Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 - 1:16 am
New York State is slated to miss a key Wednesday deadline in the long march toward issuing regulations on hydrofracking.
State health commissioner Nirav Shah announced Tuesday, in a letter to Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) commissioner... Read more
By Karin Ursula Edmondson on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 - 1:49 pm
Would you like to grow your own food, flowers and herbs?
Cultivate community?
Share knowledge about sustainable gardening?
Collaborate in the creation of an exciting, new project?
Shandaken Community Gardens is looking for dedicated individuals interested... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 - 12:19 pm
The Ulster County town of Olive is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a ban on gas drilling and petroleum extraction within town borders. A hearing on the proposed local law was held on Monday, February 11.
In May of 2012, the Olive town board passed a one-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 1:40 pm
A 49-year-old Kingston man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kingston resident Anita Jacobs-Royer, who was found strangled to death in her Third Avenue home on Sunday, February 3.
Audelis Cruz was arrested on Sunday,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 11:49 am
Photo of New York Cardinal-Archbishop Timothy Dolan, circa 2009. Via Wikimedia Commons.
On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing that he would resign on February 28. As the New York Times noted in a front-page story, he will be the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 8:45 am
Weather advisories are in effect across the Catskills this morning, as snow and freezing rain make for a slick commute on local roads. The slippery stuff is expected to shift over to rain by noon.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 - 9:19 pm
Above: A Buddha looking serene this morning in Olivebridge under a new 6-inch cap of snow. Thanks to Dona Marie for the photo.
This morning, people around the Catskills were asking: Where's Nemo? The wrath of Friday's snowstorm spared us, for the most... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 5:44 pm
Above: A short video clip by Daily Freeman reporter Paul Kirby about the sentencing of Wayne Longmore, former proprietor of the Walk-In Doctor's Office on Mill Hill Road in Woodstock.
Wayne Longmore, a 63-year-old Woodstock doctor who pled guilty last... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 4:57 pm
A 22-year-old West Hurley man was arrested on Thursday after a seven-month investigation concluded that he had entered a female acquaintance's home, choked her and subjected her to sexual contact without her consent, according to an Ulster County Sheriff’... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 1:19 pm
Three people have been arrested on fraud-related charges after a probe of alleged misuse of food stamp cards at Star Grocery, a convenience store on Mettacahonts Road in Accord.
Star Grocery has been under ongoing investigation into the use of electronic... Read more
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