Ulster County
By wateradmin on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 11:33 am
At a recent meeting of the Phoenicia Rotary Club, local resident Jerry Bender of Mt. Tremper, New York was honored.
With friends and family looking on, Ken Jacobs, president of the Phoenicia Rotary Club, expounded on all the great things Jerry does for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 3:10 pm
Today, most of the Catskills region is under an official "excessive heat watch," according to the National Weather Service offices in Albany and Binghamton.
Temperatures are going to be in the high 90s for the next 24 hours, and for urban-dwellers and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 10:18 am
It's official: Next year, hundreds of jobs will leave Ulster County when Bank of America closes its tax-processing operation in Ulster's TechCity complex.
The Daily Freeman reports:
Some of the affected full-time workers will be offered training for... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 9:28 am
Children learn to drum at the Thunder in the Valley Pow-wow in Big Indian Park. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
On Saturday, Native American vendors, dancers, and drummers from across the region and as far away as Mexico gathered in Big Indian for the Thunder... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 12:39 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that a man and two women were injured in a head-on crash on Route 9W in Ulster this morning:
The accident happened about 10:45 a.m. in front of the former Miron building, between Leggs Mill and Old Stage roads in the hamlet of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 9:20 am
Photo from Jolly's Facebook page.
In the Saugerties Times today: A peek inside Jolly's Good Grub, a British grocery and lunch shop on Route 212. It's run by a cast of characters that includes a former world-traveling antique dealer who once drove a bus... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 18, 2011 - 8:48 am
A report of a child drowning in the Rondout Creek in Napanoch had police, fire, and medical emergency responders scrambling to reach the scene in time -- but turned out to be a false alarm.
The 13-year-old boy who called in the report will be referred to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jul. 16, 2011 - 7:21 pm
The state police are reporting that two men -- 23-year-old Randall M. Lynch of Phoenicia and 24-year-old Kevin Schoonmaker of Lake Katrine -- have been arrested on assault, robbery, weapon and drug charges stemming from an alleged knifepoint robbery in... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Jul. 16, 2011 - 2:01 pm
The Gowns for Greenbacks crew atop Wittenberg Mountain, the third peak in their 35-peak quest. From left to right: Melissa Bean, Tom Rolland, Heather Rolland, Danny Davis, Judy Mann, Suzanne Provenzano and Edward Moran.
The Catskill Mountains, those... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 15, 2011 - 6:42 pm
Photo of bluestone sculpture at Opus 40 in Saugerties by Flickr user Insignifica. Published under Creative Commons license.
In the Daily Freeman today: A letter from the supervisor of Saugerties announced today that the town is pulling out of an effort to... Read more
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