Andes NewsLocal news for Andes, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Grads earn writing honors- June 30, 2008 Five area high school graduates received the Catskill Heritage Alliance writing prize at commencement ceremonies at their high schools this weekend.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/grads-earn-writing-honors?fromrss=1 Medical Mission To Peru- June 24, 2008 A hospital in Peru was home base for the the volunteer medical mission from Western New York.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/medical-mission-to-peru?fromrss=1 Freeport, Peru Copper Miners Reach Labor Agreement, Ending 11-Day Walkout- June 22, 2008 Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. 's Peruvian copper mine agreed to end an 11-day strike, a union official said.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/freeport-peru-copper-miners-reach-labor-agreeme... Drug, alcohol cases heard in Delaware- June 20, 2008 DELHI _ Four cases involving drinking or drugs were heard in Delaware County Court on Monday.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/drug-alcohol-cases-heard-in-delaware?fromrss=1 Meeting set for Route 28 towns- June 16, 2008 The first public meeting on the state Route 28 corridor will be held by the Central Catskills Collaborative at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development in Arkville.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/meeting-set-for-route-28-towns?fromrss=1 In 'Blindsight' you root for the kids- June 13, 2008 If current governor of New York David Paterson has taught us anything, it's that the blind are capable of doing anything -- even having extramarital affairs that were just as illicit and freaky-sneaky as the ...http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/in-blindsight-you-root-for-the-kids?fromrss=1 Calf could be the last survivor- June 10, 2008 But these animals aren't your typical dairy cows. "On Friday morning, the last thing I thought I would be doing Friday afternoon is a buffalo roundup," said Donald Bush of Kelly Corners.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/calf-could-be-the-last-survivor?fromrss=1 Sudden growth spurt pushed the Andes up like a Popsicle- June 8, 2008 We tend to think of mountains as features that grow very, very slowly. Think again, says one group of scientists.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/sudden-growth-spurt-pushed-the-andes-up-like-a-... Andes Mountains Jumped in Height Like Released Cork- June 6, 2008 After millions of years of slowly being squeezed, warped, and folded higher, the central Andes suddenly shot toward the stars in a geological blink of the eye, according to a new study.http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/andes-mountains-jumped-in-height-like-released-... Chile's potato claim is indigestible, says Peru- June 1, 2008 The Irish hungered after it, Dan Quayle couldn't spell it, Russian cooks swear by it and China is its biggest producer -- and now the potato is at the root of an Andean war of words over where exactly it ...http://www.topix.net/city/andes-ny/2008/06/chiles-potato-claim-is-indigestible-says-peru?f... |