NewsShed: Where have all the flowers gone?

The young Toshi Seeger -- filmmaker, activist, arts advocate, cofounder of the Clearwater organization, and wife of legendary folksinger Pete Seeger. Toshi died Wednesday at the age of 91 at the couple's home in Beacon. Last year, Pete told Persimmon Tree magazine that Toshi was the one who taught him how to sail: "She was the one who steered the boat; she had the chart, she kept off the rocks." Photo by Gene Deitch. 

Today's NewsShed is a twofer: News from both Thursday and Friday. We got a little consumed yesterday with putting out an investigative story on the embattled owner of three Delaware County junkyards, who's in hot water with both the DEC and his mortgage lender. 

Tragic news from Sullivan County: A toddler who was on life support after falling into a Monticello pool last weekend has died.

The Walton school district, which has spent most of the last year plagued with sadistic threats to children in the school, has a new superintendent, Roger Clough. 

Looks like Clough had a rough time in his last job. Here's hoping Walton likes him better than Massena did.

Vandals did a serious number on the Shepard Hills Golf Course in Roxbury last week, smashing 11 golf carts in a drunken joyride and leaving a trail of vomit, empty Twisted Tea cans and torn-up course in their wake. Look out, punks: Roxbury's constable thinks he knows whodunit.

Windham's vandals aren't going to be arrested anytime soon. Because they're bears.

The late Blenheim Covered Bridge, which was fully destroyed by Irene floods in 2011, has been declared partially eligible for FEMA disaster funding. The town of Blenheim is still figuring out what that means for plans at the site, but it's good news for folks who want to see something restored to the site.

Shandaken's flood mitigation plan -- which may end up being a model for other local towns and communities -- is getting close to approval. That could make the town eligible for millions in flood prevention funds, the Woodstock Times' Violet Snow writes.

Woodstock's Town Board and Ethics Board are at odds over an issue involving the Cucina restaurant's use of an outbuilding

Meet John Morrow, an aerobatics instructor whose 1977 amphibious Citabria plane boasts the best view in Kingston.

Former Republican Greg Myer just got the Democratic nod to run for highway superintendent of Saugerties.

Former town clerk Sylvia Rozzelle just got the Democratic nod to run for town supervisor of Olive.

If there is a greater pleasure in life than getting worked up over frothy New York Times stories about the well-heeled, we don't know what it is. This week, the Grey Lady pays a visit to our potential future Congressman, 26-year-old Sean Eldridge, and a few of his non-bazillionaire neighbors in Shokan

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