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By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 4:50 pm
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 4:31 pm
The BP oil spill is making ordinary folks pretty apocalyptic. Today, Kingston resident Peter Meurer wrote the Daily Freeman a letter with his theory of how the catastrophe could be the end of the world:
My grandson had a thought on this: There is a... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 4:11 pm
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 4:08 pm
Almost 40,000 pounds of ground beef and beef patties from New York and California were recalled yesterday due to E. coli contamination, Consumerist reports.
Both recalls have are considered Class I hazards by FSIS, meaning "there is a reasonable... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 3:49 pm
The EPA is in the early stages of conducting a massive study on the risks of hydraulic fracturing, and they'll be holding a series of four public meetings in shale gas hotspots around the country to get public input. On the schedule: a meeting in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 3:00 pm
If you felt the earth shaking this afternoon, that was the 5.5 quake that hit Ottawa around 1:45. As far south as Kingston, NY, they were evacuating buildings:
In Kingston, firefighters ordered the evacuation of buildings on Wall Street, the uptown... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 12:58 pm
Hot off the (digital) press: New maps of New York State's various eco-regions for use with GIS mapping software, thanks to a group effort by the EPA, DEC, USGS, NRCS, and the mercifully acronym-free New York Natural Heritage Program.
They're free to... Read more
By Aaron Bennett on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 11:19 am
Ever since its inception back in 1993, National Trails Day has been held on the first Saturday in June. If you have never heard of National Trails Day, it is the only nationwide celebration of trails and was inspired by President Ronald Reagan's... Read more
By Machu Picchu on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 10:45 am
Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26 we’ll be sampling our products at FreshTown in Margaretville: stop by for the Grand Opening. Saturday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm we’ll be at the Pakatakan Farmer’s Market on Rt.30 in Halcottsville: stop by our stand in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 10:27 am
On Tuesday, a panel of expert tasters convened in Chicago to crown North America's best-tasting tap water. The winner: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, whose 25,000 residents are thrilled that they beat New York City for the top spot.
Stevens Point's water... Read more
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