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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 - 9:27 am
Timothy BirchallOn Saturday, the State Police arrested 28-year-old Timothy S. Birchall of Ellenville for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in Warwarsing four years ago. The press release offers few details about the investigation, but... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 - 8:36 am
It's another day of slow driving and ice covered roads, and like as not your local school is closed. Again. (For a list a school closings, check out the Daily Freeman, the Times Herald-Record or Fox 23.) The counties are sending out alerts about the road... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 - 3:54 pm
Hydraulic fracturing is shaping up to be one of the big dramas of our newly-minted 112th U.S. Congress, and the various actors are already hinting at how the debate will unfold. President Barack Obama's administration has hinted that gas drilling could... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 - 10:44 am
Jessica Vecchione shoots videos for the ARC of Delaware County, which provides services and education to people with disabilities. Her latest movie is a sweet look at how Belleayre Mountain hosted some of the ARC's students on the slopes this winter. Best... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 - 9:55 am
Maybe you should wait a few hours. According to 511NY.org, there have been nine accidents on the Thruway today. Look out especially for these two: NYS Thruway Authority CAD: accident on I-87 - NYS Thruway northbound between Exit 20 (I-87) - Saugerties (... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 - 9:19 am
An 18-year-old woman, Erin Clare Malloy-McArdle, died after skiing into a tree on a Windham Mountain ski slope on Saturday morning. According to a press release from the New York State Police, Mallow-Mcardle, who was a novice skier, skied off the trail... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 - 9:38 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. To see a full-size version of this cartoon, click here. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context about this week's cartoon, click here. Mayer is an artist... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 - 12:41 pm
Daniel Torres speaking at an anti-gas-drilling rally in New Paltz last June. Photo by Julia Reischel Twenty-year-old Daniel Torres, who as a member of the New Paltz Board of Education is the youngest person ever elected in the town, has posted a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 - 2:57 pm
This just in from the Times Herald-Record: Facing threats of legal action from Ulster County over their releases of turbid water into the Esopus Creek, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has promised to stop the releases in 30 days.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 - 10:05 am
Quote of the day: Former GOP Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan, who may or may not be representing New York's 100th Assembly District for the next two years, depending on the outcome of a vote recount that is still (believe it or not) dragging on. From the Daily... Read more

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