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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 5:27 pm
The State Police are reporting that a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who walked into the woods alone on Monday has been found dead today in a 500-acre area off of Anbu Rd. in the town of Shandaken. There are no details yet about how Christopher Brennan died... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 11:49 am
A 51-year-old Esopus man was arrested in Kingston on Monday night for allegedly showing up drunk to a Stop DWI Impact panel that was being held in the Sheriff's Office building. Law enforcement quickly surmised that if Thomas Ackerman was drunk at the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 9:36 am
From the Poughkeepsie Journal:
In Ulster County, with 99 percent of all districts reporting, Bonacic had 18,702 votes and Sager had 15,879, according to unofficial tallies. Bonacic carried Sullivan County by a margin of 11,545 to 7,541 and led with 100... Read more
By Gus Murphy on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 9:07 am
Cartoonist Gus Murphy, longtime veteran of the late Phoenicia Times/Olive Press, weighs in on the changing of the guard. (Or lack thereof.) You can catch more of Murphy's stuff in our digital pages; we don't have him on a regular schedule yet, but we're... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 8:35 am
Republican Chris Gibson took New York's 20th Congressional District by an 12-point margin, unseating Congressman Scott Murphy. The Daily Mail reports:
Chris Gibson, a retired U.S. Army colonel and Ichabod Crane graduate, unseated freshman U.S. Rep. Scott... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 12:07 am
From the Press & Sun Bulletin:
In a race that's garnered national attention, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, was leading Republican George Phillips for the 22nd Congressional District seat, just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
With 45 percent of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Bravo to Ulster County -- it has a live election tally rolling on their website for all races that is astoundingly easy to use. (At the moment, John Bonacic is leading David Sager in one of the more prominent races.)
The Times Herald-Record is impressed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - 10:11 pm
These days, election results are an instant gratification business. Polls closed just an hour ago, and already the AP, the NYT, and the Washington Post are calling the NY governor's race for Andrew Cuomo. (The Times says that senators Kirsten Gillibrand... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - 4:14 pm
What's the scene at your local polling place? We've created a page where you can submit reports and photos about what's going on at the polls around the Catskills region. Click here to check out our 2010 elections page. We hope everything is going... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - 1:58 pm
U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey being interviewed on Trailer Talk. Photo contributed by Sabrina Artel.
Sabrina Artel, a local radio host who interviews her guests at her vintage trailer's kitchen table, has a last-minute refresher course on a couple of... Read more
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