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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 11:15 am
Catskills Photography took a sweet shot of this 1998 Corvette, now living a second life as the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office's DARE car.
There's a story behind Sullivan County's hot rod: The car used to belong to a crack cocaine dealer who parked it... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2012 - 12:18 pm
Above: A 1940 U.S. Census record from Margaretville, New York, posted on Ancestry.com. On the highlighted lines are Sheldon and Madeline Birdsall and their daughter Dawn, the writer's great-grandparents and grandmother.
A treasure trove has just been... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 3:59 pm
The Walmart on Anawana Lake Road in Monticello. Photo by Jason Dole.
The Monticello Walmart's vermin problem is so bad it's making national news. The superstore, which has failed four consecutive health inspections, will be at the center of a special... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 3:33 pm
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Above: A Google map showing a 2.1-mile stretch of Highway 30A that the NYC DEP is funding repairs to this summer. (Google Maps, whose road names can be capricious in the rural stretches of upstate New York, calls it NYC Rd. No. 6 and BWS... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 3:52 pm
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the muddy lower Esopus is being written -- and officials in Ulster County are clamoring to be more than just a footnote in it.
On May 23, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that they had... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 31, 2012 - 11:54 pm
For years, the state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in New York's Catskill mountains was a playground for police officers and other “VIP” skiers who were allowed to ski for free at the discretion of Belleayre management.
Two years ago, Belleayre came... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 31, 2012 - 11:35 am
The Times Herald-Record reports that Bethel councilman Richard Crumley died unexpectedly on Sunday, May 27 at the age of 69.
The paper spoke with town supervisor Dan Sturm, who said the town board will decide soon whether to appoint a replacement for the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 11:40 pm
Above: A severed water pipe in the basement of a house owned by Middleburgh mayor Matthew Avitabile. Photo by Matthew Avitabile.
In this week's Times Journal: A house owned by Middleburgh's new mayor has been broken into, in an incident that looks like a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 2:17 pm
Above: A video showing the damage Irene wreaked on the Bridge Street Bridge in Phoenicia. Taken August 29, 2011 by YouTube user mjanensch1.
Phoenicia's Bridge Street Bridge, which was feared to be irreparable after the wrath of Irene, will officially re-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 23, 2012 - 5:20 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that the agency is making improvements to its stream flow and snow monitoring network, as part of a recently-announced partnership with the National Weather Service to do... Read more
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