Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 - 11:07 am
A Mt. Tremper man was arrested for Wednesday's robbery of the Community Bank branch on Route 28 in Boiceville, Ulster County police announced today.
In a news release, Ulster County sheriff's deputies said that 54-year-old Nicholas Liakis Jr. was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 - 5:24 pm
Above: William Hrazanek. Courtesy of the NYS DEC.
State environmental officials have filed criminal charges against junkyard owner William Hrazanek, 68, after the discovery of leaky drums of oil and gas found last year on his properties in Fleischmanns... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 - 12:47 pm
The Boiceville branch of Community Bank, at 4141 Route 28, was robbed on Wednesday morning, according to a report from the Daily Freeman.
The bank -- formerly a branch of the Wilber National Bank, a company that was acquired by Community Bank in 2010 --... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 - 11:14 am
Complaints of constant drug sales from a Marbletown home sparked an investigation that led to the arrest of five people on Friday, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports.
On Friday, Feb. 21, members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 - 2:01 pm
Above: A Google StreetView image of the Sauer Bridge in Saugerties.
The Sauer Bridge on the Glasco Turnpike, built on 1962 over the Esopus Creek in Saugerties, has been due for an upgrade for some time. But last Saturday, the Sauer situation got a lot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 - 4:07 pm
Above: Chelsea Goodwin (left) and Rusty Mae Moore in Pine Hill Books, which is closing this month. Photo courtesy of Goodwin and Moore.
Pine Hill Books, a used bookstore that opened on Main Street in Pine Hill in 2010, is closing its doors at the end of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 - 4:05 pm
To the editor:
The Pine Hill Bookstore which has been located at 300 Main Street in Pine Hill since December 2010 is closing at the end of February. Business has been declining since the floods of 2011, and it has become impossible to continue to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 - 11:20 am
A 13-year-old girl from the Wawarsing hamlet of Greenfield Park is missing and may be in Kingston, Kingston police announced Thursday.
Shamara Shante Sterling was reported missing by her family on Monday, Feb. 17. She was last seen at a friend's home on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 - 5:52 pm
In the last few weeks, the owners and staff of the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz have weathered the outbreak of a nasty gastrointestinal virus, a week-long closure, the stem-to-stern disinfection of the entire resort by a 200-person cleaning crew,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 - 11:52 am
Above: Snow falling thick and fast at 11:40 a.m. in Margaretville at the WP HQ.
This winter isn't over yet. The National Weather Service in Albany is predicting that a "quick burst" of 1 to 3 inches of snow will fall in the eastern Catskills this... Read more