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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 11:39 pm
Farmer, Middleburgh, Schoharie County
Barber is a 5th-generation family farmer who farms 400 low-spray acres in the Schoharie Valley. On August 28, 2011, eight feet of water covered her fields and greenhouses, full of late-summer produce. Her house was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 11:24 pm
Chief, Margaretville Fire Department, Middletown, Delaware County
On August 28, 2012, Rosa coordinated a vast effort to rescue villagers from the rising waters. Many of those trapped needed to be rescued by water in small boats, including a rowboat. One... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 11:10 pm
Owner, Jim's Great American supermarket, Prattsville, Greene County
Eisel owns Prattsville's only supermarket. Irene flooded the store, but the community worked to re-open it in just 19 days.
Eisel recalls:
I got a phone call on Sunday morning from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 10:58 pm
Student and horse owner, New Paltz and Wallkill, Ulster County
“When I opened the door to the barn, everything was floating and the power was out. Then I heard all the horses screaming.” - Michele Arana
Michele Arana escaped Irene on horseback twice.
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 8:53 pm
Founders, the Lexington Mission and food pantry, Lexington, Greene County
“I don’t see the town getting back to the way it was. It’s coming back better.” – Jack Jordan
In the 20 years Jack and Kathy Jordan have lived in Lexington, N.Y., they have seen... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 8:34 pm
Owner, Home Goods kitchen store and volunteer coordinator for Margaretville, Delaware County
Dorothy Maffei calls the clothing donations "the tsunami after the hurricane."
Flood victims need new, clean clothes in the first few days after a disaster. So... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 5:58 pm
Above: A YouTube video from Prattsville's MudFest, held Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26. Video by Lance Wheeler.
Over the weekend, several Catskills towns that got whomped by the Irene and Lee floods held events timed to commemorate the one-year... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 4:28 pm
Owners, Middleburgh Hardware, Middleburgh, Schoharie County
The only thing they can’t get rid of is what the mud left behind.
“Dust, dust, dust. A fine, fine dust,” said Rich Vilegi.
The three feet of black sludge that bubbled through the floorboards of... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 12:20 pm
The following is a reader-submitted obituary. Above photo by Andrea Cabane.
Dan Friend (MD, 1933 - 2012) was a Renaissance man with a huge heart, spirit and intellect. He loved the beauty and poetry of life, nature, art and literature. He possessed wit... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 12:01 pm
Dear Editor;
My name is James Blake and I am on the ballot for the Thursday, September 13 Republican Primary. I am a strict Constitutional Conservative, what I am not is a champion politician. I am a champion for the children.
It is simple; if our... Read more
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