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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 11:39 am
Above: Video of the scene of the explosion via YouTube user drumcircler.
We're a little late on the uptake on this. (Blame the elections.) The State Police reported on Monday that a house on Giardina Lane in Saugerties exploded on Monday afternoon. A 16-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 11:17 am
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talked with freelance writer and Rosendale resident Sari Botton about a voting kerfuffle in Rosendale's hotly contested supervisor race. We also discussed some of the most interesting election... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 10:05 am
Photo from the Red Goats of Kingston Facebook page.
The Kingston Police Department issued a press release yesterday trumpeting the arrest of two people who allegedly are the masterminds behind the rash of red goats that have been popping up as graffiti... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 11:51 am
About 500 ballots cast in Rosendale were missing from the Ulster County Board of Elections' unofficial tally last night, but have since been accounted for.
The new results are still unofficial, but the totals for local races are much closer to poll... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 10:22 am
Update, 11:45am: The missing votes have been accounted for; new unofficial results show a Republican sweep of town supervisor and town board races.
Poll-watchers in the Ulster County town of Rosendale are reporting that the unofficial results for the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 12:14 am
The polls are in: As of this post, the county Boards of Elections have posted election results on the web, with only a few scattered precincts yet to be reported.
Click the links below to find out how your town fared:
Delaware County
Greene County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 - 9:56 pm
Election Results, posted 9:50pm 11/8/11:
In Shandaken, Rob Stanley beats Kathy Nolan for supervisor with 681 votes to 360 votes.
Joyce Grant is Shandaken's new town clerk, with 539 votes, beating incumbent clerk Laurilyn Frasier with 433 votes. Lois... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 - 10:35 am
First off: If you haven't voted yet, go out there and do it! You can look up your ballot (or, in Sullivan County, a list of candidates) by choosing your town from our five-county Election Guide. For many towns, we've also included links to local news... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 - 9:54 pm
Sample Ballot - New Baltimore (Greene County)
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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 - 9:52 pm
Sample Ballot - Catskill (Greene County)
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