Government
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 11:00 am
Tonight, at a regularly scheduled monthly town board meeting, the Shandaken Town Board will vote on a resolution opposing New York State's recently enacted gun control legislation.
If adopted, the resolution will have no legal force. Such resolutions --... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 10:10 am
This morning, a joint legislative budget hearing was packed to the gills as Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens testified to legislators about hydraulic fracturing.
Martens began speaking at 9:30am. The Democrat and Chronicle... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 - 11:55 am
Above: Congressman Chris Gibson listens to Olga and Ivan Orisek of Forestburgh at his Liberty office open house on Wednesday, January 30. Photo by Jason Dole.
Though he's been in office since 2011, Congressman Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) is still a fresh... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 - 4:16 pm
On Thursday at 6:30pm, Ulster County executive Mike Hein delivered his annual "State of the County" address at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge. The event was originally scheduled for Monday, January 28, but was rescheduled due to weather.
Below: The text of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 - 3:22 pm
Above: A screenshot from state senator John Bonacic's website, urging constituents in the 42nd District to sign a petition to repeal New York State's new gun control law.
With the ink hardly dry on New York State's new gun control law, New York state... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 - 10:35 pm
Van Morrow hoists the Lesbian and Gay Band Association's official flag during a Sunday rehearsal in Baltimore for the upcoming Inaugural Parade. Photo courtesy of Van Morrow.
Forgive us the Onionesque headline: Van Morrow, a longtime Livingston Manor... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 - 11:35 am
Photo from Friends of Cecilia Tkaczyk Facebook page.
Catskills voters: Never say your vote doesn't count.
After a long court battle that resulted in the counting of 99 contested ballots, Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk has won the race for the 46th state senate... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 - 2:23 pm
With a midnight deadline just hours away, four New York State school districts risk losing large chunks of state aid if they fail to submit new state-mandated teacher evaluation plans today. The districts are Fallsburg, Harrison, Pine Plains, and the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 - 11:32 am
You've got to feel for New York State's 46th Senate District. Like the rest of the state, the 46th -- a rural district that snakes from Montgomery County, through the more rural parts of Schenectady and Albany Counties, across all of Greene County and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 - 2:26 pm
Not content to ban "fracking" for natural gas within town borders, Woodstock's town board has voted to petition New York State to make hydraulic fracturing a criminal offense.
According to an account in the Daily Freeman, the Woodstock town board voted to... Read more
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