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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 4:46 pm
Above: The Livingston Manor Fire Department responds to a fire after an explosion at the Lazy Beagle, a restaurant at 2 Pearl Street in Livingston Manor. Photo taken at 4:10pm; reproduced with permission from the Liberty Independent. The Indy also has... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 11:28 pm
Hunter resident Paul Whitman died in an early-morning fire that broke out in his bungalow at 8 Joval Court on Monday, state police announced today.
The fire was reported to Greene County 911 around 6am. According to a press release from New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2012 - 4:14 pm
A fire broke out at the Tuthilltown distillery in Gardiner yesterday morning, leaving the roof and upstairs portion of the building damaged.
According to a release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, the fire was discovered by an employee:
A lone... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 2:49 pm
A Hamden man who was declared missing after his mobile home was set ablaze spent four days hiding in the woods, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
On Monday morning, police and emergency responders found William D. Lawson's home at 866... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - 5:16 pm
Update, 8/24: Lawson was found in the woods near his home on Thursday night. See our story for more details.
A Hamden man whose mobile home was destroyed by fire on Monday morning is missing, the Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports.
William D. Lawson... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 - 9:53 am
The Daily Star reports that on Sunday night, fire tore through a barn on a dairy farm in Franklin, killing over 20 milk cows and calves and putting an end to a century of dairy farming by the Boning family.
Some of the cows were able to be rescued from... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 2:12 pm
Lightning struck an RV at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in the Ulster County town of Gardner on Sunday, setting it on fire, according to a news story in today's Daily Freeman.
Four Long Island children were inside the RV when it the lightning struck, setting... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Above: Video from the scene of the fire that destroyed the Rainbow Diner on Route 209 in Kerhonkson yesterday, from the Daily Freeman.
A local landmark went up in flames Monday afternoon: The Rainbow Diner, a seedy but beloved greasy spoon on Route 209... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 26, 2012 - 10:51 pm
A motorcycle accident in East Kingston killed one person and injured two others early Monday morning. Today, the Kingston Police Department released the name of the victim who was killed: 30-year-old Brian Ferrari of Lake Katrine.
Nicholas Saveskie, 27,... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Jun. 22, 2012 - 3:41 pm
Three people sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a fire broke out in a Downsville home on Wednesday.
According to The Daily Star, a fire started at 6 p.m. at the home of Gordon and Donna Palmer on River Road near the hamlet of Corbett. The house... Read more
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