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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 10, 2011 - 11:50 am
Still from the movie "Gasland."
A team of scientists at Duke University published a paper yesterday which should make Gasland director Josh Fox very happy: It provides peer-reviewed, prestigiously-published scientific evidence that hydraulic fracturing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 9, 2011 - 5:20 pm
The Freeman reports that a bus destined for a local home for disabled residents was hit by a pickup truck on Route 145 in East Durham this morning, injuring both drivers and two passengers:
Police said the driver of the truck was airlifted to Albany... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 9, 2011 - 3:09 pm
Can't tell a beech from a birch? There's an app for that. Last month, scientists from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian released Leafsnap, a free iPhone and iPad app that promises a simple way to identify Northeastern U.... Read more
By Tay Tea on Monday, May. 9, 2011 - 2:52 pm
A combination teashop, tea bar and design store TAY HOME is located in the heart of Andes, NY (opposite of the Andes Hotel and next to the Heart of the Catskills).
Our new store features our European collections of home, table top and garden accents as... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 9, 2011 - 10:24 am
Broadband cable. Photo by Michael Coghlan, via Flickr.
Some excellent reporting by blogger and community activist Sam Pratt has prompted a story in the Daily Mail about Mid-Hudson Cablevision, which, both Pratt and the Mail report, is turning down $3.5... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 9, 2011 - 8:51 am
Laurie McIntosh, a musician, storyteller, and mom of two, spent Mother's Day on a mountainside in Andes, where, she emailed us, she found enough flowers to please any mama:
A Trout Lily and a sea of Spring Beauties, is what I found on Mt. Pisgah (aka... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, May. 8, 2011 - 10:09 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in New... Read more
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