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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011 - 10:48 am
The Daily Mail reports that Bailiwick Ranch, a zoo in the town of Catskill in Greene County, lost a bunch of animals in a fire in the property's reptile house last night: “It’s upsetting,” said Garry Koschitzki, the facility’s owner. “You come home and it... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011 - 9:58 am
There's something about Rte. 17 and egregious speeding. Sean Flaherty: Photo via NYSPAccording to the State Police, 21-year-old Sean E. Flaherty of New Hampshire was caught doing 121 mph on the highway in a brand-new Audi on Sunday. The police think that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011 - 9:40 am
A car carrier loaded with nine vehicles burned for hours on the Thruway just south of Kingston yesterday, closing traffic in both directions for much of the afternoon, according to a press release from the State Police. Several of the cars being hauled... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Apr. 24, 2011 - 9:16 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context for this week's cartoon, click here. Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 22, 2011 - 5:28 pm
New Paltz's election day is hurtling towards us, and the race is unusually lively this year with four candidates for village mayor and nine for three village trustee posts. There have been a number of opportunities for villagers to meet their slate of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 22, 2011 - 5:05 pm
Congressman Maurice Hinchey put out a press release today announcing that he's being treated for a curable form of colon cancer. From Hinchey's website: Congressman Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY) today announced that he is being treated for a curable form of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 22, 2011 - 12:03 pm
A farmer in the Schoharie County town of Seward was arrested by State Police out of Cobleskill this week after dead cows and malnourished horses were found on his farm last Saturday, according to a State Police press release. But according to a press... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 8:54 pm
Two employees of the Sullivan County town of Neversink resigned this week in the wake of an incident on Monday in which a handgun was allegedly fired in the town hall. According to several sources that declined to give their names on the record, town code... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 8:56 am
The latest news in the glacial saga of the maybe-someday-to-be-built Belleayre Resort happened yesterday -- the resort's developer, Crossroads Ventures, filed its revised environmental impact analysis of the proposed Shandaken resort project with the New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2011 - 8:42 am
The Times-Union reports this morning that the most wanted bear in Greene County has escaped its death sentence. After the bear held down a Cairo women with its paw while riffling throgh garbage bags in her driveway last week, New York Department of... Read more

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