Ulster County
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2012 - 2:24 pm
A prominent Manhattan real estate executive and his instructor died in a skydiving accident on Friday afternoon in the Ulster County town of Plattekill.
According to news accounts of the accident, David Winoker, a 49-year-old father of three, and his... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2012 - 11:45 am
Above: Video footage of the debate between Joel Tyner and Julian Schreibman, vying for the chance to run on the Democratic ticket for New York's new 19th Congressional District. Tyner and Schreibman will face each other in a Democratic primary on Tuesday... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 18, 2012 - 10:38 am
Above: The Grist Mill Real Estate building at 265 Main Street in Saugerties, where a man fell to his death early Sunday morning. Image via Google Street Map.
On Sunday morning at 6:08am, 27-year-old Saugerties resident Donald E. Briggs was found... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012 - 11:38 am
A 27-year-old Warwarsing man faces multiple misdemeanor offenses after being arrested for allegedly touching a 13-year-old girl in a sexual manner.
Thomas J. Decker was arrested by the Ulster County Family Violence Investigation Unit on Tuesday, June 12... Read more
By Jason Dole on Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012 - 10:35 am
Above: Republican Congressman Chris Gibson. Photo courtesy of the Gibson campaign.
While Democratic candidates Joel Tyner and Julian Schreibman will face a June primary before one of them moves on to the November election, Republican Congressman Chris... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 1:38 pm
Above: New Paltz Central School District offices in New Paltz. Photo by Robin Weinstein for The New Paltz Oracle.
At an emergency meeting last Tuesday, the New Paltz Central School District's board of education finalized a $50.12 million budget to be... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 12:23 pm
In today's New York Times, reporter Danny Hakim writes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is quietly pursuing an entirely new plan to regulate hydraulic fracturing.
Anonymous sources, including a senior Department of Environmental Conservation... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 9:42 am
Above: First responders on the scene of a three-car collision in Shandaken on Sunday, June 10. Photo by Robert Bolten.
On Sunday afternoon, Jesse Cowan was on duty as the driver of the ambulance for the Shandaken Ambulance Service. When a call came in... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 3:32 pm
According to a press release from the New York State Police, a 25-year-old Fishkill man who communicated with a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act was arrested by state police on Monday.
Michael Geleski was charged with attempted... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 1:15 pm
You know the routine – you put your left foot in, you take your left foot out, you put your left foot in, and then you shake it all about – but there isn’t anything routine when you do it with a couple thousand other hokey-pokey enthusiasts.
On Saturday... Read more