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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2015 - 10:55 am
A 61-year-old Walton resident was seriously injured when he crashed his Harley Davidson motorcycle on Route 10 in Walton on Tuesday, April 14, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
Kenneth G. Kokoszka was riding south on Route 10 near Bob's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2015 - 4:37 pm
Above: The sign at the Sullivan Correctional Facility. Photo by Medic18 via Wikipedia.
An inmate at the maximum security Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg is dead and three correctional officers are injured, two with "serious physical injuries... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 13, 2015 - 4:48 pm
Bear hunters in New York's Southern Zone killed a record 1,110 bears in 2014, according to harvest figures that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released on Monday, April 13. That's 12 percent more than the previous record of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 2, 2015 - 4:43 pm
A Vermont couple flying a small fixed-wing single-engine airplane crashed into a farmer's field in South Kortright on Thursday, April 2, and walked away from the wreck unscathed.
Julian Joffe, the pilot, and his wife, Kerry Joffe, were the two occupants... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 2, 2015 - 12:51 pm
Above: Video footage of Monticello mayor Gordon Jenkins ranting and throwing a clock while in a booking room on a drunk driving arrest in November 2013. (Warning: There's a lot of profanity. Jenkins throws the clock at the 1:21:55 mark.)
Monticello's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 27, 2015 - 12:03 pm
A series of truck accidents on Route 17 in Sullivan County continues.
On Wednesday, March 25, eastbound Route 17 in the Sullivan County town of Mamakating was closed for an hour after the driver of an Isuzu box truck rear-ended a Mack tractor trailer and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2015 - 3:47 pm
Alan White, the executive director of the Arkville-based Catskills Center for Conservation and Development, is retiring, according to a press release issued by the CCCD on Wednesday, March 25.
Left: Alan White. Photo via the Catskill Center's website. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2015 - 12:45 pm
A two-day Main Street Boot Camp conference sponsored by the Arkville-based MARK Project nonprofit attracted 90 attendees each day, according to Peg Ellsworth, the MARK Project's executive director.
The conference, which was held on Monday, March 23 and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 23, 2015 - 4:43 pm
Key Bank will rebuild its Phoenicia branch, which was destroyed by a fire on Feb. 16, according to a press release issued by the bank on Monday, March 23. The bank estimates that the rebuilding will take several months, and may begin this spring.
In the... Read more
By Keady Sullivan on Monday, Mar. 23, 2015 - 11:12 am
After a brutal winter in the Catskills, college students are holding their breath, hoping for no more snow days.
College classes at SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Delhi, SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Sullivan and SUNY Ulster have all experienced weather-... Read more
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