Neversink News

Dr. Richard Craft and Harold Buley Jr. present "History of the Local Knife Making Industry" at 2 p.m. at the Neversink Town Hall on Route 55 in Grahamsville.

"History of the Local Knife-Making Industry," an illustrated talk by Dr. Richard Craft and Harold Buley Jr., will be held at 2 p.m. Nov.

Goodness gracious, the dithering I've done since I wrote here that I'd only be reading Herman Melville in November.

The state Department of Transportation will perform bridge inspections this week in the town of Neversink beginning at 9:30 a.m. On Monday motorists will encounter alternating lane closures on Route 55 eastbound and westbound over the Neversink River.

A Grahamsville man armed with a pistol walked into the Tri-Valley Secondary School Wednesday morning before turning the gun over to the school's principal, causing the school to be locked down for about an hour.

Sullivan County is considering a proposal to change the way it funds trash disposal.

Orange County is inviting the public to try its new electronic voting machines this weekend to help train the election inspectors who will monitor the machines' debut in the towns of Hamptonburgh and Greenville on Nov.

Ah, the sights and sounds and smells of autumn - the crunch of leaves beneath your feet, the wash of arboreal color, the fragrance of leaves burning in ... Hang on a minute.

A whole lot of water goes through the dams at the New York City reservoirs, and the city would like to install hydraulic power plants at the base of some of those dams to generate electricity.

Additional water releases planned from the Cannonsville, Pepacton and Neversink reservoirs to prepare for the shutdown of a reservoir tunnel will protect both the people along the river basin and fish, officials said.

Three upstate reservoirs will be allowed to release higher volumes of water through May 2010, according to the Delaware River Basin Commission.

Three New York City reservoirs may have more water than usual draining into the Delaware River over the next eight months following an agreement announced Wednesday between the city and four river states.

A New York financier-turned-farmer declared victory on Thursday after the Sullivan County Legislature voted to approve seven acres he owns in the Neversink Gorge for inclusion in the agricultural district.

Troopers have identified the man recovered from the Neversink River as Brendan Ryan, 24, of Westbrookville.

Most of the media attention this weekend is on Bethel Woods and the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, one of the iconic events of the 1960s.

A 19-year-old Fallsburg man has been charged with felony assault after troopers say he struck two people with a baseball bat on Saturday.

A 19-year-old Fallsburg man has been charged with felony assault after troopers say he struck two people with a baseball bat on Saturday.

A Neversink man remains in critical condition at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie after being struck on the head with a baseball bat Saturday night at a party in the Town of Neversink.

State police have charged a Fallsburg man with assault for allegedly attacking two people with a baseball bat, causing head injuries to both.

Sullivan County is asking a New York financier-turned-farmer to enter into an agreement with the state before it votes a portion of his land located in the Neversink Gorge into the county's agricultural district.