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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 3:52 pm
We just got an update from Treadwell resident Linda Norris about The Pickle Project, an exhibit about Ukranian foodways which Norris was seeking to fund via the website Kickstarter by February 1. (We reported on the project a few weeks ago.)
From a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 3:37 pm
The town of Hamden in Delaware County will soon see a local landmark made new: The Hamden Inn, which has been bought by the nearby Lucky Dog Farm Store and Cafe, will open as a restaurant and bar this spring. Longer-term plans are in the works to re-open... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:50 am
The Catskills Center for Conservation and Development is looking for an artist to host in a rustic cabin in the middle of the Platte Clove Nature Preserve in Hunter this summer. Perks of the center's artist-in-residence program include a telephone, a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:39 am
The National Weather Service says we're in for it. Here's the forecast for Schoharie and Greene County:
Locations: The Southern Adirondacks...Western Mohawk Valley...Schoharie Valley...Lake George Saratoga Region...Capital District...Southern Vermont...... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:21 am
On Friday, a New York corrections officer was killed on the Thruway north of Kingston in a collision caused by a driver briefly taking her eyes off the road.
According to a press release issued by the State Police, a woman driving northbound sideswiped a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 9:01 am
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Monticello Winery. Yeshiva World News reports:
Fire Departments from multiple towns were dispatched to the Armon Kosher Winery (Allied Wine Corp. / Monticello Winery) at 2 Fairground Road, near Cold Spring Road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 8:55 am
The Daily Freeman has a long story today about GOP Congressman Chris Gibson's ambition to site a new nuclear power plant in his upstate New York district.
Gibson is working to create a bipartisan energy advisory panel that will consider ways to promote... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 - 9:33 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context on this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 - 10:17 am
Yesterday afternoon, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would no longer be releasing turbid water from the Ashokan Reservoir into the Esopus Creek, starting immediately. The press release from DEP Commissioner Cas... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 - 1:41 pm
Flickr user Laura McCarthy snapped this photo (and a bunch of others -- see slideshow below) last weekend while hiking the Black Dome range trail in Greene County. Photo used with permission.
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