Government
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011 - 9:01 am
Gary Mayer's Potshots cartoon about casinos in Bridgeville, Sullivan County.
A nit-picky rule for Indian casinos was thrown out the window yesterday, when the federal government announced that it will no longer reject potential Indian casino projects for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011 - 11:52 am
Thanks to a presidential declaration made on Friday, Delaware and Ulster counties are now eligible for federal disaster-relief funds for the storms that swept much of New York between April 26 and May 8. Remember those tornado warnings and flooding alerts... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011 - 9:32 am
A missing person flyer for Zach Green. Image via the Find Zachary Green Facebook page.
The body pulled from the Esopus Creek in Kingston on Sunday has been identified as the missing Saugerties resident Zach Green, according to the Times Herald-Record and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 - 1:29 pm
This just in from the state political blogs: The New York state legislature is expected to vote on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage sometime in the next few days.
From the New York Times:
On a day of fast moving developments, the Cuomo aide,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 - 11:56 am
It's a big news day for larcenous shenanigans in Kingston: Details have just emerged about a scheme to part developmentally disabled residents of a group home from their paychecks, and an Ulster County grand jury has just indicted a former Kingston cop on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 - 8:47 am
A body lodged between logs in the Esopus Creek in Kingston was found by a boater yesterday, and nobody is sure whether it is the remains of Zachary Green, who has been missing from Saugerties since January.
The Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jun. 12, 2011 - 2:49 pm
A victimless (and potentially seedless) crime happened this morning on Highway 30 in the town of Schoharie, according to a Schoharie County Sheriff's Office press release. A tractor-trailer loaded with watermelons reportedly overturned on the highway. No... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 10, 2011 - 6:54 pm
Teeny-tiny Hardenburgh (population: 208) is used to being ignored. With less than three people per square mile, the smallest town in Ulster County is so remote and underpopulated, it doesn't even have its own ZIP code.
With less than a tenth of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 10, 2011 - 3:02 pm
Design of the proposed Woodstock Commons housing project. Image from the RUPCO website.
The second of two lawsuits filed against a planned Woodstock housing project has been dismissed, according to the Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman.
Once again... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 10, 2011 - 10:15 am
Georgia Paradiso: Photo via New York State PoliceOn Tuesday, State Police deputies arrested a 77-year-old drunk driver who was reportedly hellbent on driving the wrong way on Rte. 17.
According to a press release, Georgia Paradiso managed to drive east in... Read more
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