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Election 2011: Town-by-town coverage

By Lissa Harris
11/6/11 - 11:25 pm

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

This year, voters go to the polls on November 8. Because it's an odd year, it's local-election season, with most towns in the Catskills and across New York State electing supervisors, town board members and other municipal leaders.

We've assembled a town-by-town guide to local elections throughout the Catskills. For towns in Ulster, Schoharie, Delaware and Greene counties, we have scanned in and posted sample ballots that feature the slate of candidates exactly as you will see them at the polls on Tuesday. These sample ballots come from each county's Board of Elections. (We're missing sample ballots for Sullivan County because we weren't able to drive there and collect the ballots in time, but we have posted a comprehensive list of all the candidates running for office in the county.)  Read more

Two Delaware County Farmers Join Regional Watershed Board

By Tara Collins
2/2/12 - 4:44 pm

At its first meeting of 2012, the Watershed Agricultural Council welcomed two Delaware County farmers to its Council of Directors. Gwen Deysenroth, of Bye Brook Farm (Bloomville), and Wayland "Bud" Gladstone, of SW Farms (Andes), joined the Council's 16-member board which oversees governance, fund development and policy creation. Each will serve a two-year term through December 31, 2013.  Read more

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Seeking experienced Stationary Engineer (Electric) - Wastewater Division

By New York City Department of En...
2/2/12 - 4:19 pm

Company:                    NYC Department of Environmental Protection

Salary Range:              $94,983  ($363.92 p/d)  Read more

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History puzzle: The case of the missing thumb

By Lissa Harris
2/1/12 - 3:41 pm

The good folks at the Kingston Library are on Twitter -- and today, they tweeted about a cryptic little article found in the vaults of the Kingston Daily Freeman, circa 1912.

The headline: "An Odd Accident." The rest you can read above.

Shavertown, as longtime locals will no doubt know (or perhaps remember), was one of the little towns along the East Branch in Delaware County that were acquired by New York City in the 1940s and flooded to form the Pepacton Reservoir.

Even today, it would be a long drive from the Shavertown area to Kingston. The O'Connor Hospital in Delhi would have been closer -- except that it wouldn't be founded until a decade later, in 1922. The Margaretville Hospital wasn't founded until 1931.  Read more

New York City Department of Environmental Protection

DEP manages the city’s water supply, providing more than one billion gallons of water each day to more than nine million residents, including eight million in New York City. The water is delivered from a watershed that extends more than 125 miles from the city, comprising 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes. DEP employs nearly 6,000 employees, including approximately 750 in the upstate watershed with a payroll of $49 million. DEP has a robust capital program, with a planned $13.2 billion in investments over the next 10 years, creating approximately 3,000 jobs each year. For more information, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nycwater, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nycwater.

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CWC funds stream debris removal

By Lissa Harris
1/31/12 - 12:52 pm

A photo of a Catskills streambank post-Irene, from the Catskill Watershed Corporation website.

Five months after the Irene and Lee floods, streams all across the Catskills region are still clogged with downed trees, trash, pieces of trailers, and other miscellaneous debris. It's a sad spectacle for anyone driving along the banks of the Schoharie or the Esopus -- and more critically, the debris still scattered in the streams could become dangerous if the area floods again.

Funding for stream cleanup has been slow in coming, especially from state and federal sources that some local towns hoped would help. But in December, the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) stepped in to help, setting aside $2.5 million for debris clearing.  Read more

More bobcats could mean more bobcat hunting in New York State

By Lissa Harris
1/30/12 - 8:44 am

Photo of bobcat by Flickr user ucumari. Published under Creative Commons license.

New York's bobcat population is growing, says the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The elusive cats, found mostly in the Catskill, Taconic and Adirondack mountains in the state, are increasingly moving into central and western New York.

The DEC thinks the state's growing bobcat population can sustain an expanded hunting season. The agency is considering allowing bobcat hunting in territory where it is currently off-limits, and in some places extending the season. The AP reports:

Trappers and hunters have killed about 400 to 500 bobcats a year in recent years. Some bobcats are stuffed by taxidermists, but most are killed for their pelts, which sell for $50 to $200.

DEC estimates that fewer than 100 additional bobcats a year will be killed if its plan takes effect.  Read more

Valentine's Day sale starts February 1rst!

By bedandbath
1/29/12 - 3:43 pm

                               10% off all gift items through Valentine's Day!               

*** Newest arrivals ***

Handmilled soaps - Orange Blossom, Red Tea & Hawaiian Coconut

Handblocked lounge tunics

Neroli & Sandalwood Massage Oil

Tea Tree & Peppermint Lip Balm

And, what says romance more than a heavenly dressed bed?

Our White Sale now extended through February! 

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Rare Solo Performance at the Kaaterskill Coffee House

By CMANetwork
1/26/12 - 4:13 pm

Pam West will give a rare solo acoustic performance from 7 to 10 pm at the Kaaterskill Coffee house on Saturday, January 28th.  Known locally in recent years as a music teacher, children’s performer, a WIOX 91.3 radio personality, and the other half of the Catskill Mountain folk duo, Diviner, West returns to her solo acoustic adult contemporary roots.  It has been three years since her last solo performance.

From 1996 through 2004, “Angel” Pam West, as she became known, performed throughout the Midwest, on the East Coast, and internationally as a progressive rock and acoustic solo artist.  Her original music caught the ear of rock icons Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, and she performed with and opened for artists like Buddy Miles (Jimmy Hendrix), Rick Danko (The Band), Brit folk rockers Fairport Convention, and others.  Her music has received radio airplay in four continents, topped the first MP3.com charts, and has received rave reviews from critics all over the world.  Read more

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The Community Music & Arts Network

Parent support group

February 2, 2012 - 6:30pm
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Janine Kruiswijk, Executive Director of the Autism Society of the Greater Capital Region will present the MAPS report, a tool that will help parents successfully participate in their children’s education planning. The MAPS report will help parents to document their child’s needs, and helps to create goals and objectives to meet those needs. Families of children, adolescents, and adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual or developmental disabilities welcome! New families are encouraged to attend. Call 607- 865-7126 to reserve child care. Delaware County Resource Center, 34570 State Highway 10, Hamden, NY.

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