Ulster County
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Jul. 28, 2011 - 4:03 pm
Thanks to intrepid reporter Cindy Johansen, we will be posting video of the town of Olive's monthly Town Board meetings right here on our Olive town page. Johansen videoed the July 11 meeting of the Olive town board. Check out the first quarter of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2011 - 12:13 pm
Photo of graffiti on the new Kerhonkson bridge across the Rondout, from Terry Bernardo's Facebook page.
You can hardly blame Ulster County legislator Terry Bernardo for being mad about graffiti on the bridge across the Rondout Creek in Kerhonkson. After... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2011 - 8:20 am
The Byrdcliffe Guild is Woodstock is trying something new: a music series featuring musicians and bands that call the Hudson Valley and the Catskills their home away from tour. They're calling it the "World Beyond the Woods" tour. From the press release:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011 - 2:22 pm
Photo of rusty mailbox by Flickr user Mandy Jansen. Published under Creative Commons license.
Today, the United States Postal Service released a list of almost 3,700 post offices across the country -- many of them in small, rural towns -- that the agency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 11:05 am
28-year-old New Jersey resident Yamil Mendez was killed on the New York State Thruway in New Paltz yesterday, when a tire failure caused the SUV he was driving to flip over. Five passengers were also injured. From the New York State Police:
The New York... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 6:46 am
Early Sunday morning, a car struck a tree in the Ulster County town of Rochester, injuring three occupants. Its driver, 20-year-old Matthew Kalaschenkow of Accord, faces DWI, vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, and various traffic charges.
From the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 22, 2011 - 2:01 pm
Above: "The Huckleberry Brook Dancing Bear," by David Barry, winner of our "Best-Kept Secret in the Catskills" photo contest.
A secret azure swimming hole. An abandoned dairy truck moldering in the weeds. A back road through jaw-dropping fall leaves. We... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 22, 2011 - 12:54 pm
Video: Billy Bob Liggan takes a video tour of the Rosendale Street Festival, 2008.
Party down, Rosendale: The annual Street Festival is in town once again. This Saturday and Sunday, the little town's Main Street will be transformed into an open-air fiesta... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 12:26 pm
Photo: Dave Jacke, author of the indispensable two-volume textbook Edible Forest Gardens and local hero of the permaculture movement, in action. Courtesy of the Northeast Permaculture Convergence.
This Saturday marks the high point of the year for local... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 11:47 am
Photo by Flickr user Paul Reynolds.
Midnight tonight is the deadline for our photo contest about the "best-kept secret" in the Catskills, and the submissions are coming in! We're discovering things that we had no idea existed up here. I'd say more, but I... Read more
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