Arkville
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 2:02 pm
From Diane Galusha, public information officer for the Town of Middletown.
[Additions: Andes School also closed early today, around 12:45: I know this for a fact, because my seventh-grade cousin is currently sitting at my kitchen table. Also, we have been... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 12:58 pm
We'll be doing another special flooding edition of our radio show at 1pm today. Listen live by clicking here.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 9:57 am
Update 10am: New info from Middletown Flood Recovery website:
Arkville Cut Off Road (County Route 38) is closed due to high water. Dry Brook Road is “still fine,” according to a source at the fire hall. No evacuations have taken place.
In Fleischmanns,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011 - 2:07 pm
From the Middletown Flood Recovery website:
Margaretville Central WILL NOT OPEN for students on Wednesday September 7th as previously scheduled. (Updated):
MCS will delay the opening of school to students until Tuesday September 13th.
Faculty is to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 2:38 pm
Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo visited flood-ravaged Margaretville, for the third time since flooding began. A week ago, Cuomo and his aides were snapping cell phone pictures from his SUV while it forged through several feet of water in downtown... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 8:36 pm
This just in from Diane Galusha, public information officer for the town of Middletown (which contains the villages/hamlets of Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns, New Kingston and Halcottsville): Governor Andrew Cuomo is coming to town. Again.
Galusha... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:57 pm
Yesterday, the first of many Disaster Recovery Centers slated to open in New York State as a result of Hurricane Irene’s fury began operating at Belleyre Ski Center in Highmount, Ulster County. Today, a second Disaster Recovery Center opened in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:05 pm
This just in from Diane Galusha, the newly-minted Middletown Information Officer. The town of Middletown and its flood-ravaged hamlets and villages (Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns) has a new source for up-to-date, official information: a Middletown... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 2, 2011 - 8:58 pm
Delaware County Human Services has put together a fleet of free shuttle buses that will ferry hurricane victims to and from the Delhi Price Chopper, the Oneonta Wal-Mart, and the Disaster Assistance Center on Belleayre Mountain starting tomorrow. Here's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 1, 2011 - 2:52 pm
I talked on the phone with Bill Moon, the Comissioner of Delaware County Social Services, this morning. He told me that the county is tracking down vehicles to launch a bus service that will ferry Margaretville, Arkville and Fleiscmanns residents between... Read more



