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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 - 11:11 am
Above: Roger Waters, Joe Walsh, Mavis Staples, Jakob Dylan and others, performing The Band's iconic song "The Weight" at the Izod Center. Video by YouTube user clubdoc.
How many great roots-rockers does it take to save a barn? At least a few dozen -- or... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 - 9:30 am
Early on Thursday morning, 22-year-old Noel Polanco was shot and killed in the front seat of his car by an NYPD officer, while pulled over for a traffic stop on the Grand Central Parkway. Polanco was a member of the Army National Guard assigned to the... Read more
By Lisa Selin Davis on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 - 2:10 pm
Lots of folks dream of an old fashioned farm house in upstate New York...and they don't necessarily fancy tending to the farm with it. So here is a selection of properties we've looked at that might satisfy an old house craving.
1070 Creek Locks Road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 - 12:23 am
On Monday afternoon, in the Saratoga County town of Ballston, 11-year-old Lane Rowe died while trying to stop the family minivan -- in which his young siblings were sitting -- from rolling into a busy street. Rowe is being lionized as a hero in media... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 - 1:37 pm
Above: A photo of a bear taken by a trail cam in Margaretville. Courtesy of Adam Varsano.
Last week, we urged you to send us your bear photos -- and did you ever. Thanks to Adam Varsano, whose furry subject appears to have noticed that his cover has been... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 - 10:48 am
Photo of Aedes aegypti mosquito in action by James Gathany. Published under Creative Commons license.
First measles, now West Nile? Ulster County seems to be a hotbed of rare diseases lately.
The Ulster County Health Department announced today that a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 - 10:59 am
The Ulster County town of Olive got a freak hailstorm on Sunday. Reader Jo Ostrander got video evidence. (Thanks for the video, Jo!) She writes, "I'm so glad I didn't start painting the cottage."
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 27, 2012 - 11:47 am
The Associated Press reports today that the Angel's Gate animal hospice in Delhi is facing legal action from the state Attorney General's office for improperly documented finances, and that owner Susan Marino has decided to shut the hospice down.
Angel's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2012 - 4:53 pm
Above: A section of Opus 40 in Saugerties that was damaged in heavy rains on September 18. Photo by Tad Richards.
On September 18, heavy rains swept across the region, causing widespread electrical outages and severe flooding in several Catskills towns.... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Monday, Sep. 24, 2012 - 2:33 pm
Above: Slideshow of exhibitors at last Friday's Ulster County Buy Local Expo. Click on a photo to see the caption. All photos by Anne Pyburn Craig.
The Ulster Regional Chamber of Commerce took over the county's Business Expo, rebranding it as "Buy Local... Read more
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