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By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jun. 19, 2010 - 1:15 pm
Richard HughesAfter a tumultuous year as the principal of Delhi's Delaware Academy and Central School, Richard Hughes is leaving to become the superintendent of the Otselic Valley School District, according to the Chenango County Evening Sun:
A permanent... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 10:16 pm
In the current issue of the Phoenicia Times: an "unscientific and sort of comprehensive" roundup of local websites, both official and otherwise. Kudos to the PT for giving a few local towns a much-needed poke in the undercarriage for their meager web... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 6:48 pm
The Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality alert from Sullivan and Ulster counties from 1pm on Saturday to 1am on Sunday. Here's the text of the alert:
AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN AN AIR... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 3:55 pm
Mystery solved: It was a teenager with a scary-looking BB gun.
Earlier: Unspecified incident has Saugerties school in lockdown.
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Photo of an American Mountain Man from the Adirondack Museum.
This weekend, the Schoharie Creek Dam will ring with musket blasts and the thwunk of tomahawks, as the American Mountain Men pitch their tents at the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor's Center to give... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 1:29 pm
The Daily Freeman reports the Grant D. Morris elementary school opened again around 10:15 this morning, after being in lockdown in response to, well, something:
[Superintendent Seth] Turner said the lockdown stemmed from an 8:45 a.m. "incident" at the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 10:14 am
YouTube user 125sigbn somehow flew over the Mountain Jam music festival last week and posted the view on YouTube. (His profile page is a little thin on the details of how, exactly, he flies, but it looks pretty real.)
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 9:48 am
On the DEP's website, as of June 1: A 400-plus page Draft Environmental Impact Statement outlining proposed plans to extend New York City's program of land acquisition in its upstate watershed for another ten years. (Sorry we missed it. It might help if... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 - 9:15 am
The gas company that has been front and center in the Marcellus shale gas play recently had the dubious honor of being named one of the 50 least trustworthy companies in America by financial blog 24/7 Wall Street.
The list, based on a report by research... Read more
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