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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 9:57 am
Excerpt of a map showing life expectancy for women in rural counties in America. Counties in yellow are seeing female life expectancy dropping. Source: Daily Yonder.
Sometimes, living in a rural place like Delaware County is like living in a Third World... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jun. 19, 2011 - 8:33 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday.
This week, Gary handed the reins to his 12-year-old daughter Ava, who created the gorgeous ode to Dads you see above. A little about Ava: She attends Delaware Academy in Delhi, and draws, dances... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 3:11 pm
Photo of the Phoenicia Pharmacy by Flickr user Lori_NY. Published under Creative Commons license.
In today's NY Post: An homage to Phoenicia, celebrating the little Shandaken hamlet's "frontier feel" and "rough edges" while giving a nod to the growing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 9:16 am
Gunshots were exchanged during a fight last night on Broadway in Monticello, scattering nearby pedestrians, says the Times Herald-Record:
The fight broke out around 7 p.m. near the intersection of west Broadway and Forestburgh Road. One of the men... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011 - 9:32 am
A missing person flyer for Zach Green. Image via the Find Zachary Green Facebook page.
The body pulled from the Esopus Creek in Kingston on Sunday has been identified as the missing Saugerties resident Zach Green, according to the Times Herald-Record and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 - 11:56 am
It's a big news day for larcenous shenanigans in Kingston: Details have just emerged about a scheme to part developmentally disabled residents of a group home from their paychecks, and an Ulster County grand jury has just indicted a former Kingston cop on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 - 8:47 am
A body lodged between logs in the Esopus Creek in Kingston was found by a boater yesterday, and nobody is sure whether it is the remains of Zachary Green, who has been missing from Saugerties since January.
The Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jun. 12, 2011 - 12:41 pm
Two men -- 46-year-old Clifford Banks of East Branch, and 19-year-old Dalton Hills of Fishs Eddy -- were killed on Friday evening on River Road in Colchester, when the pickup truck Banks was driving ran off the road and struck an earth embankment. A load... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2011 - 3:41 pm
Quinn Kelley, founder of Chicken Hill Farm Handmade Soaps, with Skye the Auracana. Photo by Joe Damone.
Summer in the Catskills means it's the height of craft fair season once again, and Quinn Kelley, the 15-year-old proprietor of Chicken Hill Farm... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2011 - 10:21 am
Above: Former Shandaken town supervisor Peter DiSclafani trades barbs wtih Councilman Jack Jordan and current supervisor Rob Stanley at Monday's town meeting. Video by Julia Reischel.
A dispute over a misguided $2,500 check cashed by the Town of... Read more
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