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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2011 - 10:32 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman are reporting that two people who drove into the Wallkill River's floodwaters in New Paltz yesterday morning had to be rescued by boat.
The Wallkill routinely floods the stretch of Libertyville Road and... Read more
By rich6024 on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 6:29 pm
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 4:09 pm
This Saturday, the Roxbury Arts Group is hosting a one-woman show of tales about growing up in a Texan beauty shop. As you can see above, Faye Lane's "Beauty Shop Stories" revolve around moon pies, deep-fried southern accents, and warm memories of old... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 2:21 pm
The Daily Star reports that four river conservancy groups are boycotting a meeting with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection that is being held in Grahamsville today. Their grievance? Flooding:
The groups said the plan fails to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 12:33 pm
The Delaware County Department of Emergency Services sent out a press at 10:30am announcing that all roads in the town of Deposit are closed until 3pm this afternoon. Here's the release:
Thomas Axtell, Town of Deposit Supervisor, has declared a State of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 11:12 am
A recent study in the journal Science has shown that a little bottom-feeding Hudson River fish has evolved to resist one of humankind's most potent pollutants: toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, poisonous dioxins commonly known as PCBs.
Both the Times... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 9:22 am
The rain from yesterday combined with a surprise snowstorm last night have made for a bit of nutsiness this morning. There are multiple school delays, road closures, car accidents, and a travel advisory issued for Delaware County until noon today. Via... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Mar. 6, 2011 - 12:35 pm
Thanks to the combination of rain and snowmelt that's expected to last all day today, the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch throughout the Catskills for today and tomorrow.
But in Walton, the flooding has already started, according to a... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Mar. 6, 2011 - 11:09 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.)
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By jjefferson on Sunday, Mar. 6, 2011 - 9:32 am
Do those words make you happy? A few more: bobolink, moss, jonquil, tendril, nest, pond, birch, spruce, river, warbler, spring.
Stop by Country Weekend and peruse our abundance of (used) field guides, including plenty of the wonderful, pocket-size, Little... Read more
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