Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jun. 26, 2010 - 6:34 pm
Introducing: The brand-spankin'-new Shandaken Bugle, just launched yesterday by a couple who, though they would prefer to remain anonymous, hint that they might have bylines in their past somewhere.
The staff of two here at The Shandaken Bugle decided... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 2:09 pm
In the town of Shawangunk, you can't have a farm on less than ten acres, according to the town's zoning law. That means that Linda Borghi, who wants to do intensive biodynamic farming on her 2.7 acre plot on Saxton Rd., is out of luck, according to the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 1:11 pm
What kind of person intentionally runs over a mother swan while her cygnets look on in horror? Especially on a golf course called the Lazy Swan? (The mama swan survived.)
Via the Daily Freeman.
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 11:04 am
It's been over 20 years, but Wawarsing's maddest, wettest homeowners have finally gotten what they've been clamoring for -- a clear admission, from the highest level of command at the New York City DEP, that the leaky Delaware Aqueduct has been damaging... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010 - 2:40 pm
Downtown Ellenville in 2005. Photo by Daniel Case, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Times Herald-Record's Jeremiah Horrigan waxes epic in his story about 91-year-old Ellenville mogul Harry Resnick, who once ran a 7,000-person company -- Channel Master -- out... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010 - 2:21 pm
Earlier this week, it was gazebos. Now, the governing elite of Kingston have moved on to another civic spat -- this one over an illegal pile of brush that a city alderman had removed from his curb last week.
Once again, the quotes are priceless, as... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 4:31 pm
The BP oil spill is making ordinary folks pretty apocalyptic. Today, Kingston resident Peter Meurer wrote the Daily Freeman a letter with his theory of how the catastrophe could be the end of the world:
My grandson had a thought on this: There is a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 - 10:27 am
On Tuesday, a panel of expert tasters convened in Chicago to crown North America's best-tasting tap water. The winner: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, whose 25,000 residents are thrilled that they beat New York City for the top spot.
Stevens Point's water... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010 - 10:06 am
Constance McMillen's hometown in Itawamba County, Mississippi may not have wanted her at their party, but Woodstock thinks she's a rock star. McMillen, who made national headlines earlier this year when her school canceled their prom rather than let her... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010 - 9:40 am
We're not sure what those Kingston elected officials are smoking, but it must be potent. An article in the Freeman today has the scoop on a kerfuffle over whether or not to put a gazebo in Forsyth T.R. Gallo Park, and it's got some of the most hilarious... Read more
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