Schoharie County
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 11:34 am
Candace VanckoIt's a sign of the times: The SUNY system is now officially so strapped for cash that several campuses are sharing presidents.
Yesterday, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced that SUNY Delhi president Candace Vancko would take over the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 6, 2011 - 4:53 pm
A line of severe thunderstorms is marching across the Catskills this afternoon, as this snapshot of radar taken at 4:41pm shows. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch earlier today for Delaware, Greene, Schoharie and Ulster... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 10:46 am
Looking for 2013 fireworks? Check out our Catskills Fourth of July Guide here. -- Ed
Photo via Flickr user bayasaa.
So many fireworks, so little time, so many miles to travel. If you're seeking the rockets' red glare this weekend, you can find it in all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jun. 12, 2011 - 2:49 pm
A victimless (and potentially seedless) crime happened this morning on Highway 30 in the town of Schoharie, according to a Schoharie County Sheriff's Office press release. A tractor-trailer loaded with watermelons reportedly overturned on the highway. No... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2011 - 1:43 pm
From left to right: James Rueger, representative from Shandaken, Pine Hill Community Center (holding small round sign); Robert Selkowitz, Town of Olive (holding rectangular sign); Diane Galusha, Catskill Watershed Corporation; Doris Bartlett, Town of... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Thursday, May. 26, 2011 - 2:23 pm
Michael Whaling is a polymath -- the Oneonta Daily Star describes him as a 'carpenter, painter, stone mason, environmentalist'. It is his work with stone that is described in his new book, 'The Garden Wall at Beekman Farm', an account of his painstaking... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 11:44 am
According to the Mountain Eagle, the on-going dispute between the Jefferson Town Board and Oorah's Jewish BoyZone summer camp got another airing at last week's Jefferson town meeting.
The paper reports that the camp is planning to expand its capacity by... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 10:21 am
As of 8 A.M., and continuing through tomorrow evening, a flood watch is in effect over eastern New York and western New England. A warning message from NY-Alert says that locally, Ulster, Greene and Schoharie counties should watch out for heavy rainfall... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011 - 8:27 am
Radar image of severe thunderstorms over eastern New York and Pennsylvania at 8:20am. Via the National Weather Service, Binghamton station.
It was a wild weather night for much of the Catskills region. Here in Andes, wind and rain reached a fever pitch... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 4, 2011 - 8:51 am
According to a public notice posted on the Schoharie County website, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is planning a grand flood-mitigation project in the town of Blenheim, where the Schoharie Creek runs fast and wide right alongside Route 30.... Read more
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