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Donate to the Binnekill Business Council Toys for Tots toy drive

By Julia Reischel
11/13/12 - 4:08 pm

The Binnekill Business Council (formerly ShopMargaretville) is organizing a toy drive to help re-stock the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation warehouse in Brooklyn, which lost 1,000 toys to Sandy floodwaters. Brand new toys are being accepted at locations across the Catskills beginning on November 17. Locations include the Bed and Bath Shoppe and the Commons in Margaretville, The Tinder Box and Wadler Brothers hardware store in Fleischmanns, the Andes Hotel in Andes, Quarltere's Nursery in Roxbury and NBT Bank in Grand Gorge.

More info: http://brooklyn-ny.toysfortots.org/local-coordinator-sites/lco-sites/default.aspx Read more

State of emergency declared in Delaware County

By Julia Reischel
10/29/12 - 5:42 pm

From the Delaware County Emergency Services Facebook page:

Delaware County Chairman, James E. Eisel, Sr., has declared a State of Emergency for Delaware County. All roads in the county will be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. when conditions will be reassessed.

Updated, 6pm: Delaware County has issued a press release. Although the county is in a state of emergency, there have been no announcements made about emergency shelters. The state of emergency will be reevaluated at 6am Teusday morning.

Read the full press release:

Delaware County Chairman, James E. Eisel, Sr., has declared a State of Emergency for Delaware County. All roads in the county will be closed effective at 8PM October 29, 2012, continuing until 6AM October 30, 2012, at which time it will be reevaluated. Read more

Town of Deposit declares state of emergency; Delaware County EOC open

By Julia Reischel
10/29/12 - 3:00 pm

This just in from Delaware County Emergency Services:

The Delaware County Emergency Operations Center opened at 1PM today in preparation for the potential impacts of Hurricane Sandy. The Emergency Operations telephone number is 607-746-9600.

On Tuesday October 30, 2012 the Delaware County Office of the Aging will not be providing the following services: Senior Dining Centers will be closed, no home delivered meals will be served and no bus services will be available.

The Towns of Deposit and Hancock and the Village of Hancock have each declared a State of Emergency. All roads in these municipalities are closed at this time.

Obama declares federal emergency in New York State; deploys FEMA

By Julia Reischel
10/28/12 - 8:24 pm

Tonight, President Obama granted New York State's request for a federal emergency declaration. The declaration will release federal resources in advance of Hurricane Sandy's arrival in the Catskills on Monday, and allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fund and help coordinate the relief and response effort.

Press release from President Obama:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the State of New York to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 27, 2012, and continuing. Read more

Wind from the east will "stress the trees in an unusual manner"

By Julia Reischel
10/28/12 - 7:25 pm

In an email sent this afternoon, Ulster County Emergency Services Director Arthur Snyder wrote that Ulster County is now under a "high wind warning," partially because the storm winds will be coming from the east, an unusual direction. That will "stress the trees in an unusual manner," he writes: Read more

Flood watch and high wind warning issued for Catskills from now through Tuesday

By Julia Reischel
10/28/12 - 12:31 pm

Last night, the New York Office of Emergency Management, along with the National Weather Service offices in Albany and Binghamton, issued a high wind warning and a flood watch for the next 48 hours for all five counties in the Catskills region.

Arthur R. Snyder, the director of Ulster County Emergency Communication, sent us a concise explanation of what those warnings mean: Read more

National Guard mobilized to respond to Sandy; 200 soldiers activated in Southern Tier

By Julia Reischel
10/28/12 - 12:09 pm

Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced that he has mobilized 1,175 members of the National Guard to stand by at posts across the state to prepare for Hurricane Sandy. For the Catskills region, the deployment includes 200 soliders who will go on duty at armories in Binghamton, Walton and Horseheads tomorrow. Additional troops and supplies will be standing by at the Camp Smith Training Site north of Peekskill.

The mobilization is part of a statewide effort that includes soldiers in New York City and on Long Island. Here's the full press release with info: