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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 11:48 am
On Saturday night, New York State Police arrested 30-year-old Michael Cappiello for a strange accident in Spring Glen in Wawarsing that involved a pickup truck, alcohol, and three teenagers.
In a press release, the State Police charge that Cappiello was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 8:41 am
With the November elections just around the corner, realtor David Knudsen reminds all you flatlanders -- er, "second-home owners" -- that you can vote here, even if it's not your primary residence. And with so much about the future of rural New York at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 18, 2010 - 9:59 am
Lately, upstate New York has been buzzing with film crews, as the industry searches for alternatives to shooting in expensive L.A. and New York City. Jane Fonda on location in Woodstock! Sundance bait in Sullivan County!
All this action is undoubtedly... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2010 - 4:41 pm
A middle-aged man and two teenagers allegedly forced their way into a household in Accord in Ulster County on Monday and attacked a person they found inside. Forty-year-old Chip Daole, 19-year-old Justin Cox, and 17-year-old Dylan Cox were arrested. From... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2010 - 11:47 am
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Want to tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency your thoughts on gas drilling in New York? Today's your last chance, and there are hundreds of people lined up to speak before you.
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2010 - 9:44 am
The results are in from yesterday's primary vote, showing the major statewide candidates who will eat up your airtime and brain space between now and November. The winners are:
For governor: Carl Paladino surfed on Tea Party discontent to best Rick Lazio... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010 - 12:49 pm
There might finally be a scientific breakthrough in the case of the Great Bat Die-off, a plague caused by a bizzare cold-loving fungus that has slaughtered a million bats over the past four hibernation seasons.
It's not quite the polio vaccine, however.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 13, 2010 - 5:21 pm
Alexis Muniz, who hails from Accord in Ulster County, had to let her Facebook friends know that she was working another job while collecting workers compensation, which is a big, felonious no-no. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that the authorities... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 13, 2010 - 2:29 pm
We spilled a lot of ink over the weekend about the many candidates running for governor in tomorrow's primary election, and we would be remiss if we overlooked those who are running to be the next attorney general of our fair state. Luckily, Reuters has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 13, 2010 - 11:42 am
Up here amongst the hills and trees, it's easy to think that the Catskills' perennial tensions with New York City over water are something that only locals know or care about. Not so. Witness this audio interview with Tracy Stanton, the "water program... Read more
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