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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 9:25 pm
Update, Friday, 5/3/2013: The body of the pilot, 72-year-old Copake resident Michael B. Braunstein, was recovered by divers on Friday, about 24 hours after the plane crashed.
A small plane crashed into the Hudson River between Greene and Columbia Counties... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 10:17 am
It's not exactly Watergate, but this hot scoop by the Daily Freeman is a must-read.
It seems Jeremy Blaber, former Kingston parking enforcement officer (and erstwhile Ulster County politics blogger) brought a tape recorder to a meeting with Kingston mayor... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 29, 2013 - 4:18 pm
A City of Kingston dump truck blocks the Catskill Mountain Railroad tracks near the Washington Avenue intersection in Kingston. Photo taken Saturday, April 27; courtesy of the Catskill Mountain Railroad.
A City of Kingston dump truck recently appeared on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 26, 2013 - 12:18 pm
Update, 4/29/2013: Richard Calkin has been found unharmed in West Virginia, according to a report by News 12 Westchester.
The City of Middletown Police Department has issued an alert for a 20-year-old autistic man who is missing and believed to be... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Apr. 25, 2013 - 9:48 am
Photo by Linda Law. Courtesy of the Center for Symbolic Studies.
C’mon out and frolic ‘round the Maypole. The Center for Symbolic Studies's annual Beltane festival, taking place this year on Saturday, April 27, regularly draws a crowd of over 1,000 to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 22, 2013 - 9:01 pm
Above: Video of Richie Havens performing "Freedom" at Woodstock in 1969.
Folk legend Richie Havens, who was the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock festival, died on Monday of a heart attack in his home in Jersey City. He was 72.
The Roots Agency, who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 22, 2013 - 12:48 pm
Above: A slideshow of photos from the Lexington Bicentennial Parade on April 20, 2013. All photos by Donna Cavanaugh.
Happy birthday, Lexington: The Greene County town celebrated its 200th on Patriot's Day with a parade, a celebration of the town's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 22, 2013 - 12:10 pm
Over the weekend, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office released an updated list of their top ten most wanted fugitives from justice.
The ten men on the list are wanted for a wide variety of alleged offenses: assault, larceny, welfare fraud, failing to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 22, 2013 - 10:44 am
A tip on a burglary investigation has led Sullivan County police to a "treasure trove" of stolen items from multiple burglaries, the Times Herald-Record reports.
On Thursday, sheriff's deputies arrested 59-year-old Abdool Persaud of Monticello, after a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 19, 2013 - 4:11 pm
Orville Slutzky, co-founder of the Hunter Mountain ski center, family patriarch, and a well-known community figure and philanthropist, died on Thursday, April 18 at the age of 96. Hunter Mountain will hold a memorial service this Sunday, April 21.
An... Read more



