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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 10, 2013 - 3:16 pm
A military contractor from Hunter was among three Americans who were shot and killed on Saturday on an Afghan army base in the Pakikta province of Afghanistan, several news outlets are reporting.
The Times Union reports that 54-year-old defense contractor... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 10, 2013 - 11:30 am
Photo of a giant fiberglass head floating in the Hudson River from the Marist College crew team's Facebook page.
Since the Marist crew team discovered a 7-foot-tall fiberglass head floating in the Hudson River one fine April day, making headlines around... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 10, 2013 - 9:38 am
A two-car accident in the town of Liberty on Friday claimed the life of a 46-year-old Rock Hill woman.
According to a New York State Police press release, Kim Gessner was driving west on Ferndale-Loomis Road in a 2008 Nissan Versa around 9am on Friday. As... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 6, 2013 - 9:37 am
A gas station just across the street from Hunter Mountain was on lockdown for several hours Wednesday night, after a bomb threat was called in to state police.
The Daily Mail reports that the Valero station was searched and declared safe:
New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2013 - 4:23 pm
For the second time in a year, the Walton Central School District has been besieged with virulent Facebook threats made against children.
On Monday evening, a message was posted on a local Facebook group threatening to shoot elementary school children in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2013 - 2:53 pm
Voters in Schoharie County's Middleburgh Central School District voted down this year's proposed $20,277,789 budget on May 21 by just 25 votes: 374 for to 399 against.
Now, with a second budget vote looming on June 18, the district has proposed a new... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 3, 2013 - 4:23 pm
Dawn on the Ashokan Reservoir: A perfect time to be alone with just a rowboat, a fishing pole and the sound of the mountains waking up for company. Photographer Tim Cox snapped this photo on the morning of Saturday, June 1; shared in the Watershed Post's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 3, 2013 - 9:46 am
A 55-year-old Port Ewen man who decided to take his Jeep off-roading in the town of Ulster on Sunday slid off the trail, and had to be rescued by state police and local fire companies.
According to a statement from state troopers, the man, who police did... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 31, 2013 - 5:16 pm
Above: A trailer for Knuckle Jack, an independent film shot in and around Roscoe by local filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams.
This weekend, film buffs will get a rare chance to see Roscoe on the big screen, as Knuckle Jack -- a film shot in and around... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 31, 2013 - 2:05 pm
Photo from the Friends of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail's Facebook page.
The Greene County mountaintop region will be celebrating National Trails Day in style this year: With the opening of a new rail trail through the heart of the Catskills' grand old hotel... Read more
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