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By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 6:21 pm
John A. Sanzone Sr. allegedly used false mortgage documents to give himself a loan while he ran Catskill Mortgage in Stamford, NY. Via WBGH in Binghamton.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 5:47 pm
All week, there's been talk of a hail-Mary agreement that would manage to re-open the parks for Memorial Day. Now the AP reports that Gov. David Paterson says that there really is a deal:
Paterson said negotiations that ended early Thursday morning would... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 1:04 pm
The Times Herald-Record documents that rarest of events: an apology from the New York City DEP to an upstate town.
"We forgot about Wawarsing," Paul Rush said at a meeting with homeowners and local lawmakers. "We should have been more connected. We should... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 10:37 am
And a reality TV show is following their every move. Former drag queen Josh Kilmer-Purcell and his partner, Martha Stewart alum Brent Ridge, are starring in the Fabulous Beekman Boys, slated to air on Planet Green on June 16. The couple runs Beekman 1802... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 10:18 am
The New York Times declared on Monday that Rosendale has reached a Brooklyn hipster saturation point. How can you tell? Maggie Gyllenhaal has been spotted there, as have "vintage clothes and skinny jeans." And there's one cafe, Market Market, that seems... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 9:29 am
Small-town newspaper articles usually begin with a sober account of the news. But today, Windham Journal staff writer Michael Ryan broke the mold and decided to start an article about municipal improvements in the town of Ashland with a little more pow: ... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 11:27 pm
The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center in Kingston is looking to hire a new executive director. Big Gay Hudson Valley has a job description:
This person will be responsible for overseeing all operations of the Center, working with the Board to expand and promote... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 11:09 pm
It's official: New piglets are cute as hell. Ulla Kjarval of Spring Lake Farm has the photographic proof.
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 10:54 pm
Youngsville resident Robert Roach allegedly tried to hold up a pharmacy in Jeffersonville this afternoon with a baseball bat, only to discover that he'd tangled with the wrong pharmacist. From the Times Herald-Record:
Deputies say that Robert Roach, 55,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 5:12 pm
It's been rough running a newspaper in the Catskills this week. A flaming power line took out the Daily Star's power for most of last night, causing significant delays to today's paper. The Star was able to report on its inability to report, however:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 3:46 pm
The rear of the building at 2310 Bridge Street that housed the Cha Cha Hut was gutted by fire early this morning.
Just opened in January, the Cha Cha Hut in Roxbury was already well on its way to becoming a beloved local institution. But around 2am this... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 2:42 pm
Tomorrow, New York's Department of Environmental Protection will open boating season with an announcement that it has opened up 33 percent more of the Cannonsville Reservoir -- 1,473 acres between Cannonsville Bridge and the Cannonsville Dam -- to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 11:06 am
Word has reached us that there was a fire at the Cha Cha Hut, a new BBQ joint in Roxbury we profiled recently. We're headed there now to find out more.
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 9:53 am
When Courtney Love's daughter, Frances Bean, didn't make the lead in the 2006 show at the intense Catskills summer theater camp Stagedoor Manor, Love acted like any meddlesome stage mom would, according to a new book called 'Theater Geek" by Mickey Rapkin... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 25, 2010 - 1:22 pm
Could it be true? It scarcely seems possible, after the shambles that thoroughbred racing in upstate New York has become, not to mention the years of fruitless efforts to bring casino gambling to the Catskills. But auto racing trade pubs and local papers... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 25, 2010 - 12:38 pm
We've always hoped to run that headline one day. (Hat tip to Adam Gaffin at Universal Hub.)
The Catskill Daily Mail is reporting that a trio of alleged copper thieves was caught red-handed in the act of stripping the piping from a house in Athens. Looks... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 25, 2010 - 11:06 am
Kingston Happenings reports that the Kingston Natural Foods Market -- a new project from the folks behind the Kingston Natural Foods Buying Club -- is open for business, and getting ready to celebrate properly in a couple of weeks.
Right now the store is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 24, 2010 - 3:48 pm
Tonight is the May meeting of the Delhi Central School District Board of Education, which governs a school district that is angrily divided over Delaware Academy High School principal Richard Hughes, who has been accused by some parents of running the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, May. 24, 2010 - 1:53 pm
An array of local and national celebrities took to the pages of the Times Herald-Record today to wish Levon Helm, who's celebrating his 70th on Wednesday, a happy birthday. Here's Simone Felice (of the Felice Brothers and The Duke & The King):
Levon... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 24, 2010 - 1:05 pm
With the ink barely dry on his change of political party, Sullivan County former Republican David Sager is racking up the county endorsements he'll need to take on incumbent state Senator John Bonacic as a Democrat this fall. The Mid-Hudson News reports... Read more
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