Also, EPA sets final hydrofracking forum for Binghamton, and a Sylvan Beach landmark is damaged by fire.
From the New York Daily News:
Hurricane Earl began to menace the East Coast Tuesday, stirring up the seas and promising a soggy and potentially dangerous Labor Day weekend.The Category 4 storm is not expected to make landfall, but will howl up the Eastern Seaboard at week's end, bringing high waves, soaking rains and damaging winds.
» Read the story: Category 4 Hurricane Earl menaces East Coast; set to soak Labor Day weekend
» FEMA: US evacuations may be required for Earl [The Associated Press]
» Baltimore cruise ships change itineraries for Earl [The Baltimore Sun]
» Fluke of Earl: Trackers struggle to get read on storm’s path [Boston Herald]
» Hurricanes send rough waters to New Jersey shore resorts [The Post-Standard]
In other news:
» EPA to bring final hydrofracking forum to Binghamton in mid-September [pressconnects.com]
» Public hearing to be held on sidewalk moratorium [The Auburn Citizen]
» Ten communities vie for state's best drinking water [WSYT-TV Channel 9]
» Former Cortland school superintendent heads to Groton [CNYcentral.com]
» Sylvan Beach landmark Harpoon Eddie's damaged in blaze [Utica Observer-Dispatch]
» New Yorkers Say 9/11 Family Concerns Eclipse Mosque Near Ground Zero Site [Bloomberg]
» Five Holley teens arrested after incident at Orleans County mosque [Rochester Democrat and Chronicle]