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Sep 06, 2011 12:15 am
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="224" caption="Repair work on Route 73 near Keene, being repaired Mon. Sept. 5. Photo from NYS Governor's Office."]
[/caption]Enter Tropical Storm Lee
If the storms associated with Hurricane Irene weren't enough, there were heavy rains late Sunday night and late Monday night, and more rain is expected Wednesday and Thursday as what is left from Tropical Storm Lee dumps more water on overly saturated ground. Last time that happened, with Irene, Western Greene County was devastated, and is still digging mud out, repairing bridges, and assessing unfathomable damage. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Greene, Columbia, Delaware, Schoharie, Rensselaer, Ulster, and Albany counties through 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Greene Grime
Dick May, in his Seeing Greene blog, reports yet another local business has abandoned downtown Catskill. Last Wed., Aug. 25, Jeffrey Meyers closed Café 355 telling May, that “I can’t afford to stay open” and is working in Albany. Read the full story in Seeing Greene.
Hundreds turn out for Republican caucus
Melanie Lekocevic reports in The Greene County News that Greenville Republicans picked justice candidate Jens Lobb, incumbent Town Supervisor Paul Macko, Tax Collector Mary Yeomans and Councilman Greg Davis, town clerk candidate Jackie Park, and incumbents Highway Superintendent Richard Hempstead and Councilman John Bensenat at the Greenville Public Library Monday Aug. 29. Macko, Davis, and Bensen were unopposed. Lobb defeated Walter Schelling 110 to 97. Christine Wickes. For town clerk, Park beat Christine Wickes 120 to 85. Hempstead defeated Joseph Licata 118 to 84 for Highway Superintendent. Read the full story in The Greene County News.
[/caption]Enter Tropical Storm LeeIf the storms associated with Hurricane Irene weren't enough, there were heavy rains late Sunday night and late Monday night, and more rain is expected Wednesday and Thursday as what is left from Tropical Storm Lee dumps more water on overly saturated ground. Last time that happened, with Irene, Western Greene County was devastated, and is still digging mud out, repairing bridges, and assessing unfathomable damage. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Greene, Columbia, Delaware, Schoharie, Rensselaer, Ulster, and Albany counties through 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Greene Grime
Dick May, in his Seeing Greene blog, reports yet another local business has abandoned downtown Catskill. Last Wed., Aug. 25, Jeffrey Meyers closed Café 355 telling May, that “I can’t afford to stay open” and is working in Albany. Read the full story in Seeing Greene.
Hundreds turn out for Republican caucus
Melanie Lekocevic reports in The Greene County News that Greenville Republicans picked justice candidate Jens Lobb, incumbent Town Supervisor Paul Macko, Tax Collector Mary Yeomans and Councilman Greg Davis, town clerk candidate Jackie Park, and incumbents Highway Superintendent Richard Hempstead and Councilman John Bensenat at the Greenville Public Library Monday Aug. 29. Macko, Davis, and Bensen were unopposed. Lobb defeated Walter Schelling 110 to 97. Christine Wickes. For town clerk, Park beat Christine Wickes 120 to 85. Hempstead defeated Joseph Licata 118 to 84 for Highway Superintendent. Read the full story in The Greene County News.