Ariel Zangla reports in The Daily Freeman that incumbent Michael Tancredi is running unopposed for another three-year term as Tannersville village trustee. Tancredi, a registered Democrat, is running on the Independent Mountain Party line, for his sixth term at the March 20 election. He is a 59-year-old, self-employed landscaper who owns High Peak Landscapes. “Priorities for the village include completing the replacement of the park pavilion at Dolan’s Lake and renovating a building on Main Street to serve as a new firehouse, Tancredi said,” according to Zangla’s report. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Livingston, in Columbia County.
The National Weather Service predicts Livingston will be sunny, with a high near 37 on Tuesday. Tuesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 25. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 57, low around 34.
• Thursday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 64, low around 36.
• Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 48, low around 27.
Town meetings today
Today is the first Tuesday of the month.
CATSKILL Town Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill (943-2141).
CATSKILL Catskill Board of Education budget workshop, 7 p.m. in the Catskill High School Library.
COLUMBIA COUNTY The Board of Supervisors of Columbia County holds special meetings of the Health/Medical Services Committee at 4:30 p.m. and a Special Public Works Committee at 5:45 p.m., at County Office Building, 401 State St., Hudson.
COPAKE Park Commission meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
DURHAM Town Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham (239-8260).
LEXINGTON Town Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Municipal building, 3542 Route 42, Lexington, (986-6303).
LIVINGSTON Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, County Rte. 19, Livingston (851-9441).
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SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:22 a.m. / 5:52 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 4:17 p.m. / 4:57 a.m.
Last night’s big games
Scores
NCAABB: Gonzaga 74 at St. Mary’s 78.
Schedules
NBA: New York Knicks at Dallas Mavericks, 8:30 p.m.
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Tue. March 6:
• “WGXC Afternoon Show,” 4-6 p.m.: Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos host the “WGXC Afternoon Show” from Hudson, in English and Spanish.
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Elaine Fernandez tracks stories of the current economy in her Wii the People blog. This week she travels to Catskill, to preview the March 17 Greene County Council on the Arts ten-week art project about the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Fernandez speaks to Fawn Potash from the arts council, who organized the project. See the full story at Wii the People.
Tags: art, Greene County Council on the Arts, Occupy Wall Street
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Important meetings this week
Monday, March 5
• Hudson Schools Budget Workshop focuses on special education. 7–8 p.m. in Hudson High School library.
• Claverack Public Hearing on proposed subdivisions: ESL Partners LLC Subdivision: Located on the north side of Rte. 217. Two lot subdivision of 142.93 acres into (2) two parcels of 4.12 acres and 138.81 acres respectively; Peter Tjark Reiss Subdivision: Located on Roxbury Rd. Subdivision of 63 +/- acres into four (4) parcels of 1.976 acres, 1.705 acres, 1.615 acres, and 57.903 acres respectively. 7 p.m. at Claverack Town Hall, 91 Church St., Mellenville. 518-672-7911
Tuesday, March 6
• Catskill Board of Education budget workshop, 7 p.m. in the Catskill High School Library.
• The Board of Supervisors of Columbia County holds special meetings of the Health/Medical Services Committee at 4:30 p.m., and a Special Public Works Committee at 5:45 p.m.
Wednesday, March 7
• Conservation Advisory Councils Roundtable rescheduled because of snow Feb. 29. Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) members and interested citizens are invited. The Roundtable is a forum for CAC members to share information about their conservation activities. It’s also a way for interested citizens to learn more about what a CAC can do for their town, including issues related to groundwater, wildlife habitat, open space recreation, and scenic views. To register and get event location, contact Ellen Jouret-Epstein at 518.392.5252, ext. 208 or ellen@clctrust.org. Organized by Columbia Land Conservancy. 7–8:30 p.m. at Churchtown Firehouse, 2219 Rte. 27, Churchtown.
• Kinderhook Town Board holds a special meeting to meet with the members of the Valatie Rescue Squad. 7 p.m. at Kinderhook Town Hall.
Friday, March 9
• Columbia County IDA Public Hearing on proposed assistance to Premier Equity for acquisition and renovation of the former Hudson Fabrics building, and financial assistance including potential exemptions from certain sales, use, and real estate taxes. 2 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren St.
Tags: budgets, education, town meetings
Gasoline prices rose on Fri., March 2 for the 24th straight day, as pumping stations pass along the rising cost of oil. The national average for gasoline hit $3.74 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. That’s an increase of 46.5 cents per gallon since the start of 2012 and a record for this time of year. Some market analysts say it could reach a record of $4.25 per gallon by late April. Oil prices have been rising since January on fears that world supplies will suffer as the West confronts Iran over its nuclear program. Iran is the world’s third-largest oil exporter. Locally, The Daily Freeman reports $3.97 gas at the QuickChek in the Town of Ulster. The Daily Mail reports several local gas prices, with the lowest at $3.85 in Chatham at the Mobil at 2 Church St.; also $3.87 at Catskill’s Gulf at 260 West Bridge St., and $3.89 at the Stewart’s Shops at 61 Chatham St (US-9) in Kinderhook.
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Coeymans, in Albany County.
The National Weather Service predicts a cold start to the week in Coeymans, and then a sudden spring-like warming. Monday it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Wind chill values as low as zero. Monday night should be mostly clear, with a low around 10. Wind chill values as low as -1. The forecast for later in the week:
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35, low around 25.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 54, low around 34.
• Thursday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
Town meetings today
Today is the first Monday of the month.
ANCRAM Conservation Advisory Council at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
ATHENS Officials are expected to vote on “Health Insurance Buyout Law for the Town of Athens,” insurance buyout proposal. Town meeting at 7 p.m. at 2 First Street, Athens (734-3636).
CANAAN The Canaan Town Board holds a Workshop Meeting to discuss the renegotiation contract with Covanta at 6:30 p.m. at Canaan Town Hall, 1647 County Route 5, Canaan.
CLAVERACK A Public Hearing before the Planning Board for the Town of Claverack on the following application(s): ESL Partners LLC Subdivision: Located on the north side of Rte. 217. Two lot subdivision of 142.93 acres into (2) two parcels of 4.12 acres and 138.81 acres respectively; Peter Tjark Reiss Subdivision: Located on Roxbury Rd. Subdivision of 63 +/- acres into four (4) parcels of 1.976 acres, 1.705 acres, 1.615 acres, and 57.903 acres respectively. Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, Church Street, Mellenville (672-7911).
CLERMONT Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1795 Route 9, Clermont (537-6868).
HUDSON Hudson Schools Budget Workshop focuses on special education. 7–8 p.m. in Hudson High School library.
TAGHKANIC Town meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, Route 82, West Taghkanic (851-7638).
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SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:24 a.m. / 5:51 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 3:07 p.m. / 4:22 a.m.
Last night’s big games
Scores
NBA: New Jersey Nets 104 at Charlotte Bobcats 101; Deron Williams 57 points for Nets.
NBA: New York Knicks 111 at Boston Celtics 115, OT. Paul Pierce 34 points for Celtics, Carmelo Anthony 25 points for Knicks.
Schedules
NCAABB: Gonzaga vs (21) Saint Mary’s, 9 p.m. (TV: ESPN)
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Mon. March 5:
• “Living Lightly on the Land,” 2 p.m.: Final program from Liz LoGiudice from Agroforesty Center.
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The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 10 p.m. Fri., March 2, through 10 a.m. Sat., March 3 for western Greene County and eastern Columbia County. Sleet, freezing rain, and snow is expected, especially at higher elevations.
Tags: freezing rain, sleet, snow, Winter Weather Advisory
The Prattsville Housing Committee hosts a “Housing Expo & Home Improvement Show” 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., March 3, at the Fire House in Prattsville. “The Expo is open to everyone in the process of rebuilding or new building, whether as a result of the devastation of Hurricane Irene or because springtime renovations are on your mind” notes Annie Hull, the Committee Chair. Vendors are coming to discuss funding, grant opportunities, contracting, suppliers, landscaping, masonry, modular homes, and real estate. Rep. Chris Gibson will attend, around 1 p.m.
Tags: Annie Hull, Chris Gibson, Hurricane Irene, rebuilding Prattsville, Tropical Storm Lee
The heavy, wet snow that fell mid-week might not be the best for skiing, but the three local resorts will take what they can get this year. The Greene County mountains each report about 8 inches fell. Catamount Ski in Columbia County has 29 trails and four lifts open with 18-40″ of snow. Windham Mountain has a snow base between 20″ and 50″ on 46 trails with six lifts open. US Ski Team members Tommy Moe, Donna Weinbrecht, Diann Roffe, Tamara McKinney, Steven Nyman and locals Staci Mannella and Caitlin Sarubbi, will all be on the mountain Saturday. Hunter Mountain has up to 18″ to 72″ of snow on 44 trails with five lifts.
Tags: Catamount Ski, Hunter Mountain, ski, skiing, snow, Windham Mountain
Ariel Zangla in The Daily Freeman reports that the Greene County Legislature approved $15.6 million to finance infrastructure improvements needed to build a proposed indoor water park and resort at a New Baltimore business park. Legislators passed six separate resolutions at a special meeting Wed. Feb. 29, for roads and a sewer system, for the proposed Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park resort. The developer, MAR Holdings, must present construction funds for the resort, officials said, before they spend any, and the plan has to go through traditional permitting and planning channels. “Two legislators, Patricia Handel, R-Durham, and Joseph Izzo, R-Catskill, voted against some of the bond resolutions. Handel said she was concerned the water park would hurt small, family-owned businesses in the county, while Izzo said he was concerned the project was being given a 30-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement,” Zangla writes. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.
Tags: Great Wolf Resorts, Joseph Izzo, Patricia Handel, Zoom Flume Water Park
Andrea Macko in The Greenville Mountain View Pioneer reports that 175 investors lost $14 million in a Staten Island-based ponzi scheme that dangled turning Greenville land into a golf course as one of its incentives. “Golden Greens,” a 132-acre golf course on Old Plank Road was even considered at a Greenville Planning Board meeting once, according to the story, and was said to include a 150-seat restaurant, 300-seat banquet hall, and 150 condominium units. On Fri., Feb. 9, Joseph Mazella III was found guilty on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, and the land in Greenville remains untouched.
Tags: Golden Greens, Joseph Mazella III, swindle
Delays/closings
The Roxbury school district in Delaware County is opening two hours late on Thu., March 1.
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Kinderhook, in Columbia County.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the WGXC listening area through 6 p.m. Thursday. The NWS predicts rain, snow, and sleet Thursday in Kinderhook, becoming all snow after 10 a.m. High near 36. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Thursday night there could be a few remaining snow showers, mainly before 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. The weekend forecast:
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Rain likely before 10 p.m., then rain and sleet likely between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., then rain likely after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.
• Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 50, low around 25.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43, low around 20.
Town meetings today
Today is the first Thursday of the month.
ANCRAM Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
AUSTERLITZ Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown (392-3260).
COPAKE Planning Board meets at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
HUDSON The Hudson Development Corporation holds a special meeting to discuss settlement of contractor claims related to renovation of the Washington Hose Building at 1 p.m. at Hudson City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson.
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:30 a.m. / 5:47 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 11:05 a.m. / 2:18 a.m. Friday next day
Tonight’s big games
Scores
NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers 103 at New York Knicks 120, Carmelo Anthony 22 points, Jeremy Lin, 19 points.
Schedules
NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder at Orlando Magic, 8 p.m. (TV: TNT)
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Thu. March 1:
• “The Art of the Hudson Valley,” 2 p.m.: Host Chad Weckler talks with David Colby, President of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, and Rob Johanson, Founder of Midhudsonmedia.
• “Radio Theatre,” 3 p.m.: Pearl Stark’s version of “Alice in Wonderland.”
• “Youth Radio,” 3:30 p.m.: Youth from the Catskill Community Center are live in the WGXC Hudson studio.
• “WGXC Afternoon Show,” 4-6 p.m.: Gwen Gould, the artistic director of Columbia Festival Orchestra, discusses their “Claverack Landing” classical series at venues throughout Columbia County, with hosts Richard Roth and Ellen Thurston.
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Snow emergencies have been declared in Athens, Greenport, and Catskill. In Athens, all alternate side of the street parking snow emergency laws are in effect through 6 p.m. Thu., March 1.
The NYS DOT reports that Route 385 North and South bound from Route 23 to 2nd St. is closed reopened.
Local closings, Wed., Feb. 27:
Greene County
- Catskill High and Middle schools dismissed at 10 a.m., the elementary school at 11 a.m.
- There will be no CYO practice tonight at the Catskill Community Center. There will also be no Zumba classes Wednesday, that has been rescheduled for Thursday at the Catskill Community Center from 6-7 p.m.
- The Catskill Library is closed.
- Cairo-Durham Middle/High School out at 11:45; elementary schools close at 12:45 because of heavy snowfall.
- The Cairo Library also closed at noon.
- All schools in the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District will close by 12:30 p.m.; the after-school program, p.m. BOCES, all after-school and evening activities cancelled.
- Greenville Central School District is closing at noon.
- On the mountain, the Tannersville School dismisses today at 11:40 and Hunter Elementary dismisses at noon.
Columbia County
- Chatham Central School District — All schools closed by 12 p.m.; no evening activities
- Columbia-Greene Community College — Closing 3:30 p.m.; no evening classes; college closed at 4 p.m.
- Germantown Central School District — Closing 11:30 a.m.; no evening activities
- Hawthorne Valley School — Closing 11:30 a.m.; no evening activities
- Hudson City School District — Primary school closing at 1 p.m.; intermediate, Jr./Sr. high schools closing at 1:15 p.m.; all afternoon (including Pre-K) and evening activities canceled
- Ichabod Crane Central School District — All schools closed by 12:40 p.m; no evening activities
- New Lebanon Central School District — All schools closed by 11:45 p.m.; no evening activities
- Questar III Columbia-Greene Educational Center — Closing 1 p.m.; no p.m. BOCES
- Taconic Hills Central School District — Closing 11:30 a.m.; no evening activities
Albany County
The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk high school and middle school will close at 11:30 a.m. and elementary schools will close at 1 p.m.
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Doron Tyler Antrim is reporting in The Daily Mail the Cairo Town Board will meet March 7 to draw up a new contract with the town’s highway department workers, members of Teamsters Local 294. Workers have been operating under an expired contract since early 2011. Prior to Wed., Feb. 22, Antrim writes, negotiations between the town and the union were unproductive. But a recent discussion between town and union representatives “…was cordial, positive and extremely productive, and the parties are to enter into a tentative agreement,” Town Supervisor Ted Banta said. The agreement must first be approved by the union membership and then ratified by the town board. Contract issues include wage increases, summer hours and health care costs. Banta told The Daily Mail Mon., Feb. 27, the town will not ask the workers to assume any additional health care costs with this contract. He said the town will evaluate the costs and “get creative” to lower them. During the season’s only snowstorm, in October, previous Town Supervisor John Coyne charged that workers failed to show up to plow for four hours to protest the lack of a contract. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: contract negotiations, highway department, Teamsters Local 294
Common Cause's proposed Congressional map for the WGXC listening area.
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Today is Leap Day. From Wikipedia:
February 29, known as a leap day in the Gregorian calendar, is a date that occurs in most years that are evenly divisible by 4….. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, a calendar that had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day into the year, the drift can be corrected.
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Catskill, in Greene County.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Greene and Columbia counties, counties to the north, and western Ulster County. The NWS predicts snow, mainly after noon, in Catskill Wednesday. High near 36. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. Wednesday night: Snow and sleet, becoming all sleet after midnight. Low around 31. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Thursday: A chance of rain, snow, and sleet before 10 a.m., then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 42, low around 30.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy some rain, with a high near 46, low around 36.
• Saturday: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 49, low around 28.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46.
Town meetings today
Today is the fifth Wednesday of the month, and a rare Feb. 29.
CATSKILL Board of Education meeting. 7 p.m. in in Catskill High School library in Catskill High School audititorium, 341 West Main St., Catskill.
GREENPORT An organizational meeting for 2012 Community Day/Anniversary Celebration will be held at 4:30 p.m. at the Greenport Town Hall. Anyone interested in attending is welcome.
VOORHEESVILLE 2012 Small Farms Summit from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY. To register, contact Gale Kohler at gek4@cornell.edu For farmers, educators, agricultural service providers, policy makers, non-profit organizations, students and community members. Sponsored by the Cornell Small Farms Program.
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SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:32 a.m. / 5:46 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 10:17 a.m. / 1:28 a.m. Thursday next day
First Quarter Moon: 8:23 p.m.
Tonight’s big games
Scores
NBA: New Jersey Nets 93 at Dallas Mavericks 92; Brooke Lopez, 38 points.
Schedules
NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (TV: MSG)
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Wed. Feb. 29:
• “WGXC Afternoon Show,” 4-6 p.m.: Ron Diamondstein talks to Bob Hallock, the President of the Greene County Historical Society, from the Catskill Community Center. Plus news, music, local event previews, and more.
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Larry Rulison of the Times Union reports on a proposed Quebec-New York City electricity line that could relieve bottlenecks in the system, including those in Greene and Dutchess counties. Champlain Hudson Power Express would create a 333-mile transmission power line that would run from Quebec to New York City and pass through our area in the Hudson River. According to previous reporting in The Daily Mail, the proposed line is in the Hudson River a little north of Coeymans in Albany County, and stays there until well past the southern end of Columbia County. On Mon., Feb. 27, two Hudson Valley environmental groups endorsed a slightly different path in the river for the line. “Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson concluded that adverse impacts to the river are expected to be negligible and will be outweighed by a mitigation fund for projects that benefit habitats and ecosystems of the Hudson River and other areas along the project’s course from Canada,” their press release said. According to the proposal, cheaper power generated by Canadian hydro plants would effectively lower electric rates for consumers across the state by $650 million a year. New York’s powerful unions and trade groups such as the Independent Power Producers of New York oppose the plan because the line will not be connected to the rest of the state’s electrical grid. Rulison writes that the line would help replace the 2,000 megawatts of power that would be lost if the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County were forced to shut down. Read the article in the Times Union.
Tags: electricity, environment, Hudson River, power transmission lines, Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Valatie, in Columbia County.
The National Weather Service predicts a mostly sunny day in Valatie Tuesday, with a high near 40, low around 22. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Wednesday: Snow before 4 p.m., then rain and snow. High near 35. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Rain and snow possible again before 7 p.m., then snow between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m., then snow and sleet after 1 a.m. Low around 33.
• Thursday: Snow likely before 10 a.m., then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 38, a low around 26.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40.
Town meetings today
Today is the fourth Tuesday of the month.
GREENPORT Planning Board meeting, 7:30 p.m. at Greenport Town Hall, Town Hall Drive, Hudson (828-4656).
HUDSON Common Council Economic Development Committee meeting, 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
HUDSON The Department of Environmental Conservation holds a public hearing to discuss its “proposed remedial action plan” to excavate/dredge and dispose of contaminants at the Water Street Manufactured Gas Plant site in Hudson. At 6 p.m. at Hudson Library, 400 State St., Hudson, 518-828-1792.
The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:33 a.m. / 5:44 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 9:36 a.m. / 12:34 a.m. Wednesday
Tonight’s big games
Schedules
NASCAR: Daytona 500 postponed until 7 p.m. (TV: Fox) STILL IN PROGRESS
NHL: New Jersey Devils 0 at New York Rangers 2; Henrik Lundqvist 13 saves for Rangers.
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Tue. Feb. 28:
• “4th Tuesday Opera Scene,” Noon-2 p.m.: Ed Beatty takes listeners on an opera tour.
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W. T. Eckert reports in The Daily Mail that Catskill’s Holcim cement plant is closing permanently, according to a New York State Department of Conservation Environmental Notice Bulletin. “The Feb. 22 completed application stated the DEC reviewed Holcim’s request to ‘dispose of the remaining raw meal slurry, currently stored on-site, in the currently active cement kiln dust landfill,’ Eckert writes. Greene County Legislator Forest Cotten, D-Catskill, wonders in the story what will become of the site. “…if they are pulling the plug and leaving, I certainly don’t want another American Thermostat (a Superfund site in South Cairo), where they pull the plug on a chemical disaster or environmental disaster and just walk away and get away with it.” Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: American Thermostat, cement, Forest Cotten, Holcim
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Ariel Zangla of The Daily Freeman reports on the live webstream the paper hosted Fri., Feb. 24 with NY Department of Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald. She addresses infrastructure concerns in the area after last year’s storms, and said last week State Route 42 in Greene County was completed ahead of schedule and under budget, the final major road repair after the August storms. Read the full story and watch videos of the interview in The Daily Freeman.
Tags: Hurricane Irene, local video, roads, State Route 42, Tropical Storm Lee
Schoolhouse No. 5 in Delaware County. Photo from NRHP.
Tags: education, historic places, National Register of Historic Places, one-room schoolhouse
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to East Durham, in Greene County.
The National Weather Service predicts a slight chance of rain after 4 p.m. Monday in East Durham. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 48. Monday night there is a slight chance of rain, mixing with snow after 10 p.m., with a low around 29. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40, low around 25.
• Wednesday: A chance of snow before 1 p.m., then rain and snow likely between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., then rain, snow, and sleet likely after 4 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Overnight, snow and sleet likely, becoming all snow after 7 p.m. Cloudy, with a low around 29.
• Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 35, low around 24.
Town meetings today
Today is the fourth Monday of the month.
CATSKILL Village board meeting at 7 p.m. at Firehouse near Catskill Commons (Wal Mart) (943-3830).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development/Planning/Tourism/Agriculture/Transportation Committee Meeting, 5 p.m at 401 State St., Hudson.
HALCOTT Town meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 813 Route 3, Halcott Center (845-254-9920)
HUDSON Common Council Police Committee Meeting, 6 p.m. at City Hall; Fire Committee Meeting at 6:45 p.m., at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
PHILMONT Local Development Corp meeting at 7 p.m., Village Hall, 124 Main St., Philmont (672-7032).
STUYVESANT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
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SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:35 a.m./ 5:43 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 9 a.m. / 11:39 p.m.
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NBA: Western Conference 152 at Eastern Conference 149, Kevin Durant and Lebron James had 36 points each.
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NHL: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (TV: NBCSN)
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Mon. Feb. 27:
• “Monday Musical Matinee,” Noon-2 p.m.: Lincoln Mayorga hosts the classical music show on WGXC.
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The National Weather Service issued a High Wind Warning for Greene and Columbia counties through 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25. Expect winds between 20 and 40 mph and gusts up to 65 mph.
Tags: High Wind Warning, weather alert
All three local ski resorts hope the mix of snow and sleet and rain predicted for this weekend stays snow on the mountains. Catamount Ski in Columbia County has 31 trails and six lifts open with 18-40″ of snow. Night skiing is tentative so check beforehand. Windham Mountain has a snow base between 14″ and 44″ on 40 trails with six lifts open, and evening skiing Sat., Feb. 25 until 8 p.m. Hunter Mountain has up to 18″ to 72″ of snow on 47 trails with eight lifts. Sun., Feb. 26 Hunter hosts “Hope on the Slopes,” an all day ski and snowboard event that raises money to support the mission of the American Cancer Society.
Tags: Catamount Ski, Hunter Mountain, skiing, snow, Windham Mountain
In The Daily Freeman, Ariel Zangla interviews John Gerner, managing director for Leisure Business Advisors, who, on Wed. Feb. 22, gave a fiscal opinion to the Greene County Legislature’s Government Operations Committee about the proposed Great Wolf indoor water park resort in New Baltimore. The water park’s hotel would need to maintain a 40 percent occupancy rate over 30 years to pay back the $26.9 million in infrastructure improvements from a room rental fee. Occupancy rates at other Great Wolf resorts are all above 60 percent, according to Lerner. “The county has been asked to borrow up to $15.6 million to pay for infrastructure improvements at the Kalkberg Commerce Park in New Baltimore,” Zangla writes. The $115-million project includes a 400-room hotel, an 80,000-square-foot indoor water park, restaurant and lounge, and an 18,000-square-foot space for a conference center, arcade, gift shop and other services. The proposed park has come up with local resistance, particularly from Durham, and the Zoom Flume Water Park owners there. Read the full story, and watch the video interview with Lerner and Catskill Legislator Joe Izzo in The Daily Freeman.
Tags: Great Wolf Resorts, Greene County IDA, John Gerner, Joseph Izzo, Kalkberg Commerce Park, Leisure Business Advisors
GalVan Initiatives Foundation has added 364 Warren to its expanding portfolio of historic Hudson properties. The building located at Warren and Third streets was the site of the city’s original jail and has been home to the local newspaper since 1862. GalVan Initiatives was founded by developers T. Eric Galloway and Henry van Ameringen in 2011. Tom Swope, a former real estate broker and the former chair of the city Historic Preservation Commission, along with Supervisor Rick Scalera (D-Hud5) hold key posts in the fledgling organization. In an interview with the Register Star in Dec. 2011, Swope estimated GalVan owned “’30 or 40 properties’ in the core of Hudson.” In the announcement published Wed., Feb. 22, Tom Casey wrote the Register Star’s parent company, Johnson Newspaper Corporation, chose to sell the property after it was “decided the building was much larger than it needed for its operations.” The paper is expected to relocate to the JNC property in Catskill, where The Daily Mail is published. Swope did not disclose GalVan’s plans for the Warren St. property. Read the full announcement in the Register Star.
Tags: GalVan Initiatives Foundation, Johnson Newspaper Corporation, Rick Scalera, The Daily Mail, The Register Star, Tom Swope
The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the western part of Greene County and the eastern part of Columbia County, as one to three inches of snow are expected to fall in the mountains and hills in the area. The Advisory is through 2 p.m. Friday, though the snow is expected to turn to rain in most of the area earlier in the day.
Tags: snow, Winter Weather Advisory
An early morning structure fire in Athens caused a major service outage for Mid-Hudson Cablevision customers in Columbia County, Wed., Feb. 22. Cable, Internet and phone service was interrupted after 6:30 a.m., and fully restored by mid-afternoon, according to a statement released by the company, and other government announcements. Claude Haton is reporting in The Daily Mail that Slice of Athens, a pizza show on Washington Ave. in the village, was gutted. The remains of the structure were later leveled by the Department of Public Works. Owner Donna Passaretti said she was told the fire was caused by an electrical short in a freezer unit. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: Mid-Hudson Cablevision
Most local schools are on winter break now, and closed all week.
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Earlton, in Greene County.
The National Weather Service predicts Earlton has a chance of rain and snow showers before 9 a.m. Thursday. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Thursday night there is chance of rain before 2 a.m., then rain and sleet likely. Increasing clouds, with a low around 33. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Friday: Rain and sleet, becoming all rain after 10 a.m. High near 48, rain, and perhaps a little snow Friday night, with a low around 30.
• Saturday: A slight chance of snow, mixing with rain after 10 a.m., then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high near 38, a low around 17.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 36.
Town meetings today
Today is the fourth Thursday of the month.
CHATHAM Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Budget/Salary Committee at 10:00 a.m.
Public Works Committee at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GERMANTOWN Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown (537-6687).
HUDSON Historic Preservation Committee at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Greenway Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
href=”http://www.townofwindham.com”>WINDHAM Town Board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
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MOONRISE/MOONSET 7:05 a.m. / 7:45 p.m.
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Scores
NBA: Atlanta Hawks 82 at New York Knicks 99; Jeremy Lin led Knicks with 17 points and eight assists.
Schedules
NBA: New York Knicks at Miami Heat, 7 p.m. (TV: TNT)
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Thu. Feb. 23:
• “Sound Forms,” 2 p.m.: Peter Wetzler speaks with Hudson Valley singer/songwriter and activist Rebecca Martin and bassist Larry Grenadier, back from his tour with Pat Metheny.
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Doron Tyler Antrim reports in The Daily Mail Matthew 25 Food Pantry is moving, and asking for donations of money and labor to repair its new space in a vacant former county office building on Union Street in Catskill. This will be the pantry’s third location since it was founded in 2009. It is currently located at 298 Main Street. The pantry will enter into a 10-year lease with Greene County for the new location at the cost of $1 per year. In an interview with Antrim, pantry Executive Director Patti Dushane said the new space is “a mess,” but expects to transition into the Union Street space by June 1. In addition to food, Matthew 25 offers clothing, outerwear, shoes and has a book exchange. It is open 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
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Jim Planck writes in The Daily Mail owners of catastrophically damaged properties in Catskill can now qualify to participate in a federally funded buyout program as the result of action taken by the Greene County Legislature. The program allows owners of property irreparably damaged during last summer’s tropical storms to sell their property to the Town of Catskill for up to 75 percent of its appraised value. The property title is transferred to the town and must remain as open space or park land. Catskill Councilman Kevin Lennon said 13 sites potentially qualify. The program was designed to relocate people from flood-prone areas. The Greene County Economic Development, Tourism and Planning, and the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District will administer the flood-prone property acquisition program. Funding is through the federal Hazard Mitigation Grants Program. Applications are available at the town hall, and must be completed and received by Greene County Soil and Water by Thurs., Feb. 23. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Jim Planck writes in The Daily Mail the acquisition of HSBC Bank by First Niagara is nearly complete. On Fri., Feb. 17, First Niagara announced it will close 35 locations statewide, including the HCBC branch on Main Street in Catskill. First Niagara expects the takeover to be complete by mid-May and most branches identified for closure will remain open until mid-June. Five First Niagara banks located in Albany, Clifton Park, Rotterdam, Troy and Brunswick, will be shuttered May 18. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: First Niagara, HSBC
In addition, most local schools are on winter break this week, and closed all week.
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Germantown, in Columbia County.
The National Weather Service predicts Germantown will be mostly sunny, with a high near 45 on Tuesday. Tuesday night there is a chance of rain showers before 2 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 34. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 9 a.m., then a slight chance of rain showers. Wednesday night there is a chance of rain showers before 4 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.
• Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 7 a.m., then a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 53, low around 36.
• Friday: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 54, low around 33.
Town meetings today
Today is the third Tuesday of the month.
COLUMBIA COUNTY Health and Medical Services Committee meets at 4 p.m. at 401 State St. in Hudson.
DURHAM Town Board meets at 7:30 p.m. at Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham (239-8260).
GERMANTOWN Town of Germantown Town Board Meeting: Proposed Town Board Monthly Meeting Agenda. • Town Attorney – Ratify agreement to continue old business with Whiteman, Osterman Hanna LLC; • National Grid – Removal from demand meter and demand rate; • Sewer Issue with Peter Fingar Property – Estimate to scope line to determine needs and mapping. • Karol Harlow – Removal of synthetic marijuana and paraphernalia from local store shelves; G-Tel – Presentation; Gerald Smith – Request to add Mr. Smith to History Advisory Committee. 7 p.m. at Germantown Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown, 518-537-6687.
HILLSDALE Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall on Main Street (325-5073).
HUDSON 5 p.m. Finance Committee meeting; 7 p.m. Regular Common Council meeting at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
HUNTER Meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville (589-6150).
LEXINGTON Town board meeting at 7 p.m., at Municipal Building, 3542 Route 42, Lexington, (986-6303).
TAGHKANIC Planning Board workshop meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall on Route 82 in West Taghkanic (851-7638).
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MOONRISE/MOONSET 6:10 a.m. / 5:42 p.m.
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Scores
NBA: New Jersey Nets 100 at New York Knicks 92; Deron Williams, 38 points.
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NBA: Philadelphia 76ers at Memphis Grizzlies, 8 p.m.
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Tue. Feb. 21:
• “WGXC Afternoon Show,” 4-6 p.m.: Hosted by Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos.
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Town meetings of note this week:
MONDAY
Greenville Public Hearing
Feb. 20, 2012: 7:30 p.m.
At Greenville Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Greenville. 518-966-5055
Public hearing on changes to the dog ordinance. Followed by the regular town board meeting.
TUESDAY
Germantown Board Meeting
Feb. 21, 2012: 7 p.m.
At Germantown Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown. 518-537-6687
Proposed Town Board agenda includes:
• Town Attorney – Ratify agreement to continue old business with Whiteman, Osterman Hanna LLC;
• National Grid – Removal from demand meter and demand rate;
• Sewer Issue with Peter Fingar Property – Estimate to scope line to determine needs and mapping.
• Karol Harlow – Removal of synthetic marijuana and paraphernalia from local store shelves;
• G-Tel – Presentation;
• Gerald Smith – Request to add Mr. Smith to History Advisory Committee.
WEDNESDAY
Cairo Special Meeting
Feb. 22, 2012: 4 p.m.
At Cairo Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo, 518-622-3120.
The Town Board of Cairo holds a special meeting with the Highway Department in Executive Session to discuss labor matters. In October, during this season’s only snowstorm, several highway department employees were unavailable to plow, because their contract had not been resolved. A regular general town board meeting follows at 7 p.m., with a guest speaker from the Park Task Force to discuss the progress and vision for Angelo Canna Park.
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Taghkanic Special Meeting
Feb. 22, 2012: 6 p.m.
At Taghkanic Town Hall, 909 Route 82, Taghkanic, 518-851-7638.
The Taghkanic Town Board holds a special meeting to discuss appointments and personnel as a joint meeting with the Town Board and Building Committee to discuss the procedural list outlining the committee’s approved Highway Department Facility Proposed Improvement program.
SATURDAY
Farming Our Future
Feb. 25, 2012: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
At Taconic Hills High School, 73 County Rt. 11A, Craryville, 518-325-0390
“Growing Food, Farms and Community” is the subtitle of this series of workshops. The First Annual “Farming Our Future” will engage the agriculture community to think about its work in the context of a rapidly changing local, regional, and global food system. Just as the Hudson Valley sits at the crossroads of the consumer market positioned between the New York Metro area and New England, area farmers sit at the crossroads of the future of agriculture. See wgxc.org/events for full list of speakers.
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Kinderhook Workshop Meeting
Feb. 25, 2012: 9 a.m.
At Philmont Village Hall, 124 Main St., Philmont, 518-672-7032.
The Town of Kinderhook Town Board holds a workshop meeting to discuss the Martin H. Glynn building acquisition.
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A walleye, from Wikipedia.
Tags: Catskill Creek, DEC, Esopus Creek, fish, fishing, walleye
In a letter to the editor of The Daily Mail, on Wed., Feb. 15, the Catskill Farmers Market vendors’ organization announced the majority of members will decline to participate in the market during the upcoming season. The decision was made after Village Trustees chose to move the market away from downtown to the west side of Catskill, for the second year in a row. In the letter, Donna Bonville, President, and Barbara Fox, Treasurer of the group, said vendors met with the Trustees Thurs., Feb. 9, to discuss a compromise to move the market to one side of Main Street. But the Trustees did not budge. The vendors expressed disappointment in the decision, and regret that vendors can no longer bring locally grown products to the community. Contacted by phone Mon., Feb. 20, Bonville reported the vendors have heard nothing further from the Trustees, and there has been no change in the group’s position. Read the full letter in The Daily Mail.
Tags: farmer's market
Today is President’s Day. The Daily Freeman rounds up the local closings:
• Amtrak: Sunday schedule
• Banks: Closed
• County offices: Closed
• Federal offices: Closed
• Financial markets: Closed
• Greene County Transit: No service
• Mail delivery: None
• Metro-North: Saturday schedule
• Schools: Closed
• Trailways: Holiday schedule
In addition, most local schools are on winter break this week, and closed all week.
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Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Purling, in Greene County.
The National Weather Service predicts Purling will be sunny Monday, with a high near 40, low around 19. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Tuesday night there is a chance of showers before 1 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.
• Wednesday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 10 a.m., then a slight chance of rain showers, a chance of rain before 1 a.m., then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 30.
• Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48, low around 33.
• Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 47.
Town meetings today
Today is the third Monday of the month.
ATHENS Town meeting at 6:45 p.m. at Town Hall, 2 First Street, Athens (734-3636).
AUSTERLITZ Comprehensive plan meeting at 7 p.m., at 812 Route 203, Austerlitz (392-3260).
CANAAN Planning board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 1647 Route 5 South, Canaan (781-3144).
GREENE COUNTY 6 p.m. meetings of Government Ops and Finance committees, plus party caucuses at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
GREENVILLE Town Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Offices, corner of routes 32 and 81, Greenville (966-8276).
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MOONRISE/MOONSET 5:40 a.m. / 4:39 p.m.
Last night/Today’s big games
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Scores
NBA: Dallas Mavericks 97 at New York Knicks 104; Jeremy Lin, 28 points.
Schedules
NBA: New Jersey Nets at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (TV: YES/MSG)
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Mom. Feb. 20:
• “Roots, Runners, Rhizomes,” 3 p.m.: Call in with health questions at 518-828-0290.
• “WGXC Afternoon Show,” 4-6 p.m.: Hosts Sara Kendall and Noah Reibel step outside Greene and Columbia counties to talk about international issues.
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Previous fireworks at Hunter Mountain, from their website.
Tags: Catamount Ski, fireworks, Hunter Mountain, Satellite Shine, ski, skiing, Windham Mountain
Bridge and road damage caused by flooding during Tropical Storm Irene in August has been repaired on Route 42 in Lexington. Two bridges were reconstructed and are now open to traffic. The reopened areas are on Route 42 between state Route 23A and County Road 6, and the Route 42 bridge over the West Kill. See a photo of the reconstructed bridge at The Daily Mail Web site.
Tags: Route 42, Tropical Storm Irene
Tropical Storm Irene created a “super flood,” Michael Ryan writes in The Daily Mail. Engineer James MacBroom was retained by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to conduct the storm study that characterized the amount of rainfall and resulting water quantities as “off the chart.” MacBroom and DEP regional manager Ira Stern recently presented the preliminary findings to members of the Prattsville community. MacBroom said the little town “never had a chance” on Aug. 28, 2011, due in large part to its unique location among steep forest lands and narrow valleys. The study offers suggestions on how Prattsville can move forward. MacBroom said more data is needed before a final analysis can be made. The process was complicated, Ryan writes, because gauges used to measure water levels and stream velocities at Red Falls, on the Batavia Kill, and on the Schoharie Creek just above the Route 23 bridge, were lost in the flooding. Additional public information sessions are planned. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: Tropical Storm Irene
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