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By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 - 4:43 pm
Above: Capt. Dave Thompson uses absorbent pads to try and soak up petroleum that spilled into the Rondout Creek in Kingston on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Riverkeeper's Dan Shapley.
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, a petroleum spill has been spotted in... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 - 4:34 pm
Sullivan County released updated information this afternoon, listing current road closures, dry ice distribution locations, storm resources, shelters and more.
Note: The information on the county site erroneously lists the Lumberland town hall as a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 11:28 pm
Hunter resident Paul Whitman died in an early-morning fire that broke out in his bungalow at 8 Joval Court on Monday, state police announced today.
The fire was reported to Greene County 911 around 6am. According to a press release from New York State... Read more
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 7:33 pm
The news was all good out of Lexington as of 7:15 p.m. on Monday.
Fire Chief Paul Dwon reported that all roads were opened and that power had been restored after a short outage.
“The streams are staying low enough,” he said, noting that wind seemed to be... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 - 3:55 pm
So instead of costumes, fresh hot cider, and sweet treats, Mother Nature decided to throw a rather large trick for all of us here on the Eastern Seaboard. Instead of donning our costumes, we find ourselves suiting up in emergency gear or uniforms for... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 - 12:53 pm
Above: If you like weather bulletins in ALL CAPS and maps WITH ALL THE COLORS, has the National Weather Service got a forecast for you. The immediate projected path of Hurricane Sandy is indicated in red.
Obviously, Catskillians (Catskillers? Catskillets... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 - 9:10 am
Above: A Halloween display at the Catskill Mountain Country Store in Windham, photographed by Flickr user JuneNY in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This weekend, as we wait to see what Hurricane Sandy may bring to us next week, is the perfect time to get... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 - 3:14 pm
While executing a search warrant at a house at 349 Bandcamp Road on Thursday, Saugerties police stumbled across a "sophisticated" indoor growing operation for pot and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Two people have been arrested on felony drug charges: 24-year-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 - 3:30 pm
Bertha Rogers, a well-known poet in the region and the founder of the Bright Hill Press and Literary Center in Franklin, was badly hurt in a car accident on Route 6 in the town of Woodbury on Tuesday.
According to an account of the accident from the Mid-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 - 11:50 pm
Several local news outlets are reporting that a man and a woman were found dead in a room in the Starlight Motel in Athens on Wednesday night, in a case that police believe is the result of accidental overdose at a "pill party." The Kingston Daily Freeman... Read more
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