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Stream team: Students join DEP for a day

By Lissa Harris
3/28/13 - 11:09 am

Above: Olivia Paetow, a student at Onteora High School, gets a lesson in microbiology from Donna Reynolds of the DEP. Photos courtesy of NYC DEP.

Students from Ulster County and the Bronx got a hands-on lesson in water science this week, as part of a watershed education program that paired aspiring young environmental scientists with mentors at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Kingston water quality lab.

On Tuesday, the eight teenagers of the "Stream Teams" crew -- a project run by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, with funding from the Catskill Watershed Corporation -- were paired off with DEP employees to get one-on-one training in the tools of the trade, from digital mapping to microbiology to flood prevention. Three students from Onteora High School participated in the project: Olivia Paetow, Bailey Moskowitz and Nolan Bastianelli. The other five hailed from the Bronx Lab School downstate. Read more

Sandy victims get another extension on FEMA deadline

By Lissa Harris
3/27/13 - 12:41 pm

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that the deadline for registering for individual FEMA aid in 13 Sandy-affected counties will be extended, from March 29 to April 13, 2013.

Among the 13 counties eligible for individual FEMA aid for Sandy storm losses are two in the Catskills region: Sullivan and Ulster County.

Not included on the list: Greene County, which was added to a list of counties receiving public aid from FEMA in December 2012, but was denied eligibility for individual aid. Read more

Spring: Not quite sprung

By Lissa Harris
3/26/13 - 10:47 am

Above: A tractor in Monticello waits patiently for snowmelt. Photo taken March 23 by Catskills Photography; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.

It's been officially spring for a week, but nobody seems to have alerted Mother Nature. Much of the Northeast is still in the grip of winter weather, and local patience with the endless snow is beginning to fray.

This week might finally bring some relief, though. Hudson Valley Weather calls for forecasts in the 50s by the weekend:

The rest of the week will continue to host moderating temps and fair weather. By the weekend temps look to crest 50 degrees as spring starts to fight back. Read more

14-year-old charged with making bomb threat to Marbletown Elementary

By Lissa Harris
3/22/13 - 10:47 am

A 14-year-old student at the Rondout Valley High School was arrested Thursday for allegedly making a threat to bomb the Marbletown Elementary School, in a case police say is unrelated to previous threats made to the school.

On Thursday, the Rondout Valley Central School District evacuated the Marbletown Elementary School in response to a threat made at the high school. According to a statement from the New York State Police, an investigation conducted by state and Ulster County police found that the threat was not credible.

Times Herald-Record reporter Pauline Liu reports that the threat was made with tinfoil at a lunch table:

Investigator James Charlonis said several students were writing messages during lunch Thursday on a Rondout Valley High School cafeteria table using tin foil.

One of those messages was deemed to be a bomb threat, he said. Read more

Marbletown Elementary School closed by threat

By Lissa Harris
3/21/13 - 2:13 pm

A bomb threat targeting the Marbletown Elementary School was discovered in the Rondout Valley High School today, forcing an evacuation of students in the elementary school to the Stone Ridge Community Center.

From a post on the Facebook page of the Rondout Valley Central School District, made around 1:30pm Thursday:

Marbletown Elementary School will be evacuated to the Community Center in Stone Ridge due to a bomb threat that was discovered in the High School targeting Marbletown. Parents of Marbletown students may pick up their child at the Community Center with proper ID. Buses will drop off students from the Community Center to home. Some delay from the regular drop off time may be expected.

The Rondout Valley Central School District has been grappling with threats to the elementary school since last December, when an anonymous threatening letter was sent to the school over winter break. Read more

School aid cuts draw ire from parents - and robots

By Lissa Harris
3/20/13 - 5:06 pm

Above: We're not sure who Gagnacon is, but we know he wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to restore $547,818 in state aid to the Onteora Central School District. Photo courtesy of Valerie Havas, a PR specialist for Onteora.

Among the attendees at a Boiceville rally held in protest of steep cuts in state aid to the Onteora Central School District on Saturday: State senator Cecilia Tkaczyk, former Woodstock supervisor Jeff Moran, local children's folksinger "Uncle Rock" Robert Burke Warren, and local parents and PTA representatives. Also a giant robot, who when pressed by a Times Herald-Record reporter, would identify himself only as "Gagnacon."

As the Times Herald-Record notes, Onteora faces a staggering state aid cut of over 7.6 percent in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed 2013-2014 budget, at a time when the district's neediest population is on the rise: Read more