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MIDDLEBURGH
Middleburgh getting back to business
Friday, May 10, 2013
A new craft beer brewery will be opening this fall on Main Street in Middleburgh, while a new auto body shop is already up and running. Both are expected to boost the village’s post-flood recovery.
SCHOHARIE
Puzzle contest to aid Schoharie Valley flood relief
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Businesses in Schoharie County are joining forces with the flood recovery organization SALT to help draw guests and donations for the valley, which is still reeling from flood damage from the storms of 2011.
SCHOHARIE
Schoharie housing project gets $4M boost
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The village of Schoharie will soon see scores of new residents thanks to nearly $4 million in tax credits and low-interest government loans allotted to a Main Street housing development.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Post-Irene stream bed work approaching start
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Design plans for Schoharie County’s massive post-Irene stream reconstruction project reached a milestone Friday and officials this week said work is expected to begin within months.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
FEMA to foot $7 million of Schoharie County repair bill
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to provide almost $7 million for repairs to the Schoharie County Office Complex.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Disaster prep is key to Schoharie County farm grants
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Schoharie County farmers can get up to $50,000 from a new matching grant program, but they have to be prepared for the next disaster to qualify for the money.
MIDDLEBURGH
Fundraising effort will help flood victims get back home
Thursday, March 14, 2013
SALT Director Sarah Goodrich announced Thursday the end of a successful campaign sparked by Cobleskill-based Fenimore Asset Management.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Flooded Schoharie County homes to come down
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Demolition will begin next month on 37 homes approved last month for a federal hazard mitigation program, shrinking the population near the Schoharie Creek and other waterways in Schoharie County.
CAPITAL REGION
Irene, Lee aid likely with federal billions for Sandy recovery
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Local post-flood rebuilding efforts would get a multimillion-dollar boost under a recovery plan New York state submitted to the federal government Tuesday.
SCHOHARIE
Schoharie fire department unveils temporary home
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013
It may just be a pole barn, but the new three-bay garage serving as the temporary home of Niagara Engine Co. No. 6 is more than a building; it’s a symbol of gradual flood recovery.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Deadline nears for flood relief donation pledge
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
A quarter-million dollars in donations for flood victims will turn into $500,000 if Schoharie Area Long Term can raise the last $15,000 by the end of the month.
SCHOHARIE
Insurance cost hike faces Irene, Lee flood victims
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013
The cost of flood insurance will shoot up this year as a federal law that changed the program takes effect.
ROTTERDAM JUNCTION
Flood recovery group thanks church for space with paint job
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
Volunteers did some touch-up work Saturday at the St. Margaret of Cortona Church rectory, effectively the command center for all recovery efforts in Rotterdam Junction since massive flooding upended lives there in August 2011.
CAPITAL REGION
Storm replanting gets share of grant
Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Planting greenery to restore land denuded by Tropical Storm Irene is among projects sharing $50,000 in grant money from the state’s new Mohawk River Basin Program.
SCHOHARIE
Schoharie recovery group honored for efforts
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
SALT’s board of directors got a morale boost Tuesday after hearing words of praise — and thanks — from national disaster response leaders.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Assemblyman: Don’t tax storm rebuilding supplies
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013
A local assemblyman is joining his colleagues in a call for New York state to stop lining its pockets by taxing building supplies that flood victims are buying to recover from natural disasters.
COBLESKILL
Charity storage site poses Cobleskill business conflict
Friday, Jan. 18, 2013
Tons of furniture, clothing, housewares and appliances, most of it used, still sit in neat rows inside the former Guilford Mills factory building in Cobleskill, part of a massive collection of donations offered for victims of Tropical Storm Irene.
ROTTERDAM JUNCTION
Flood recovery groups remain active, needed
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012
The volunteer effort aimed at helping flood victims fix up their homes is winding down, but loose ends remain.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
FEMA to help pay for boarding Schoharie County inmates
Friday, Dec. 21, 2012
Schoharie County has learned it won’t have to cover the entire cost of boarding inmates while its flood-wrecked jail remains out of commission, but it still doesn’t know whether the jail can be rebuilt or a replacement will have to be constructed from scratch.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Survey finds Irene debris still littering banks of Schoharie Creek
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012
Montgomery County’s independent surveying team had a lot to report when they completed their three-week debris-mapping project along the Schoharie Creek.
AMSTERDAM
Irene recovery effort faces hurdles in Montgomery County
Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
The Montgomery County Long Term Recovery Committee has a lot to do, not just in Mohawk Valley homes still soggy from Tropical Storm Irene, but within its own structure.
BLENHEIM
Irene left Blenheim road on the edge, literally
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
The town of Blenheim is planning to reroute Cole Hollow Road before part of the roadway plummets down a 100-foot ravine.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Volunteers take a break after rebuilding homes in Schoharie Valley
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
Nearly 20 families forced from their homes by last year’s flooding will be back by Christmas following post-disaster recovery efforts coordinated by a team of Green Shirts from the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee’s Disaster Response Services.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Money stalls flood buyouts in Schoharie County
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
An effort to buy out dozens of flooded properties could stall if Schoharie County municipalities and homeowners don’t come up with at least $1.7 million in matching funds.
CAPITAL REGION
FEMA approves $12M for canal fixes
Monday, Dec. 3, 2012
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has now approved more than $12 million in disaster funding for repairs to the state canal system.
