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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

The Great Sullivan County Food Raiser

February 4, 2012 (All day)

This weekend, musicians from across the Catskills will gather at six Sullivan County venues for two days of foot-stomping fundraising for local food banks.

On Saturday, Feb. 4, the festivities kick off at 3pm at the Catskill Distilling Company in Bethel, where the music will roll on til around midnight. Music starts at 4pm at Bum & Kel's in Loch Sheldrake, and at 6pm at Dutch's in Rock Hill, Mr. Willy's in Monticello, and Woodsongs Coffee House at the Hurleyville Museum.

Sunday, Feb. 5 features an all-acoustic afternoon program at the Dancing Cat Saloon in Bethel, starting at noon.  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

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

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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

Got flood damage? New grants available for businesses and municipalities are now taking applications

By Julia Reischel
1/25/12 - 9:40 am

Above: Flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene in the Greene County town of Lexington. Photo taken on August 30, 2011, by Flickr user kimmcg. Posted in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.

Two big grant programs for storm-ravaged businesses, property-owners, farms, nonprofits, towns, and counties were unveiled yesterday by New York's Empire State Development agency and the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The first program is a $21 million program aimed at businesses across the state and administered by Empire State Development. It will hand out grants of up to $20,000 each to farms, multi-dwelling property owners, small businesses, and NGOs that have "sustained direct, physical flood-related damage related to Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee." Business must apply by March 16.   Read more

More winter on the way in

By Lissa Harris
1/20/12 - 3:27 pm

The National Weather Service has announced snow and winter weather advisories across much of the region for tonight and tomorrow.

Ulster County: Winter Weather Advisory from 1am through 3pm tomorrow, 3-6 inches of snow.

Delaware County: Winter Weather Advisory from 10pm tonight through 1pm tomorrow, 2-4 inches of snow.

Sullivan County: Winter Weather Advisory from 10pm tonight through 1pm tomorrow, 3-6 inches of snow.

Click each individual link for more details. And stay safe on the roads, Catskills drivers.

USDA sets aside $31.5 million for Irene and Lee disaster aid in NYS

By Lissa Harris
1/19/12 - 2:15 pm

Today, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a division of the US Department of Agriculture, announced that it is setting aside $31.5 million in disaster aid for projects sponsored by local town, city, county or tribal governments in New York State.

From a press release from the NRCS:

In New York, the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program has $31.5 million available to local units of government for addressing public safety and restoration efforts on public, private and Tribal lands. When funding is allocated to a project, NRCS works with a project sponsor to contract the heavy construction work, spurring creation of jobs. Typical projects funded under EWP include the protection of threatened infrastructure from continued streambank erosion and stream down-cutting.  Read more

Matchmaker, matchmaker, find me a farm

By Bethany Lyttle
1/18/12 - 8:19 pm

Above: A Flickr slideshow of photos from Catskills FarmLink landowners and farmers. The first photo is of Michelle Premura, a landowner who has listed 13 acres between Delhi and Stamford on the FarmLink website. Click on individual photos to see the captions.

After graduating from West Point Academy and serving in the army for five years, Julie Zavage pursued a degree in organic agriculture from Colorado State University. Two internships and an apprenticeship later, the 30-year-old is ready to start her own vegetable farm. But Zavage doesn't own land, nor does she have the money to buy it. Leasing land is her only option.

So she turned to Catskills FarmLink, a new local website aimed at connecting would-be farmers with landowners, for help.

“I'm typical of many farmers of my generation,” she said. “We have the desire and ability to do the work and do it sustainably, but we don't have the money to buy the land we need.”  Read more

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