Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 - 12:55 pm
Photo courtesy of Focus Media.
Coming soon to 2121 Ulster Avenue in Lake Katrine: The heady smell of fresh-baked bread. A lot of it.
State and local officials gathered Monday to cut the ribbon on a Lake Katrine building that will be the site of Bread... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 - 2:25 pm
The Freeman is reporting that a 25-year-old Highland resident is at Westchester Medical Center after being shot in the head in Poughkeepsie late Sunday night.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to the hospital by her boyfriend, also... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 - 10:45 am
The autumn leaves may be past their prime, but there's plenty of color in the Catskills landscape if you keep an eye out for it. Watershed Post reader Timothy Cox took this early-morning shot from the road over the Ashokan Reservoir dividing weir on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 - 4:46 pm
Canoes line up at the Adventure Race National Championship on the Pepacton Reservoir yesterday morning. Photo by Carol O'Beirne.
For the past two days, the Catskills have played host to a grueling 30-hour trial of physical strength and endurance: the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 - 2:03 pm
This just in from state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office: The former treasurer of the Woodstock Fire Company No. 3 is facing second-degree grand larceny charges for allegedly siphoning more than $200,000 from the fire department's account and cash... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 - 9:36 am
This weekend, the Frost Valley YMCA bids farewell to a longtime champion. D. Halbe Brown, who was camp director at Frost Valley from 1966 to 2001 and raised his five children at the Claryville camp, died on September 13. On Sunday, the camp will hold a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 - 2:17 pm
Above: Detail of photo by Flickr user Kevin Dooley. Published under Creative Commons license.
Are you registered to vote in New York State? If not, you have until Friday, October 12 to make sure you're registered to vote in the general election on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 - 11:02 am
DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a man from the Rosendale hamlet of Tillson, 52-year-old William F. Ryan, on multiple burglary charges, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Ryan faces charges of third-degree burglary, third-degree... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 - 4:50 pm
Watershed Post readers sure have seen a lot of bears. We've featured two posts with reader-submitted bear photos so far this month, and more just keep coming in. Here are the latest.
Below, a photo by Brian Albanese, taken by his "stealth cam" on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 - 10:18 pm
Update: Autumn Fitzpatrick was found late Saturday night and is home safe.
An Accord girl who attends Coleman High School in Kingston, 14-year-old Autumn Fitzpatrick, was reported missing earlier today. According to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office,... Read more
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