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ROTTERDAM JUNCTION
Irene: Rotterdam Junction recovery effort runs out of cash (with photo gallery)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Volunteers were going to help 75-year-old Jean Mace refinish the gutted interior of her Main Street home until the recovery effort ran out of money last month.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Cherry put in charge of post-flood rebuilding effort
Sunday, April 22, 2012
With frustration mounting over progress on post-flood rebuilding, Schoharie County Supervisors last week disbanded a multi-member committee and placed county Treasurer William Cherry in charge of coordinating the effort.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: $16M washed off Schoharie tax rolls
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Tropical storms Irene and Lee washed away more than 40 percent of the private property value in the village of Schoharie, cutting the tax roll by an estimated $16 million.
FORT HUNTER
Irene: Schoharie Crossing gets state money to fix flood damage
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site has received $95,000 from the state to rebuild its parking lot and replace interpretive signs, all lost to last summer’s floods.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Tools stolen from Schoharie flood recovery group
Friday, April 20, 2012
The recent theft of tools destined for post-flood rebuilding in the Schoharie Valley isn’t dampening the spirits of folks at Schoharie Area Long Term Recovery.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Irene: Counseling program offers Hope to flood victims
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The staff at Project Hope meets regularly with flood victims dealing with anxiety and depression, trying to find ways to help them cope.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Schoharie rail exhibit gets a boost from grant
Friday, April 13, 2012
It wasn’t clear after Tropical Storm Irene whether the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association would be able to overcome damage to several buildings on the site — until board members learned American Express was drafting a $15,000 check to help.
MIDDLEBURGH
Irene: State to pay local flood costs
Thursday, April 12, 2012
A crowd of more than 100 people erupted in applause Wednesday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state will pay the local government share of post-flood rebuilding costs.
UPDATE: Governor in Middleburgh to announce takeover of local flood repair costs
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Today Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce the state is going to pick up the local share of recovery costs from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Gilboa Dam siren system fixed
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Schoharie County’s flood siren system, knocked offline by the raging Schoharie Creek last August, is now back online, officials said Tuesday.
GLEN
Karen’s ice cream stand in Glen back in business
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
With the cold wind whipping up fine dust and rattling the sliding shed doors, the Terleckey family labored together to get Karen’s Produce & Ice Cream ready to open today — its first day of business since Tropical Storm Irene severely damaged it.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Irene shows need for better cell service
Monday, April 2, 2012
Fierce winds and constant rainfall were pounding the tiny town of Blenheim alongside the flooding Schoharie Creek as Tropical Storm Irene bore down on the region Aug. 28.
SCOTIA
Jumpin’ back after disaster (with photo gallery)
Friday, March 30, 2012
Glen Brownell didn’t mind the slow line for fast food.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Ellis nurses donate prom finery to Schoharie school
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Kim Vescova reached out to organizations and individuals in the community and beyond to send in their used prom dresses and tuxes, shoes and bags. With about 150 students in the junior and senior class combined, she is now reeling with shock at the more than 300 dresses that have come in.
NORTH BLENHEIM
Recovery of historic Blenheim bridge is object of meeting
Saturday, March 24, 2012
County workers and historians were able to recover several pieces of the historic Blenheim covered bridge that was swept away by the Schoharie Creek last August. But with limited time available during efforts to recover from Tropical Storm Irene, numerous parts were left where they sat, some intertwined with trees and other debris, others sitting on the creek’s shore.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Saint Rose students help with flood cleanup
Saturday, March 17, 2012
About thirty students from the College of Saint Rose skipped traditional college-age St. Patrick’s Day hijinks and drinking on Saturday and gave their time to flood cleanup efforts in the village of Schoharie.
SCHENECTADY
Irene: Weather experts detail forecast challenges in disastrous storm
Saturday, March 17, 2012
The Fourth Annual Mohawk Watershed Symposium held Friday at Union College was dominated by discussions of devastating traffic storms Irene and Lee, which battered the region’s infrastructure and numerous communities.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Tavern to celebrate Schoharie’s revival
Friday, March 16, 2012
David McSweeney and his Timothy Murphy Bar at the Parrott House will be welcoming hundreds into the village Saturday for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration he expects will begin tonight, a bit early.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Nationwide support helps Schoharie school win $100K prize
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The Schoharie Central School District found friends as far away as the West Coast during its cyberspace campaign to win $100,000 in technology equipment, and at the end of voting, it appears the campaign was victorious.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Group listens to Schoharie flood victims
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee’s Disaster Response Services hopes to visit between 1,800 and 2,000 sites where many homeowners have spent the past six months toiling to put their lives back together.
SCHOHARIE
Irene: Schoharie school leads in voting for $100,000 tech prize
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Schoharie Central School District is clinging to a tenuous lead in a contest pitting a dozen school communities nationwide against one another for $100,000 in technology equipment.
Fly Fishing: Irene, Lee should have little impact on April 1 opener
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tropical storms Irene and Lee made a real mess out of many small streams in the Catskills and Adirondacks. But apart from those streams that were dredged and channelized, it was a natural mess.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Federal program may help replace trees lost to Irene
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Trees sent cascading down the Schoharie Creek and Mohawk River in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene could be replanted under a program being considered at the federal level, and landowners who might qualify are being urged to apply in case funding comes through.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY
Irene: Schoharie County inmates still displaced
Monday, March 5, 2012
Schoharie County officials say plans for a public safety facility remain unclear six months after the jail was put out of commission by Tropical Storm Irene.
COBLESKILL
Irene: SUNY Cobleskill teaches area to rebuild
Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012
Dave Moak teaches carpentry at SUNY Cobleskill, but none of his students are college students. They are members of the community — local residents hoping to help rebuild the Schoharie Valley.
