Government
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 - 11:14 am
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and a slew of other groups and volunteers will fan out across the Catskills on Sunday, Oct. 5 to clean up four of the NYC reservoirs -- the Pepacton, the Cannonsville, the Neversink, and the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 - 11:53 am
Three twenty-somethings were arrested on Sunday, Sept. 28 for circulating counterfeit currency in the Delaware County town of Sidney, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
Troopers arrested 23-year-old Wesley J. Crawn and 26-year-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 30, 2014 - 12:45 pm
William Hrazanek, the embattled owner of multiple Catskills junkyards, was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 23 in connection with a chemical spill on Wittenberg Road in the Ulster County hamlet of Mount Tremper last year.
Left: William Hrazanek in a DEC mugshot... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 19, 2014 - 4:28 pm
For half a century, a valuable source of local energy has gone untapped: the billions of gallons of water that pour each year through the release works at New York City's Cannonsville Reservoir and flow into the West Branch of the Delaware River.
The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2014 - 6:36 pm
For months, backers of the long-planned Belleayre Resort project have been eagerly anticipating the end of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's lengthy process of environmental review.
The developer, Crossroads Ventures LLC, is eager to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2014 - 12:15 pm
Vice President Joe Biden was indeed at the Emerson Resort & Spa in Mount Tremper on Saturday, August 30, according to Tony Lanza, a spokesman for the resort. Biden was part of a wedding party that stayed at the resort and attended several events there... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 - 12:39 pm
The Wynkoop Road bridge over the Esopus Creek in the Ulster County town of Hurley, which has been closed since June for repairs, re-opened on Thursday, August 28. County Executive Mike Hein was on hand at a ribbon cutting with a crowd of notables,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 - 11:15 am
A Schoharie County 911 dispatcher guided an expectant father, Rudy de Vries, through the first steps of delivering a baby at home on Wednesday, August 20, after his wife, Amber, went into labor too quickly to make it to the hospital.
911 dispatcher Becky... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 - 10:49 am
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. (Be warned, there's a lot of profanity.)
The Sullivan County village of Monticello has a reputation... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 - 1:41 pm
Above: Campaign photos for Robert Blain and Michelle Blain. Source: The Town of Prattsville Republican Party Facebook page.
Robert J. Blain, who had served as a justice of the Town of Prattsville Court since 1987, resigned abruptly in June, as did his... Read more
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