Government
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 - 11:11 am
It's official: Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Interior rejected the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans' application for approval to build a resort casino in a hamlet in Sullivan County.
The Times Herald-Record has the story:
The Department of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 - 4:16 pm
YNN ran a story this week about new statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that show that New York state is losing large farming operations and gaining small ones. The story quotes a Sullivan County farmer saying that farmers might need to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 - 1:13 pm
We've known this was coming for months, and now here it is: A new water supply permit for New York City from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
The new permit allows the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to continue... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 - 4:10 pm
A recent action by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ensures that New York City's efforts to push dirty water out of the Ashokan Reservoir throughout the fall and winter are going to cost the city big time. The DEC is fining the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 - 11:18 am
Giant hogweed: Photo from DEC In the midst of a tight new budget and a departmental hiring freeze, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has one job for which it is actually hiring: giant hogweed wrangler.
Thanks to funding set aside... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 11:22 am
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein announced in his annual county address last night that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has filed a formal complaint against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over the DEP... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 10:54 am
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office is reporting that 26-year-old Tara Valhos fell off a snowmobile in the village of Richmondville and into the path of an oncoming car yesterday.
According to a press release, Valhos was airlifted to Bassett Medical... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 9:45 am
A bus driver and an aide transporting Pre-K and kindergarten students to Catskill Elementary School on Monday morning parked a bus in a Wal-Mart parking lot with a 5-year-old girl sleeping inside, according to the Daily Mail and the Daily Freeman. When... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 11:33 am
The Daily Freeman is reporting that yet another car accident happened yesterday evening, this one the second to occur on Rte. 28 this week. Happily, however, the four occupants of the car sustained only minor injuries, the paper reports:
Officer John... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 11:08 am
Another person has died in a vehicular accident this week, bringing the death toll from Catskills car and snowmobile accidents up to four since Friday.
The Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record are reporting that a 58-year-old Hurley woman died after... Read more
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