Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record busted out a calculator and figured out exactly how much money New York City loses each day because of the acqueduct leak in Wawarsing. The answer? It ain't cheap:

In 2010, New York City charged its residents $2.61 for every 748 gallons of water they used.

Now grab a calculator.

With 36 million gallons leaking, that means New York City is losing $125,614 worth of water every day. And 97 cents.

So, if the home and property damage in Wawarsing doesn't grab attention, maybe New York City will perk up to the almighty dollar.

With the last Kutsher on the verge of retirement, the resort that inspired "Dirty Dancing" was poised to follow its Borscht Belt brethren into a long twilight of decrepitude. But in a lucky break for the 103-year-old hotel, caterer Mickey Montal and longtime guest Yossi Zablocki pooled a few hundred thousand dollars and pulled Kutsher's back from the brink. From the Times Herald-Record:

Zablocki — in charge of everything but the food — put a new hot tub in the indoor pool area that, thanks to a new filter, is now crystal clear, like the outdoor pool. The natural wood for a new outdoor kids' playground just arrived — although the old steel merry-go-round with the ladybug head he once played on stays.

"I want to breathe life in it," says Zablocki. "I don't want it to become an old age home."  Read more

A bill instituting no-fault divorce in New York State, which cleared the state Senate last month, passed the Assembly yesterday with wide margins. When Gov. Paterson signs it -- which he's promised to do -- New York will join the 49 other states that allow married couples to divorce without claiming wrongdoing by either party.

Though support for no-fault divorce has been fairly broad, the measure shares some critics that don't always see eye to eye on social issues. Among the opposed groups, a New York Times feature notes, are the Catholic Church and the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women.

Here's a quote from NY-NOW's Marcia Pappas, who contributed an essay to the NYT feature:  Read more

Only up here in the hills, we call 'em "marihuana." This just in via a press release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:

On Thursday, July 1, Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies searched properties located in the towns of Delhi and Davenport and seized sixty nine marihuana plants.

Acting on information provided by the Civil Air Patrol, Deputies searched a property located between the West Branch Delaware River and Arbor Hill Road in the Town of Delhi on Thursday morning and seized thirty five marihuana plants.  That afternoon, Deputies searched along the Charlotte Creek in Davenport Center and seized thirty four additional marihuana plants.

Deputies are continuing their investigation and encourage anyone with information concerning the cultivation of marihuana to contact and report suspected marihuana growing locations to the Sheriff’s Office.  Calls will remain confidential and callers can report information anonymously.  Read more