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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 8:56 am
U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey brought the star power to campaign for him in Binghamton on Monday: None other than Mr. Bill Clinton himself, who spoke to 600 fans, according to Fox 40. (The Star Gazette has a photo gallery.)
Hinchey's Republican... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 - 6:06 pm
Someone (or several someones) broke into a post office in the sleeply hamlet of Willow in Ulster County on Saturday. What they stole is pretty tantalizing, according to the State Police, who just sent out a press release looking for leads in the case:
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Robert Wilkinson, who told a judge in July that he shot his friend Lucian Haid with an AR-15 last year, has received his sentence, according to the Daily Freeman:
A former Pine Plains man was sentenced this morning to 20 years to life in state prison for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 - 2:47 pm
NY-Alert reported last night that a serious accident occurred yesterday around 6pm on Rte. 55A in Wawarsing at Lackawack Hill Road.
Today, the Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record have the details: Stephen E. Roth was thrown into a guardrail after... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 - 2:15 pm
Finally! From the Daily Mail.
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 - 1:25 pm
Three vehicles were involved in a fiery accident on Rte. 145 in East Durham on Friday, but everyone survived, thanks partially to the efforts of five bystanders and a bunch of fire extinguishers, the Daily Mail reports.
Yesterday, the DM interviewed a few... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 - 9:21 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. For some context for this week's cartoon, click here. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010 - 11:27 am
Hotaling
State troopers discovered this week that town of Sharon in Schoharie County, famous for being home to the Fabulous Beekman Boys, was also allegedly home to a giant pot growing operation. On Monday, State Police reportedly discovered 50 large pot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 - 5:22 pm
The Times Herald-Record interviewed the man who stopped and picked up Keri Reynolds after alleged murderer Richard Giga stabbed her and left her beside the road in in her crumpled car. Giga kept the town of Ellenville in a panic on Wednesday as he fled... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 - 9:54 am
An unworldly photo of a rainbow over the Ashokan reservoir, taken by NYC DEP intern Cailee Nicole.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is planning to drain the Ashokan Reservoir of about 450 million gallons per day for the next few... Read more
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