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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 12:16 pm
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration announced that it would give the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency $800,000 in funds to build a slaughterhouse in Liberty, according to the Times Herald-Record and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 9:59 am
In the New York Times yesterday (via Greenwire): Congressman Maurice Hinchey pressed the Obama administration, via its representative on the Delaware River Basin Commission, to halt Marcellus gas drilling in New York and Pennsylvania until his proposed $1... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 5:26 pm
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 3:26 pm
Screenshot from "Windfall."
This week, Andes part-timer Stanley Fish, an opinion columnist for the New York Times, weighed in (again) on the controversial topic of wind power development in upstate New York. Fish, a die-hard opponent of local wind power,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Opposing The Cordoba House - Park 51 Islamic Training Center (Ground Zero Mosque) At 47-49 Park Ave, NYC
Wallkill Republican Kevin Roberts backed down from his controversial resolution opposing the Ground Zero mosque at a meeting of the Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 10:13 am
Remember Benjamin, the capuchin monkey who bit a woman staying at the Kaaterskill Bed & Breakfast in Catskill, prompting a lawsuit and the monkey's disappearance? The New York Daily News tracked Benjamin down to a monkey rest home in Florida, where,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 7:56 am
If you haven't heard the term "flatlander" around the Catskills, odds are that you are one. There's an unusual opportunity to hear what the locals really think about you happening tonight in Andes. The plan is for a frank discussion, led by a local, about... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 5:15 pm
The Re-Store Design Challenge ended its month of design competition on Saturday at an awards gala in Roxbury. Of the three fantasy store contestants -- an "air emporium" peddling bottled air, an antiques-oriented woodshop, and a barbershop plastered with... Read more
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