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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 11:09 am
Although a few roads remain closed in Schoharie County, the region was spared much of Sandy's wrath. The county Emergency Management Office reports that a shelter set up at the Middleburgh Elementary School will close at noon on Tuesday.
Roads that are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 10:50 am
Above: Dwyer Avenue in Liberty this morning. Photo by Angela Page.
We're getting reports that the town of Liberty, in Sullivan County, endured considerable damage during the storm last night. Here is one photo of a neighborhood in Liberty that has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 10:18 am
In Delaware County, thousands of homes are without power (mainly in Sidney and Roxbury) and there is a travel advisory issued for the roads. The county has lifted the state of emergency, however, and is not operating any shelters, has cut emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 10:17 am
Above: NYSEG workers and the Fleischmanns Fire Department working on Wagner Avenue, where a tree fell on a transformer Monday night. Photo taken around 8:30am by village mayor Todd Pascarella.
The village of Fleischmanns has lifted its state of emergency... Read more
By Jason Dole on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 11:39 pm
Above: A Sullivan County Sheriff's Office squad car patrols Livingston Manor this afternoon. Photos by Jason Dole.
In September, cumulative rainfall flooded downtown Livingston Manor, something that’s become a common occurrence in the past decade. Now,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 11:28 pm
Hunter resident Paul Whitman died in an early-morning fire that broke out in his bungalow at 8 Joval Court on Monday, state police announced today.
The fire was reported to Greene County 911 around 6am. According to a press release from New York State... Read more
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 10:20 pm
Emergency officials are currently at the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash in the Town of Rochester in Ulster County.
Supervisor Carl Chipman said the crash on Rocky Mountain Road involved a passenger car and an RV, and that there was one death.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 7:44 pm
Videographer Jessica Vechione has teamed up with Bob Cairns of the Walton Reporter to do a micro-news report on Hurricane Sandy preparedness in the town of Walton. Check it out above -- it has footage of Walton's emergency planning meeting today and an... Read more
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 7:33 pm
The news was all good out of Lexington as of 7:15 p.m. on Monday.
Fire Chief Paul Dwon reported that all roads were opened and that power had been restored after a short outage.
“The streams are staying low enough,” he said, noting that wind seemed to be... Read more
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 6:36 pm
Above: Protective "aqua-berm" barriers being inflated with water at the Margaretville Freshtown this morning. Photo by Joe Moskowitz. Used with permission. The berms were later emptied after a Middletown code enforcement officer warned the store that it... Read more
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