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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 1:15 pm
A driver who didn't notice that his garbage truck's rear gate was up left a Godzilla-like trail of destruction across New Paltz this morning. Among the casualties: a bunch of power lines and a lot of trash. From the Times Herald-Record.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 12:08 pm
So far, there's a website and plans for billboards to go up on Route 17 in Sullivan county, according to the Sullivan County Democrat:
Yesterday, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, Gasland the Movie, and EarthJustice jointly... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 10:11 am
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 9:12 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman report that 19-year-old Jordan Soderback was killed in a car crash in Olive yesterday, in which the driver has been charged with DUI. From the THR:
Erica Miller, 31, was driving under the influence of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 4:37 pm
How do you fill a row of empty storefronts in a small town? You could offer economic incentives or be generous with your zoning laws. Or, if you're the town of Roxbury, in Delaware County, you could invite teams of designers to give the stores makeovers... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 1:40 pm
This week, the EPA dropped a last-minute bombshell on a planned meeting to discuss the risks of hydraulic fracturing: Three days before the meeting, they moved it from Binghamton to Syracuse.
But it seems the last-minute venue change didn't deter... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Apparently the spirit of industry is alive and well in Kingston, where a few old-school businesses from the days when steamships ruled the Hudson are still kicking it. Kingston Happenings has a great post today on two of Kingston's historic purveyors of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 11:18 am
Woodstock blogger Shouting Thomas takes a stroll past the vacant storefronts of Tinker Street -- and offers a cautionary rant against opening a cute little bead shop to solve your financial woes:
Why do so many people open shops in Woodstock and dump... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 10:57 am
WTEN reports on last night's town board meeting in Cobleskill, where supervisor Tom Murray said (again) that he's determined to stay put despite repeated calls for his resignation.
"I've done nothing wrong," Murray said.
Once again, here are the words... Read more
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