Whatever happens on November 8, come January at least two of the Mid-Hudson region’s county executive offices will be managed by a relatively young, dark and toothsome gentleman sporting a haircut you can set your watch to. Call it a trend. The greater Hudson Valley, and particularly this region, is becoming renowned for fast-tracking young, [...]
In This Issue
Executive indecision
AN INTRIGUINGLY MATCHED PAIR OF YOUNG CONTENDERS VIE TO LEAD DUTCHESS COUNTY OUT OF STEINHAUSIAN STASIS
Steve Hopkins • November 3rd, 2011
New Paltz FLOOD AID
Farmers, Families & First Responders Kick-Off Event
Scott Patrick Humphrey • September 22nd, 2011
Hurricane Irene tore its way up the East Coast in late August, ravaging local communities in its wake. The Hudson Valley was hit extremely hard by Irene, and many towns, local farms, and individuals’ lives were devastated. The region’s citizens are gathering and offering their help to those who need it most. Ulster County was [...]
Magnificent obsession
Intrepid hikers’ quest to scale Catskills’ 35 tallest peaks … dressed to kill in ball gowns
Steve Hopkins • July 16th, 2011
The Catskill Mountains, those shadowy blue-green humps that undulate mysteriously across New York State’s pie-shaped lower extremity, have always had a transformational effect on human psychology and behavior. Stories abound of people wandering into the mountains and emerging years later, changed beyond recognition, their outlooks softened and feminized, their facial features calmed and beatific, like [...]
Fracking our lives away
Study by the Center on Global Change at Duke University outlines the many toxic consequences of horizontal hydraulic fracturing
Scott Patrick Humphrey • June 28th, 2011
Whether anyone has heard of it or not, there exists unequivocal proof concerning the environmental and human health risks associated with horizontal hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking). The study on horizontal “Hydro-Fracking” by the Center on Global Change at Duke University outlines all of the contamination of well water from methane and other chemicals that occurred within the [...]
For once, history doesn’t repeat itself
Steve Saland puts Marriage Equality over the top in New York
Steve Hopkins • June 25th, 2011
Last fall when I loudly endorsed State Sen. Steve Saland’s opponent, Didi Barrett, and subsequently publicized my failure to vote for him in his landslide victory, I had no idea that he was a changed man. I had no idea that he was going to have a soul transplant a few months later and use [...]
The Weiner vs. the Tornado
Viewers of CNN can be confident that when it comes to national news priorities, a good penis joke will beat a developing regional disaster, hands down --- so to speak. A video report from our partners, After the Press.
Steve Hopkins • June 14th, 2011
It’s been a very bad year for tornadoes, and nothing this year can compare to the devastation in Joplin, Missouri, an event that was covered extensively by the national press as it was happening. But on June 1, 2011, almost the entire East Coast of the U.S. was under a tornado watch, including NYC and Boston. Tornadoes are not [...]
Riverkeeper: Hudson River Water Quality Report
First sampling patrol of 2011 - May 16 through May 19
John Lipscomb • June 8th, 2011
The good folks at Riverkeeper (http://www.riverkeeper.org/), New York State’s vigilant clean water advocate, have been patrolling the waters of the Hudson River this spring, and have some interesting results to present. They’ve kindly agreed to let the Chronic post these results here. Highlights: Our May patrol was rainy, wet and nasty. It rained between 1.2 [...]
More Than Just a Bad Headache
The Harmful Effects of Cell Towers, Cell Phones and Routers
Harrison Barritt • June 1st, 2011
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom —Isaac Asimov Just yesterday (May 31, 2011), the World Health Organization publicly acknowledged something I’ve known about for years: the use of cell phones can cause cancer. This overdue revelation was made by a team of 31 scientists from [...]
The elephant in the room is us (as in U.S.)
No matter what China does in the world, it will have to contend with U.S. military dominance
Harry Seitz • May 27th, 2011
There’s been speculation in the media that China will soon overtake the United States and have the largest economy in the world, thus becoming the world’s dominant superpower. Economists refer to a simplistic view of history, citing Britain’s former economic and world dominance and their subsequent loss of first the former and then the latter [...]
