I was driving distracted. I was primarily distracted by the cataclysmic pandemic bearing down on the Hudson Valley, and how to continue mainlining information on its progress while driving. WAMC’s broadcast was forked with static, so I started fiddling with the dial, glancing down to see the readout. When I glanced back up, there was…
New Paltz’s ‘Do Not Drink’ advisory was lifted overnight after the municipal water system was flushed and its water re-tested. The advisory was put in place Monday morning after residents complained their tap water smelled like kerosene or natural gas. Testing by the state Department of Health after the flushing “showed no detectable levels of…
A “few hundred gallons” of oil leaked from a severed fuel line 500 feet from a New Paltz reservoir this winter, the suspected cause of the community’s petroleum-scented water that prompted officials to issue a ‘Do Not Drink’ advisory Monday morning. However, eight water samples tested so far – four by the New York State…
Residents in the Town and Village of New Paltz water districts were warned by village officials early Monday to not drink their tap water. Local officials, aided by the New Paltz Department of Pubic Works, have set up several distribution points to provide water: Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue A 6,000 gallon tanker has been…
The potential cause of the tainted water was discovered Wednesday. For the latest, click here. The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is investigating a potential spill at a local New Paltz reservoir as SUNY New Paltz cancelled classes and ordered all students to leave campus because of an ongoing ‘Do Not Drink’ advisory for…
A second water tanker is scheduled to arrive in New Paltz after officials told residents not to drink their tap water earlier Monday. Residents of both the Town and Village of New Paltz were advised not use tap water for drinking, cooking, or making ice after residents complained over the weekend it smelled of gas.…
For the latest update on this developing story, Click Here Residents in the Town and Village of New Paltz were told Monday to not their drink tap water as authorities continue to investigate a noxious odor first discovered late Saturday. The advisory applies to everyone in the Town and Village Water Districts. Residents are advised…
Tenants at two properties owned by former Ulster County Executive Mike Hein were told to vacate after he sold the buildings to a notorious Kingston developer in late December for $1.2 million Charles Blaichman bought the five-unit Heritage Hill Apartments and the six-unit Victorian Manor Apartments, two small residential buildings in the city’s Rondout…
I have not one, but two Narcan applicators squatting ominously in the central counsel of my banged-up Nissan. This makes me nervous. In case you’ve been living in a religious commune for the last few years, Narcan is an opioid overdose reversal drug. If someone ODs on heroin – or Oxycontin, or fentanyl, or carfentanil,…
Last week, The Other Hudson Valley was purchased by the newspaper conglomerate Digital First Media, which plans to convert it into a satellite site for its larger newspaper holdings. The Other Hudson Valley will now exclusively carry general-interest content from these other newspapers. Kidding! – just kidding. But everything is going to change, and here’s…
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