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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012 - 4:11 pm
Yet another local Walmart is facing the wrath of regulators -- this time, for workplace safety violations.
A Walmart store in Cobleskill is facing over $50,000 in fines from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for repeatedly... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012 - 12:29 pm
Above: A Betsy Ross flag. Photo by Flickr user Northfielder, used under Creative Commons license.
Stamford celebrates the red, white and blue this evening with a Flag Day parade down Main Street, beginning at 6 pm. For more information, visit the listing... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012 - 11:38 am
A 27-year-old Warwarsing man faces multiple misdemeanor offenses after being arrested for allegedly touching a 13-year-old girl in a sexual manner.
Thomas J. Decker was arrested by the Ulster County Family Violence Investigation Unit on Tuesday, June 12... Read more
By Jason Dole on Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012 - 10:35 am
Above: Republican Congressman Chris Gibson. Photo courtesy of the Gibson campaign.
While Democratic candidates Joel Tyner and Julian Schreibman will face a June primary before one of them moves on to the November election, Republican Congressman Chris... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 6:11 pm
Above: You're bearly there! Photo of Frost Valley YMCA's welcome bear from the YMCA's Facebook page.
This weekend, the Frost Valley YMCA is leading a free hike through its Model Forest. The Model Forest is one of Frost Valley's four watershed research... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 4:23 pm
A collision between an ATV and a dump truck on Route 30 in Gilboa early this afternoon left two teenagers dead, a 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.
YNN reports that the two teenagers drove the ATV out of a field and into the road:
The Schoharie... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 1:38 pm
Above: New Paltz Central School District offices in New Paltz. Photo by Robin Weinstein for The New Paltz Oracle.
At an emergency meeting last Tuesday, the New Paltz Central School District's board of education finalized a $50.12 million budget to be... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 1:21 pm
Bread Alone's Boiceville location. Photo by Julia Reischel.
In an effort to keep bread-manufacturer Bread Alone Bakery from relocating to New Jersey, Ulster County executives have offered it the needed dough to keep its ovens running.
Ulster County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 12:23 pm
In today's New York Times, reporter Danny Hakim writes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is quietly pursuing an entirely new plan to regulate hydraulic fracturing.
Anonymous sources, including a senior Department of Environmental Conservation... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 3:22 pm
Around 6pm on the evening of Friday, June 8, 23-year-old Machteld Klok was killed when the car she was driving struck a tree on Case Hill Road in Franklin, according to Sergeant Gary Leahy of the New York State Police.
Leahy said that Klok was driving... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 2:22 pm
We've received a bunch of letters this month. Read them all in our letters section. To support the Margaretville American Legion Post's rebuilding efforts, send a check to American Legion Post 216, PO Box 41, Margaretville, NY 12455. -- Julia Reischel... Read more
By Jason Dole on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 2:13 pm
On Sunday, June 10, Callicoon hosted the 16th Annual Tractor Parade. At noon, over 250 tractors of all shapes, sizes and colors paraded down Main Street, and at the end of the day a chicken barbecue was held at the Delaware Community Center.
All photos... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 2:12 pm
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the residents of Prattsville and the Prattsville Housing Committee, I would like to thank the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Greene and Columbia Counties, Project Hope, all who donated and the many volunteers... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 2:08 pm
Dear Editor,
Everyone stood in a knot at the center of the bridge (which surprised me; for some reason, I was sure they'd be on the north side). The officials were covered by a white tent, as if this were a Jewish wedding. Walking closer, I heard applause... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 9:42 am
Above: First responders on the scene of a three-car collision in Shandaken on Sunday, June 10. Photo by Robert Bolten.
On Sunday afternoon, Jesse Cowan was on duty as the driver of the ambulance for the Shandaken Ambulance Service. When a call came in... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 3:42 pm
Above: Jeff McCoy in his musician-friendly shop.
Jeff McCoy's been easing into opening Rosendale Guitars for a while now – he served his first customers in the shop at 378 Main Street in January, and got around to a grand opening on Cinco de Mayo. Even... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 3:32 pm
According to a press release from the New York State Police, a 25-year-old Fishkill man who communicated with a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act was arrested by state police on Monday.
Michael Geleski was charged with attempted... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 1:15 pm
You know the routine – you put your left foot in, you take your left foot out, you put your left foot in, and then you shake it all about – but there isn’t anything routine when you do it with a couple thousand other hokey-pokey enthusiasts.
On Saturday... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jun. 9, 2012 - 9:39 am
Artist and Aikido sensei Harvey Konigsberg is in charge of designing the banners for this year's Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, which will bring opera stars and music lovers from around the world to Phoenicia in August.
Konigsberg is working with local... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 4:09 pm
The Schoharie Fire Department's current temporary location on Fort Road, and the future site of the rebuilt Niagara Engine Co. No. 6. Photo by Matt Brisley.
After having seven and a half feet of water flow through it in last year’s floods, Niagara Engine... Read more
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