Government
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 - 11:11 am
Last night's debate in Saugerties between incumbent Democratic congressman Maurice Hinchey and his Republican challenger George Phillips had some cute moments. At one point, Hinchey, who was asked about the federal deficit, feigned confusion about exactly... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 - 9:55 am
Photo of the crowd at last night's meeting by Qortni Medovichova, via Facebook.
A long-awaited town board meeting was packed to the gills last night with protesters angry about Sidney's recent star turn in a national scandal over a small Muslim graveyard... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 - 5:46 pm
Democratic nominee for Catskill town justice Michael Smith didn't file his paperwork for his candidacy correctly, a judge has ruled, according to the Daily Mail:
A decision made Wednesday by Albany County Court Judge Joseph C. Teresi has ordered town of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 - 7:26 am
Jeremy Blaber notices some drama on Ulster County GOP chairwoman Robin Yess's Facebook wall. Looks like local farmer and gay-rights activist Billiam van Roestenberg was mad enough about Yess's support for Carl Paladino to get personal.
It's been said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 7:56 pm
You know a local scandal has gotten big when the Associated Press is the first news outlet to report on a breaking development. This afternoon, the AP reported that the attorney for the town of Sidney has informed the embattled local Sufi center, Osmanlı... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 7:42 pm
Sherry Bush, a 60-year-old nurse who worked for the ARC of Delaware County, was killed in March when a car travelling in the wrong lane on Rte. 10 in Hamden struck her car head-on.
Now, the driver of that car, Joshua T. Simpson of Masonville, has been... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 4:21 pm
7pm update: Add Schoharie, Ulster, and Greene Counties to Friday's forecast. Also, add "localized amounts of up to 6 inches" of rain, and some snow at high altitudes. This is starting to look a little grim.
There's another flood watch on for much of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 2:14 pm
The head of Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, executive director Michael Bemis, got the axe last night at a meeting of the agency's oversight board. Bemis's departure comes in the wake of a report by Ulster County comptroller Eliott Auerbach that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 10:54 am
11am 10/13/10 update: Delaware County Emergency Services has just issued a press release detailing the cause of yesterday's deadly fire: "an accidental electrical shortage" in a power cord that was placed under the kitchen stove. Here's the press release... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 10:29 am
A photo of Paladino walking by the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston yesterday. From the Hudson Valley Chronic's Facebook page.
After kicking up a huge gay rights controversy with a few choice quotes issued on Sunday, Carl Paladino, the... Read more
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