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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 - 3:38 pm
Winter finally arrived in April this year -- and even with May just around the corner, it's not letting go.
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for tonight across south-central New York and northeastern Pennsylvania, including... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 - 2:58 pm
The AP reports today:
Mitt Romney did what was expected, easily winning New York's Republican presidential primary and padding his delegate lead in his all-but-inevitable march toward the party's nomination.
Romney easily outdistanced Ron Paul and Newt... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 - 12:09 pm
John, who goes by "Catskills Photography" on Flickr, came across a few geese napping on the bank of the Neversink River yesterday, and snapped this photo of one who snoozed on oblivious to the camera. (To see the image in full high-res glory, click the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 - 11:13 am
Newly appointed Fleischmanns mayor Todd Pascarella recently wrote an update on the progress of millions of dollars' worth of flood recovery projects in the village, and recent changes in village govenment.
Pascarella was appointed earlier this month to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 - 11:00 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that 31-year-old Hurley resident Angelo Stephano has been charged with stealing a picnic table from the Spring Lake Fire Department. Sheriff's deputies say that the picnic table was found with its four corners... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 - 5:29 pm
The Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District reports today that they are investigating allegations that a voice teacher at the school had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.
The teacher has resigned, and the district has reported the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 - 4:04 pm
In life, Levon Helm was incredibly generous about inviting fans and fellow musicians into his home to share music. It seems only fitting that Levon's door should be opened to the community one last time.
Posted on Levon Helm's website today:
Levon’s... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 - 12:33 pm
Hoisting a glass at the 2011 TAP New York festival. Photo courtesy of Hunter Mountain.
Thirty years ago, American beer mostly came in two varieties: bottle and can. Today, the art of craft beer is alive and flourishing, among professional brewers and... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 - 11:19 am
To the editor:
As I run for re-election, along with Tony Fletcher, to the Onteora school board, I would like to remind voters of the many things this board has accomplished, with the help of our administration, during the four years I have been on it.
We... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 - 9:33 am
There's snow on the high peaks this morning, and we've got the photos to prove it. Above is the scene outside WP headquarters in New Kingston around 7:30am. (Our poor peas and garlic shoots!)
Do you have a photo of the year's first snow? Share it with us... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 23, 2012 - 2:23 pm
Tuesday, April 24 is the New York State presidential primary -- but with frontrunner Mitt Romney coasting toward the 2012 GOP nomination, the press isn't too excited about it.
"Every four years, the New York primary becomes less significant," the New York... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 23, 2012 - 1:18 pm
The sudden death of Sidney town councilman Walter Goodrich on Tuesday, April 3 has left the town council split down the middle between bitterly opposed factions.
According to councilman Pete Cordes, at last week's town meeting on April 19, two motions... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 23, 2012 - 12:05 pm
Top: Schoharie Central School students and staff receive the top prize in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow grant contest in Washington, D.C. From left to right: David Steel, EVP of Corporate Strategy, Samsung Electronics North America; Tanner Stone, Schoharie... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Apr. 23, 2012 - 12:01 pm
Above: Footage of The Band performing at Woodstock, August 17, 1969. The Band was not featured in Woodstock, the famous documentary about the festival, but their set was filmed, and clips from their performance can be found on YouTube.
In 1968, when most... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 22, 2012 - 11:34 pm
Two cars collided head-on on Route 299 in New Paltz around 11pm on Saturday night, when a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 45-year-old Highland resident Jeffrey Davis left its lane and drifted into oncoming traffic.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 22, 2012 - 10:50 pm
The Daily Mail reports that on Saturday, an unattended cigarette sparked a blaze at a home in Catskill that left a family homeless and kept six fire departments busy through the afternoon:
The six-alarm fire was called in at 1:32 p. m. Saturday and first... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 22, 2012 - 10:31 pm
Heavy rains forecast across much of the region for tonight and tomorrow morning mean a flood watch for the eastern Catskills, as well as western New England.
An alert from the National Weather Service warns that Greene, Ulster and Schoharie County could... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Apr. 21, 2012 - 2:00 pm
Above: By 10:30am this morning, a big crowd was strolling Main Street Margaretville. Click to see a slideshow of images from today's GardenFest. Photos by Julia Reischel and Terry Doyle.
Margaretville celebrated spring today with the village's first... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Apr. 20, 2012 - 6:22 pm
Above: Picture of a Catskill reservoir. Photo by Flickr user Christopher Mooney, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool. Used under Creative Commons license.
Perhaps it's in honor of today's date? The village of Saugerties has instituted a criminal ban on ... Read more
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