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Thousands without power across the Catskills region

By Lissa Harris
9/18/12 - 8:43 pm

High winds are taking out power lines across upstate New York tonight, leaving tens of thousands of people without power.

As of this post, Central Hudson is reporting that 29,961 of its upstate New York customers have power outages. NYSEG has 22,056 customers without power. And National Grid has 12,384 customers without power.

Within the Catskills region, Ulster County appears to be the hardest hit by power outages, with 8,936 affected Central Hudson customers and 230 NYSEG customers as of the time of this post.

Central Hudson, NYSEG and National Grid all have live updating maps of power outages. Click the links above to see current maps and estimated power restoration times, if the company has them.

Tornado watch in effect for Catskills region

By Lissa Harris
9/18/12 - 1:02 pm

Update, 5pm: Ulster and Greene County are under a flash flood warning:

Locations In The Warning Include But Are Not Limited To Windham And Prattsville Radar Estimates And Actual Gage Readings Indicating 2 To 4 Inches Of Rain Has Fallen Across Portions Of Greene And Mainly Western Ulster County. Additional Rainfall Of 1 To 3 Inches Is Possible. Rapid Runoff From Heavy Rainfall Will Lead To Flash Flooding.

Sullivan County has a flash flood warning as well: Read more

Wind advisory in effect today for Sullivan, Delaware, Otsego counties

By Lissa Harris
9/18/12 - 11:05 am

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a wind advisory for the western Catskills region, from 11am until 8pm. Forecasts are calling for sustained winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour, with gusts up to 40 or 50 miles per hour, possibly greater at high elevations.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are also in the forecast for the region, and could dump as much as two or three inches in some areas. With the region feeling the effects of a long summer drought, a little rain isn't a bad thing -- but watch out for downed trees and power lines on the road this afternoon and evening.

Primary Day: Thursday, September 13

By Lissa Harris
9/13/12 - 12:13 am

Above: Photo by Flickr user Ann Douglas. Published under Creative Commons license.

If you're registered to a political party in New York State, you may be eligible to vote in a primary election on Thursday, September 13. Most towns in the Catskills region have either a Republican or a Democratic primary. (Check our handy cheat sheet below to see if your party has a primary race in your town.)

Earlier this year, new New York State Senate and Assembly districts were drawn. This will be the first election to use the new primary districts, and voters in some towns will be seeing an unfamiliar incumbent on the ballot: a politician who is already in office, but who has never before represented that town as part of his or her district. Read more

Go pink or go home: Local momblogger goes the extra mile to fight cancer

By Lissa Harris
9/12/12 - 11:20 am

Above: Before (well, during) and after photos of Jeanne Sager's cancer-fighting 'do. Photos courtesy of Jeanne Sager; reproduced with permission.

How far would you go to fight cancer?

Jeanne Sager, the Sullivan County writer and mom behind the blog Inside Out Motherhood, has shaved her head for cancer fundraising six times. It's part of a fundraiser run by the St. Baldrick's Foundation, a nonprofit whose supporters raise money to fight childhood cancer by shaving their heads and soliciting donations from friends and family.

This time around, Sager writes, she decided to go further, and dye her hair pink for a couple of months in anticipation of the big day. Why pink? Well, it turns out, when you walk around rural upstate New York with hair the color of the Barbie Dreamhouse, people notice. Read more

Catskills local food in the spotlight

By Lissa Harris
9/7/12 - 11:19 am

There's only two things money can't buy: True love and home-grown tomatoes. Above, photographer Mark Zilberman proves that you can grow gorgeous tomatoes in the high-altitude Catskills town of Andes. Shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group.

It's September, and the season of bounty is upon us: late-summer vegetables in full profusion, apple harvest just around the corner, tomatoes groaning on the vine. Read more

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