Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013 - 10:26 am
A rainfall prediction issued by the National Weather Service in Binghamton early Thursday morning, calling for 2 to 3 inches of rain in the southwestern Catskills region.
The latest forecasts for a rainstorm sweeping through the area Thursday and into... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013 - 9:22 am
An Elmont man stabbed himself to death while driving on the New York State Thruway in the Ulster County town of Plattekill on Tuesday, according to a statement by New York State Police.
Around 7:25pm on Tuesday, police say, two witnesses saw a 2002... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013 - 8:47 pm
A 55-year-old Chichester man was arrested Monday on burglary and other charges and jailed.
According to a brief statement from the Shandaken Police Department, Randy J. Ostrander was arrested at 6:40pm on Monday, June 10. He faces charges of second-degree... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013 - 3:16 pm
Above: The Catskill Mountain Railroad's Kingston City Shuttle. Photo from the Catskill Mountain Railroad website.
An ongoing battle between rail and trail supporters intensified this week, when the chair of Ulster County's Railroad Advisory Committee (RAC... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013 - 10:58 am
Above: 24-hour precipitation forecast for Thursday, June 13, issued Wednesday, June 12. Source: National Weather Service.
Heavy rain is expected to fall across southeastern New York, northeastern Pennsylvania and New England on Thursday, prompting flood... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 10, 2013 - 9:19 am
A 20-year-old Boiceville man who was on Ulster County’s top 10 most-wanted list, for obscenity related charges, was arrested on Friday afternoon after turning himself in, police said.
In March, the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant for the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 7, 2013 - 3:13 pm
Above: Dierdre Scozzafava, the Deputy Secretary of State for Local Government, presented the Cuomo administration's proposed "Tax-Free NY" legislation at SUNY Delhi on June 6, 2013. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's rush to pass an... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 7, 2013 - 12:39 pm
Above: A screenshot from the NWS's river forecast page. Dots indicate USGS streamgauges; the color indicates whether flooding is forecast over the next 48 hours. All gauges in the Catskills region are either green (no flooding forecast) or yellow (near... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 6, 2013 - 6:00 pm
Above: A screenshot of a National Weather Service image showing the projected 5-day track of Tropical Storm Andrea as it moves up the East Coast, as of Thursday afternoon. For a current image, check the NWS's Tropical Storm Andrea page.
Heavy rains and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2013 - 8:58 am
A dreamy June landscape: vivid green grass, ripe seed heads, and the inexorable march of tiny feet. Jen Williams Dragon took this shot of a few recently emerged Brood II 17-year cicadas in the Ulster County hamlet of Malden, near the Hudson River, on... Read more
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