Tag: fracking

Though we appreciate Mr. Bochis taking the time to write to our humble small town newspaper, we find it interesting ...

Stephen Shafer addresses the board The Town Board got an earful from opponents of a proposed oil pipeline, but decided ...

A complex energy routine currently takes place in the Hudson Valley corridor. Every year, more than three billion gallons of ...

New York State banned the natural gas retrieval procedure known as High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing during a televised cabinet meeting ...

Is it ‘fearmongering?’ Or is there ‘no downside’ to a fracking moratorium in Hurley”? With reminders that Hurley is a ...

James Howard Kunstler The propaganda about the so-called “shale gas miracle” has been a great comfort to those alarmed by ...

New Paltz community members will join thousands of New Yorkers at a huge rally in Albany on Monday, June 17 ...

Dan Barton, editor of the Kingston Times. So, I’m with my fiancée at the home show in Lagrange on Sunday, ...

(L-R): Kathy Nolan, Catskill Mountainkeeper regional director; Kaitlin Van Pelt, campus farmers’ market manager; Maurice Hinchey, recently retired congressman; Rosalyn ...

SUNY New Paltz senior Charles Garin and freshman Michelle Shalmiyev send Governor Cuomo an anti-fracking valentine signed by members of ...

(Photo by Will Dendis) On Thursday, Jan. 17, Assemblyman Pete Lopez held a Town Hall meeting at the Saugerties senior ...

Pastors: Ban fracking New York is debating the possibility hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), a method of natural gas exploration and extraction. ...

Mike Harkavy Chairman, Town Democratic Committee The political situation in Saugerties in 2013 – What’s on your mind? Well, I ...

Local residents will gather in Albany on Jan. 9 to protest Gov. Cuomo’s State-of-the-State address. Bolstered by some success at ...

Lack of debate on casino issue Why have there been no public hearings on one of the most important legislative ...

Casinos have changed The casino towns grew up, deservedly so, with a bad reputation. Towns like “Sin City” were built ...

Cathy Magarelli (photo by Dion Ogust) The Town Board on July 17 delivered the first blow of a proposed two-punch ...

Deputy Superintendant Liam Kahn presided over the meeting. (photo by Dion Ogust) Efforts to prohibit the natural-gas extraction method known ...

Photo by Flickr user Bosc D'Anjou/used under Creative Commons license. More than seven out of 10 New York state voters ...

Marijuana pipe ban Commentary on laws by the town and village banning the sale of pipes sold for tobacco use ...