Hurricane Irene
By wateradmin on Thursday, Sep. 15, 2011 - 10:05 am
Downtown Phoenicia. Photo by Daniel Case, via Wikimedia Commons.
In this case “you” refers to anyone who periodically enjoys spending time -- and, preferably, a little money also -- inside Shandaken. With only a few exceptions, the town is open and ready... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2011 - 6:01 pm
Lissa Harris in the WIOX studio. Photo by Julia Reischel.
After two weeks of airing special hour-long, all-flooding-all-the-time episodes of our weekly radio show, the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, today we're back to airing our standard 30-minute... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2011 - 7:31 pm
Jenn Schuman, the host of the WIOX 91.3FM radio show Java with Jenn and Friends, made a visit to flood-ravaged Prattsville yesterday. She filed this report, which aired on WIOX this morning. Above: A damaged home in Prattsville. Photo by FEMA. -- Julia... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2011 - 5:06 pm
Jody Rossitz, Big Indian/Oliverea Fire Chief, acknowledging applause at Monday's Shandaken Town Board Meeting, September 12, 2011: Photo by Rusty Mae Moore
A crowd of 45 Shandaken residents told the Shandaken Town Board on Monday that they were concerned... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2011 - 12:10 pm
To help our readers and neighbors navigate the confusing bureaucracy of flood recovery, we've uploaded the NY OEM's Disaster Assistance Handbook onto our site and Scribd, an online-document service. This is one of the most complete guides to disaster... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 12, 2011 - 10:41 am
The Catskill Watershed Corporation will hold a special meeting at their office, at 905 Main Street, Margaretville, at 10am on Tuesday, September 13. The topic: Potential assistance programs for flood victims in New York City's Catskill-Delaware watershed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 9, 2011 - 5:35 pm
The Watershed Post is hosting hour-long live blog sessions on Catskills flooding and its aftermath at 6pm on weekdays. Join us tonight for a general discussion below.
Catskills flooding/recovery liveblog September 9, 2011
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 Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 10:16 am
10:15am: The order to evacuate Prattsville immediately has been taken down a notch, according to Shaun Groden, the Greene County administrator, who was just on WRIP in Windham again a moment ago. Groden is now saying that Prattsville residents should be... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 8:17 am
As of around 7:30am, Marty Finch at the Roxbury Fire Department said there were no evacuations underway in Roxbury, although the fire department had already been called out to rescue someone in the Denver Vega valley this morning.
At the time, he said the... Read more
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