Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 11:06 am
A pair of Accord residents who were injured in a fiery car wreck on Route 209 in Kerhonkson on Wednesday were apparently hale and hearty enough to attack EMTs, hospital staff and police at the Ellenville Regional Hospital.
Arrested on felony assault and... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 8:31 am
A response to this letter was published in our letters section on December 12, 2012. -- Julia Reischel
Dear Editor:
Completing a world-class trail network linking the Walkway Over the Hudson to Kingston and then out to the Ashokan Reservoir and beyond... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 - 11:16 am
Above: The 2012 USARA Adventure Race National Championship from the point of view of its second-place winners, Term Tecnu. Video by Aaron Johnson.
Most people you find biking uphill through sleet on a rainy October weekend in the Catskills are tough. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 5:22 pm
According to several news accounts, a man from the Ulster County town of Plattekill was shot and killed by his friend in a hunting accident on Monday afternoon, while the two were hunting together in the woods west of Forest Road in Newburgh.
Police... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 1:29 pm
A two-car accident on Route 32 in Newburgh at 7:05pm on Monday night claimed the life of 15-year-old Plattekill resident Alana Tadry, left four other people injured, and split an Audi entirely in half.
The Times Herald-Record describes the accident as "... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 3:21 pm
Update: The Marlboro Police Department has cancelled the Amber Alert for Frederick McCluskey at 3:29pm. The Freeman reports that the boy is safe and his father is in custody.
An Amber Alert was issued Friday morning for four-year-old Frederick McCluskey,... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 10:20 am
Above: Scenes from the 2010 Rosendale Pickle Festival, by YouTube user ThePickleClub.
How many things can you do with a pickle? This Sunday in Rosendale, pickled foods -- not just cukes, mind you, but pigs’ feet and eggs and kimchi (cabbage) and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 - 1:11 pm
Above: A Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York truck makes a local delivery in Kiamesha Lake soon after Sandy's arrival in the region, October 31, 2012. Photo by John of Catskills Photography; shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group pool.
Good... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 4:30 pm
Above: Esopus Fire Department firefighters taking a break from volunteering for Sandy relief at the beach on Long Island last week. Photo by Randi Port, via the Esopus Fire Department Facebook page.
We asked our readers for photos of Catskills emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 10:35 am
Sullivan and Ulster counties are on a list of New York State counties declared eligible for individual aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with the lower Hudson Valley and New York City metropolitan area.
Both counties have also asked... Read more
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