Delaware County
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010 - 7:59 pm
From the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:
At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening, July 8th, firefighters from East Branch and Downsville Volunteer Fire Departments and Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a structure fire on White... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010 - 2:39 pm
The unstoppable Ulla Kjarval, daughter of a local grass-fed beef farmer and herself a passionate local-foods and farming advocate, had an interview last week with Eat To Blog. Here, she opines on what can be done to fix our broken national food system:
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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Anybody know more about this? We got an alert from the NY DOT:
building fire has closed Route 97 South and North bound within the Village of Hancock @ 8am 7/14/2010 for about 4 hours, with local detours set-up
Please send eyewitness accounts, photos, or... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010 - 11:13 am
On Monday night, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's plan to buy more private land in the upstate watershed met a skeptical crowd at a public hearing at SUNY Delhi.
The Land Acquisition Program, as the DEP calls it, is the linchpin... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jul. 11, 2010 - 12:06 pm
A few years shy of a century ago, Congregation B'nai Israel was founded by Jewish families from Fleischmanns and Margaretville. Its 1918 incorporation date makes the historic synagogue, located on Wagner Avenue in Fleischmanns, one of the oldest in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jul. 11, 2010 - 11:47 am
Roxbury's Stone Tavern Farm, which boasts "the darkest skies within 300 miles of New York City," hosted the Amateur Observers' Society of New York's annual Starfest this weekend. In attendance: The Westport Astronomical Society's 25" Obsession telescope,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 8:53 pm
Yes, it's already the weekend -- no doubt you're still digesting those candied apples and that funnel cake from the Fourth. But there's no rest for the hungover or the over-carnivaled: There's some awesome stuff to do this weekend. Here's what we're... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 6:14 pm
Apparently, the residents of Ulster and Delaware counties. Belleayre just posted this plaintive update on its Twitter and Facebook pages:
good gracious. does no one want to see Patti LuPone??
C'mon, people, you know that a Broadway veteran will be a good... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2010 - 11:01 am
According to this note in last week's edition of the Mountain Eagle, there is a county-wide municipal water-tasting contest today:
The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce has invited the village of Stamford to participate in the annual Delaware County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2010 - 3:39 pm
Zero gravity ride in Margaretville. Photo by Alison Cherry.
Across the watershed, rides were ridden, swims were swum, and fireworks were detonated. Here's the proof: photos of the Fourth of July, taken by our readers:
Nature's 4th Display in Stony... Read more
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