelter of Schoharie...
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New York State toughens law on hydrocodone prescription
Photo by Flickr user Jeff Adams; published under Creative Commons license.A new state law intended to combat illegal recreational use of hydrocodone, a highly addictive opiate that is the main...
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March Madness Meat Box & Taking Corned Beef Orders!
Hi,We're going to have a March Madness Meat Box! Choose your own selection of our frozen beef, pork, lamb and chicken cuts. Mix them up! Customize your own box! Make up a box valued around $120 and...
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Introduction to online advertising
On Wednesday, 3/6 at 6:30pm in Margaretivlle, come to a beginner's guide to online advertising on Facebook, Twitter, Google and more. Call or email Julia Reischel at 845-481-0155 or...
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"Put up your own website" workshop Wednesday, March 20
Sign up for Monday's class on simple website building for business owners! Deadline to register is Monday, 3/4/13 at noon. The class is at 6:30pm at the Margaretville E-Center. Call or email Julia...
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USDA's new definition of 'rural' could hurt small towns
Rural enough for ya? Photo of dirt road in the Delaware County town of Meredith by Flickr user somervillebikes; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group.A newly-released report from the U.S....
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CWC announces grants for flood-damaged nonprofits
Above: The Empire State Railway Museum in Phoenicia on September 5, 2011, a week after Irene flooding damaged the building and grounds. Photo by Flickr user fixbuffalo; shared in the Watershed Post's...
View ArticlePolice foil burglary in Gilboa
State police say they caught two burglars red-handed in the process of stealing copper piping, electronics and tools from a house on Potter Mountain Road in Gilboa early Friday morning. According to a...
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Cuomo announces $25 million in grants to build more broadband
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...
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Two-year moratorium on hydrofracking passed in Assembly
Above: Screenshot of a video from a Wednesday morning press conference by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and fellow Assembly Democrats on a bill that, if passed into law, will place a two-year...
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Another Bummer in the Forest?
Above: Evidence of hemlock wooly adelgid. Photo by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station / © Bugwood.org / CC-BY-3.0-US.By Ryan TrapaniEach...
View ArticleSnow day!
Schools are closed across the Catskills this Friday morning, and it looks like a snow globe out there. The Hudson Valley Weather Facebook page reports that the snowfall ranges from 1 to 10 inches deep...
View ArticleFlood advisories issued
The National Weather Service out of Albany has issued a spate of advisories for the entire area. Delaware, Greene, Sullivan and Ulster counties are under a flood advisory until 5 pm. while Delaware...
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