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By Jason Dole on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 3:27 pm
Above: Farm tractor powering generator at the rear of Eureka Market & Cafe, on loan from nearby Catskill Mountain Sugar House, one of the largest maple syrup producers in the state. Photo by Jennifer Grimes.
Dry ice will be available for the towns of... Read more
By D. Seiler on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 2:46 pm
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 11:53 am
Here's a list of dry ice locations in the Catskills today, compiled from Central Hudson's dry ice page, NYSEG's dry ice page, town websites, and our calls to several locations. Call if you can before you drive to make sure dry ice is there. We've provided... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 11:48 am
This just in from the Town of Olive: The phones don't work at Town Hall, so the town is using the cell phone of Susan Horner, the secretary to town supervisor Berndt Leifeld, as its information line. You can call Horner at 845-657-9639.
Dry ice will be... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 9:57 am
Power is still out in many Shandaken neighborhoods, according to Joyce Grant, Shandaken's town clerk, who just called us with an update. NYSEG crews are working to replace poles and the town hopes to see the electricity on again this afternoon, Grant said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 - 9:38 am
Intrepid Daily Freeman reporter Tania Barricklo in Shokan filed this thorough report about how Shandaken fared during Sandy yesterday. Freeman editor Ivan Lajara posted it to the Freeman's live Sandy blog, and you can watch it above.
Barricklo interviewd... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 4:16 pm
Route 28 in Shokan near Winchell's Corners reopened this afternoon, after being shut down during Monday night's storm.
We got the news via a tweet from the office of Ulster County executive Mike Hein, who has become quite a social media maven during Sandy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 3:42 pm
Above: Flooding on Water Street in Athens. Photo by Lila Lobdell. Reproduced by permission.
The swollen Hudson River poured into the Greene County waterfront village of Athens at high tide in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, prompting evacuations along... Read more
By melissa.bishop on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 2:24 pm
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Above: 95 Dwyer Ave. in Liberty, New York after the storm. Photo by Angela Page.
The storm that Hurricane Sandy became when it made landfall last night hit the village of Liberty especially hard.
High winds and heavy rains plunged Liberty into darkness, ... Read more
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