Ulster County
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Saturday, Jul. 27, 2013 - 4:31 pm
Above: Square dancers in motion at the Ashokan Center.
Good clean mountain air just makes you wanna kick your heels up and dance sometimes. If you’d like to polish that urge into a style that generation after generation of mountainfolk have tried and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 25, 2013 - 10:16 pm
Above: A scene from Tannersville's Crazy Race, an annual Main Street tradition gearing up for its sixth run this weekend.
The trout are running, the weather is glorious, and the last weekend in July is packed from one end to the other with Catskills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 25, 2013 - 12:12 pm
Above: Taking the plunge at Fawn's Leap, a popular swimming hole on Kaaterskill Creek. It's not uncommon for a few of those who brave the 24-foot drop from the cliff each summer to end up with serious injuries -- so if you must leap, leap with care. Photo... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jul. 24, 2013 - 1:30 pm
Dear Editor:We'd like to say "Thank You!" to all of the people, organizations, and businesses who made the First Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Kingston such a resounding success.Thanks so much to all of you who provided your valuable time, talents,... Read more
By jdloiacono510 on Tuesday, Jul. 23, 2013 - 4:22 pm
Olivebridge United Methodist Church is hosting Annual Yard Sale. Saturday, August 3, 2013 from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. 5147 State Route 213, Olivebridge, NY 12461. Donations of good quality items accepted - no electronics please. Vendor tables available $... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 22, 2013 - 4:41 pm
Above: Mike Pietrantoni and daughter Payton Pietrantoni next to the alidade map in the Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower. Photo via Laurie Rankin, the volunteer coordinator for the fire tower.
This weekend, the volunteers who staff the system of historic... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Jul. 19, 2013 - 9:06 am
It’s the 35th Street Festival weekend in the Festival Town, and sweet, funky little Rosendale will be turned on, tuned in and turned inside out on Saturday and Sunday. This year’s count is, in Street Fest parlance: One street, two days, five stages and 74... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 18, 2013 - 11:04 pm
An employee of the Shandaken highway department has been charged with embezzling over $20,000 from the town, some of it allegedly from FEMA funds meant for Irene flood relief.
On Wednesday, state police arrested 46-year-old Florence Sullivan of Chichester... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2013 - 2:36 pm
Above: The black-legged or deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. Photo by Scott Bauer of the USDA; published under Creative Commons license. Source: InsectImages.org.
In the Hudson Valley and across the nation, tick-borne disease is on the rise. The deer ticks... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 15, 2013 - 9:14 pm
Above: Piles of earth surrounded by hay bales and covered with tarps dot William Hrazanek's Wittenberg Road property in Shandaken on July 11. They are part of the remediation of a chemical spill on his property. Photo by Julia Reischel.
A large chemical... Read more
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