Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 13, 2010 - 8:29 am
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently put a halt to work on a federal conservation project at the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is covering the old runways of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 11, 2010 - 10:17 am
Police found about 75 huge pot plants in Kingston yesterday. From a press release by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT):
The plants were located near a quarry pond on 1st Avenue near Kingston Street. Most of the plants were over... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 10, 2010 - 11:49 am
Above: A Flickr slideshow of photographs of Clarence Schmidt and his art, taken in 1970 and 1971 by David E. Johnson. All rights reserved.
This week's Woodstock Times has an incredible story about local outsider artist Clarence Schmidt, written by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010 - 11:45 am
The Times Herald-Record reports that those tentative plans to shutter the Daily Freeman's local printing press and mailroom are looking a lot less tentative:
The Daily Freeman newspaper has filed the required state and federal notices that the paper... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010 - 9:49 am
UPDATE 10:24pm: Local papers reported this afternoon that two Kingston 16-year-olds have been arrested in connection with the shooting, Eban Woullard and Brandon Jones. Here's the Times-Herald Record story; here's the Freeman's.
UPDATED 9:54am: A man was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010 - 9:56 am
A garage on Berme Road in Ellenville was destroyed in an accidental fire yesterday, taking owner Joe Smith's six uninsured vintage cars with it. From the Times Herald-Record:
Harrison Cherry was changing his buddy's fuel pump in the 4,800-square-foot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010 - 12:12 pm
Did anyone else witness anything strange in the skies over Kingston on Sunday night? The Vike Factor, a blog that tracks reports of paranomal activity, received one intriguing report:
...at 9:02 PM EST myself and my girlfriend witnessed five bright orange... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010 - 9:25 am
UPDATED 9:40am: I've been punked. Update below.
I've been quietly following the satirical stylings of anonymous Shandaken blogger Helena Handbasket (er, that's a pseudonym) for months now. Her blog, All That is Wrong With Shandaken, is a sort of local... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 6, 2010 - 3:48 pm
As if we hadn't had enough mysterious propane leaks around here lately: In the wee hours of Saturday, in the middle of a sold-out Labor Day weekend at Mohonk Mountain House, the hotel's gatehouse blew up. It's a miracle nobody was hurt, the Freeman... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010 - 2:28 pm
Guess who painted this? Hint: She's not human.
The excrutiatingly fabulous among us already know what they're doing this weekend: they're attending All Tomorrow's Parties, the hipsterrific music festival at Kutsher's in Monticello this weekend. We've sent... Read more
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