Government
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 8:27 pm
Above: The Roosa Gap brush fire burns on the Shawangunk Ridge on Tuesday, May 5 as onlookers watch from Thornton Road in Wurtsboro. Photo by Michael Wentland.
An 18-year-old Wurtsboro man has been arrested for setting fires in the Sullivan County town of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 7:25 pm
A 25-year-old Virginia woman died and her three passengers were injured when she crashed a car on I-88 in the Delaware County town of Sidney on Wednesday, May 20, police say.
Ericka Sa-Keema, of Lorton, Virginia, was driving a 2002 Ford east on the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 21, 2015 - 4:40 pm
On Tuesday, May 19, the Ulster County Legislature voted 17 to 6 to endorse a deal between the county and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to build an 11.5-mile hiking, walking and biking trail along the northern shore of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 20, 2015 - 2:54 pm
Above: Woodstock resident Joe Ali, third from right, was saved by first responders from Woodstock Fire Department Companies 4 and 5 after he went into cardiac arrest in December 2014. Ali was reunited with the people who worked to save him at Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 19, 2015 - 4:10 pm
Posted by Scott Trueblood on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Above: A photo of Scott Trueblood hang gliding, posted on his Facebook account.
A hang glider with a newly minted pilot's license died after crashing into a mountain in the Ulster County town... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 18, 2015 - 9:28 pm
Above: Video taken at a press conference held in Binghamton on Monday by the Muslims of America, residents of the Tompkins community of Islamberg. Video shot and edited by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
From February to April of this year, Robert... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 15, 2015 - 1:36 pm
A man who was badly burned in an explosion behind the American Legion Post in Delhi on Wednesday, May 13 has died, police say.
Joseph Mueller, 19, died in the evening on Thursday, May 14, according to Delhi Police Chief Mike Mills.
On Wednesday, Mueller... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 14, 2015 - 11:31 am
Due to a rash of wildfires across the state, including many in the Catskills, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday, May 13 that a ban on residential brush burning will be extended until May 21.
The ban, which goes into effect every year for the dry... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 13, 2015 - 11:18 pm
Above: A video of the fire shot by Laura Gioffe and shared with the Watershed Post.
A 19-year-old Delhi man was gravely injured in an explosion behind the American Legion building in Delhi around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13. The minivan he was driving... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 13, 2015 - 10:35 am
A 25-year-old man wanted for murder in Florida has been arrested while hiding out in the Greene County village of Catskill, police say.
Jonathan D. Padron is a suspect in the murder of Thomas B. Nelson, who was shot to death in a vehicle on Saturday, May... Read more
Pages
