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By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 5:18 pm
Josh Turan. Photo courtesy of David Turan.
To his friends, 22-year-old Josh Turan was a thrill-seeker: A goofy, fearless kid who liked snowboarding, motocross racing, and parkour, and would rather spend the night outdoors than under a roof.
But when he... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 12:33 pm
A 21-year-old Kingston man has been arrested on charges that he tried to burgle a dozen roses from a Hannaford grocery store on Mother's Day by stuffing them into his pants.
Kingston police posted news of the arrest on their Facebook page:
Arrest: Sunday... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 10:27 am
The notice from Fraley Auction Company, announcing the Friday, May 11 auction of Callicoon dairy farmer Ken Peters's herd, is short and businesslike. But any farmer knows what a devastating tale lies behind this curt announcement:
100 milking, 35 dry, (65... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 12, 2012 - 3:47 pm
A 19-year-old Accord man is currently in critical condition after falling off the roof of a friend's car while it was moving.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that the accident happened at 5:49pm on Friday, May 11, on Whitfield Road near the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 2:51 pm
Above: A rooster next to a bathtub. Just an average Thursday in New Kingston. Photo by Andrea Girolamo.
Savor tomorrow with its 70+ degree temperatures and sun; Sunday will probably see some rain. Click some some of these links while you wait for those... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 12:05 am
Today's New York Daily News has an in-depth story about a horrific accident that took an elderly couple's lives in the town of Andes last week.
Arthur and Madeleine Morris, a Manhattan couple who owned a vacation home on Woodland Hill Drive in Andes, died... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 10:49 pm
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office has finally made an arrest for the theft of a lawnmower and an ATV from a home at 109 South Road in Ruby last June. The cold case got a fresh lead this Monday, when the lawnmower turned up for sale on Craig's List.... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 1:31 pm
Above: Did you order your mother some flowers for mother's day? Photo of a periwinkle by Catskills Photography in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
There are so many things going on this weekend, there's sure to be an event that's right for your mother.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 1:46 pm
Today's Daily Freeman fills in some of the details on Sunday's horrific ATV accident in Rosendale, in which a dirt bike ridden by 40-year-old Paul Harper collided with a 16-year-old girl on an ATV, leaving her in critical condition.
The girl is Kaylon... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 9:43 am
In this week's Woodstock Times: The Phoenicia Library, whose building was gutted by fire last March, has run up against a roadblock in its plans to rebuild and return to 48 Main Street:
Neighbors on both sides of the Main Street library building have... Read more
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