Government
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 10:32 am
The new president of the New Paltz School Board, Donald Kerr, was charged with marijuana possession after being pulled over for reckless driving in 2008. Here's what was in his car, according to the Hudson Valley New Paltz Times:
The trooper says that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 - 12:47 pm
Come to think of it, that describes the state of New York pretty well, too.
Ulster County Community College prof Steven Schimmrich, a.k.a. The Hudson Valley Geologist, has detected a glaring basic math error in New York State's formula for community... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 - 12:11 pm
There's been some pain for just about everybody in the New York State budget this year. But the budget cuts have been especially tough on state-funded arts organizations.
The Catskill Daily Mail has one word for the state of arts funding in New York: "... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 - 10:14 am
John Oakley, who was charged with unlawful imprisonment and sexual assault in the case of a woman dragged off into the woods of Phoenicia last month, is no longer being investifated by a grand jury for his role in the incident. Via the Daily Freeman.
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 - 2:04 pm
Don't stash your loot in a squad car. It will be found:
A Loch Sheldrake woman has been charged with felonies after police say she stole diamonds, gold rings and earrings from a home in Loch Sheldrake and then tried to hide the items in the back of a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 - 1:45 pm
Christopher G. Barcey, 37, died on Sunday while driving an ATV "erratically and at a high rate of speed" in the town of Cairo in Greene County, according to the Daily Freeman. The cops are quoted as saying that drugs and alcohol were possibly involved:
“... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 - 1:40 pm
The Daily Mail reports that the Greene County legislature got tough with the members of the Greene County Industrial Development Agency last night over the $175,000 bonus they gave to their executive director, Alexander "Sandy" Mathes, in 2009. Several... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 - 9:55 am
It's ugly out there in the trenches of the energy wars. Neighbor pitted against neighbor. Rich towns and counties versus poor ones. Angry New Yorkers fearing pollution, disease and death are squaring off against angry New Yorkers desperate for economic... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 - 9:58 pm
The DEP's spidey senses just got a whole lot keener. The agency is opening a new, state-of-the-art water-testing lab in Grahamsville, and it's stocked with square footage and gadgets, according to a press release sent out today:
The project added 12,000... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 - 9:48 am
A short squib of a crime article in the Daily Freeman on Friday has spawned 33 comments debating whether the death of a goose in the Town of Ulster last Wednesday was an act of homicidal destruction or just an accident.
According to the story, four teens... Read more
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