It’s back…
Solid Shale is a blog that people concerned about hydrofracking might want to check out.
Norbrook’s Blog is for “Opinions from the Central Adirondacks” (with much to say about the state parks)
Occasional commenter here, Mrs. M has been awfully busy with her own blog stable, including New York Renovator (”the challenges of renovating an 1855 […]

Andy Arthur writes about an accident on the Northway and the larger issues it reminds us of.
The system is broken. Many of those people now in prison should not be there. They should be getting treatment. Instead of spending so much on incarceration, we should be spending more mental health and drug treatment. We must […]

NYRI won’t stay dead.
Phil posts on gay marriage. He thinks some Democrats are batting for the other team.
Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation is trying to get the Syracuse Common Council to adopt a Resolution of Respect for and Reconciliation with the Onondaga Nation.
The location of Mordor having already been discovered, here are the Mines […]

A few good comments I’ve read lately, hidden deep in other people’s blogs:
Our friend Robinia writes at TAP on local higher ed as entrenched interests, and also wonders who died and left Robert Wilmers boss.
Celebrating the recent tea parties on Fault Lines, a funny and telling exchange about a “lack of turnout” in Utica. […]

Simon at Living in Dryden notes the budget-mandated closure of New York’s last pheasant-breeding game farm. 8,000 pheasants will be slaughtered and distributed as food for the needy in the Southern Tier.
Josh Shear has wide-ranging commentary on some of the many “small” taxes and fees in the proposed budget.
BuffaloPundit passes on this site with […]

Despite my reputation as one of those “blogger” people, I admit I don’t have much time to read too many other blogs regularly (as in, on a daily basis). One of the exceptions has been Calculated Risk, a widely respected blog that started off focusing on the mortgage crisis, but has become a gathering […]

“You might live in Upstate New York if…” (Clearly a North Country/Adirondack edition.)
You might live in Upstate New York also, if you are in a rap group named after a man frozen into a block of ice.
Seven Valley Scoop is a news blog about Cortland — an underrepresented area in the local blogosphere. […]

Mrs. M at New York Traveler passes on a funny and painfully true New York historical marker. Supposedly it is a real one and not Photoshopped. (It is true that anyone can arrange to have one made by a private company - the state’s official historical marker program was discontinued in 1966).
WinterCampers shares some […]

A quick roundup…
CNY Speaks, the community listening project of the Post-Standard and the Maxwell School, is beginning a series of public forums about Syracuse’s downtown, starting tomorrow.
We don’t have a lot of music-and-nightlife blogs in Syracuse (or at least, I am not very good at discovering them), but here is one: Kick Start My […]

The Batavian is a blog that has taken over an online news reporting niche that apparently has not been filled by the Batavia Daily News.
Josh Shear (a man of many blogs) has a post about Twitter and the many ways it can be repackaged as news.
CNY Snakepit blames Billy Fuccillo for local TV […]