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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 21, 2013 - 2:13 pm
A bomb threat targeting the Marbletown Elementary School was discovered in the Rondout Valley High School today, forcing an evacuation of students in the elementary school to the Stone Ridge Community Center.
From a post on the Facebook page of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013 - 2:30 pm
Photo by Flickr user Keith Ivey. Published under Creative Commons license.
Upstate New Yorkers living under the sway of the state's littlest governments go to the polls today, to elect new mayors and village boards or give the incumbents another two years... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013 - 10:54 am
Nope, it's not a yellowing photograph exhumed from a family attic: This shot was taken on March 7 by photographer James McCracken, who climbed Slide Mountain with his friend Marshall Rudd.
A late-winter hike along the 6.8 mile loop to the summit of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 18, 2013 - 11:16 am
Hiding in the bucolic Delaware County landscape: A burgeoning problem of drug dealing and addiction-fueled crime. Photo of tractor-crossing sign sporting a few bullet holes taken in Bloomville by photographer Mark Zilberman; shared in the Watershed Post's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 18, 2013 - 10:04 am
The Times Herald-Record reports that a Saturday evening car crash on Route 42 in Fallsburg claimed the life of an 18-year-old Woodbourne resident, after the car she was riding in struck a tree:
Police say Franseca Torres, 18, was killed and a second... Read more
By David J. Krajicek on Saturday, Mar. 16, 2013 - 11:11 am
A sign on the door at 1884 South River Road in Walton, the former home of Debra and Randy Sundstrom. Photo by David J. Krajicek.
WALTON, N.Y.--When Randy Sundstrom disappeared three years ago, his wife had an explanation that prompted hugs of sympathy,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2013 - 10:14 am
Above: Gerald Babcock. Photo from New York State Police. Below: Jamielynn Bleakley. Photo from Keyser Funeral Service website.
A Denning man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter, after allegedly beating his girlfriend to death in the couple's... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Monday, Mar. 11, 2013 - 11:27 am
There may have been a solid pack of snow on the ground from Friday's storm, but Saturday at Colgate Lake in East Jewett was balmy, sunny and spectacular. Photo of lake, dam and Blackhead Range by Andrea Girolamo.
Share your photos with other WP readers:... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 - 4:53 pm
Above: Faintly, the Fabulous Beekman boys' squee-worthy wee kid -- they have been blogging photos of things around their house that she is smaller than. Photo used by permission.
There's been a barnyard baby boom going on and we're using it as a) a sure... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 - 10:55 am
Above: Schenectady Pipe Band marching in Delhi's St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2011. Photo from the event's Facebook page.
‘Tis the season of the color green and wee mischievous creatures. It’s easy to see why celebrating St. Patrick, Irish-American style,... Read more
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