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By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Mar. 28, 2010 - 1:24 pm
There's a tremendous appetite out there for local foods, and it's growing. Farmers are willing to feed the market. A growing network of distributors and retailers is having great success selling food from small farms. But there's a huge gap in the local... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 - 11:42 pm
Google is going to be testing out Google Fiber, an experimental super-extra-fast broadband network, in a few places in the U.S. soon. They've invited communities to make their pitch for why Google should pick them. Kingston Digital Corridor (and Ulster... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 - 11:06 pm
Rape.
Property owners in Sullivan County, NY and everywhere have an absolute right to decide how to use their land. This is America. When your rights and choices impact someone else who did not consent, received no compensation, and given the option,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 - 10:53 pm
Nate Wilson had an op-ed in the Buffalo News yesterday, in which he accused federal regulators of "whistling past the graveyard" while the U.S. dairy industry collapses.
Middletown, N. Y., cattle dealer Joe Distelburger, relates: “I spoke to a Western N.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 - 8:57 am
Last Sunday, Lissa Harris and Julia Reischel of the Watershed Post attended Farm to Market Connection, a networking conference for farmers and food buyers in Liberty, NY. It was a rare view of the local food economy: a community of farmers, foodmakers,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 - 9:42 pm
As we mentioned earlier today, the Nevele Grande Resort is a shattered husk of the swank resort it used to be. Tonight, we discovered a wicked YouTube mashup that illustrates that fact. (Hat tip to Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record.)
Erik Torres, a... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 - 9:22 pm
At 8:13 pm, SUNY Delhi issued this brief and terrifying email to students, staff and faculty:
..........This is an ACTUAL NOTIFICATION..........
Issued By: SUNY - DelhiIssued To: SUNY-DELHI-ALL
Headline: UPDATE: Imminent Danger. Shots fired near campus... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 - 5:43 pm
Should the state allow grocery stores to sell wine? Tonight at 7:30pm on PBS stations across the state, New York Now is asking grape growers what they think. Here's a preview:
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 - 4:28 pm
Yesterday, we published a story and short video about this year's maple syrup yields, which some astute observers estimate are down 80% in the Catskills region.
We got an email from forester Peter Smallidge, who directs the maple program at Cornell... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 - 2:49 pm
We had no idea that she was an angler. Turns out, Sally Jessy Raphael is an avid one, so much so that she and her husband will be the first to fish on Saturday morning on April 10 in Roscoe.
The Catskills town of Roscoe, N.Y., always celebrates trout... Read more
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