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By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 11:03 am
To the Editor:
Receiving the Democratic nomination to run for Supervisor of the Town of Shandaken is a great privilege! I am very grateful to my friends and neighbors who have asked me to step forward to address the significant issues that lie ahead of us... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 9:12 am
20-year-old Lejuan Wainwright has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, in the stabbing death of Walton resident Tyler Warner on Saturday.
Walton village police announced the arrest yesterday:
Acting Village of Walton Police Chief John... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 - 10:58 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.) For more background on this cartoon, click here. You can see Mayer's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 - 4:49 pm
It's been awhile since there was life and good cheer in the old Chestnut Woods restaurant in Grahamsville. But this spring, a marvelous thing happened: the lonely building on Route 55 began bustling with life once more, in the form of the Eureka Market... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 - 11:11 am
Bad news just in from CRISP -- the Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership: The dreaded giant hogweed plant has officially been found in Woodstock.
The invasive weed can grow up to 15 feet tall and its sap causes caustic burns on human skin. It's... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 - 3:28 pm
Breaking interspecies news: Clementine, or Clemie as she is known to her good friends, is happily back in loving human care. Shandaken's most-wanted dog is resting comfortably with friends now after over a week spent lost in and out of the woods near... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 - 2:09 pm
Photo by Flickr user Tania Cataldo.
Whether you're a pro or a weekend pedaler, this is a shaping up to be a banner weekend for cycling in the Catskills.
On Saturday, riders of all levels can enjoy the Catskills Ride-N-Peak, a leisurely (and charity-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 - 12:09 pm
Avis Gebert insisted that she was not a natural storyteller. But “Grandma Avis,” as she was known to children throughout Woodstock, held generations of kids spellbound as she spun out her carefully crafted tales.
Gebert, who died on Wednesday at the age... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 - 11:06 am
Photo from the Andes Hotel's Facebook page.
The town of Andes, and its eponymous hotel, got a very complimentary shoutout from New York Post real estate writer Tina Traster, who's been making the rounds of little Catskills towns recently.
The Andes Hotel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 - 9:23 am
The Daily Freeman announced a new online feature on their website today: A rogue's gallery of people wanted by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Their first post features ten mugshots of individuals wanted for offenses ranging from stalking to forgery... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 5:01 pm
Photo of new Ashland wastewater treatment plant courtesy of NYC DEP.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that a new sewage treatment plant in the Greene County town of Ashland is complete.
The plant will serve 90... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 12:42 pm
Photo of Mountain Jam 2011 by Peggy Fusco. From the Mountain Jam Facebook page.
The town of Hunter is riled up about the level of police presence at Hunter Mountain's annual Mountain Jam music festival. Local elected officials paid the Greene County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 11:34 am
Candace VanckoIt's a sign of the times: The SUNY system is now officially so strapped for cash that several campuses are sharing presidents.
Yesterday, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced that SUNY Delhi president Candace Vancko would take over the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 8:14 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that a person was killed last night in a motorcycle accident on Route 52, about a mile east of Ellenville.
The accident was reported around 10:24pm on Wednesday, August 17. No other vehicles were involved. The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 5:20 pm
Linda Norris, Treadwell's resident expert on museums and Ukraine, has been running the Pickle Project, her travelling roadshow about Ukrainian foodways, ever since she secured seed funding for it earlier this year. (We interviewed Linda about the Pickle... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 3:24 pm
Members of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company in "UNTITLED FEMINIST MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SHOW." Photo by Blaine Davis.
What do you expect from an edgy Brooklyn playwright who has gotten rave reviews for a play about black-white race relations, scathing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 2:51 pm
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the appointment of a new DEP commissioner today.
New DEP head Carter Strickland was promoted from within; before today's appointment, he was... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 12:33 pm
With the results now in from the Shandaken Democratic Caucus, both major parties have chosen their candidates for local office in the 2012 elections.
For town supervisor, incumbent Rob Stanley will run again as a Republican, while Kathy Nolan will oppose... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 10:49 am
Last week, Olive government reporter Cindy Johansen attended the contentious August 8 public hearing about the draft comprehensive plan for the Town of Olive. She recorded this video footage of the hearing. To read her story about the meeting, click here... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 10:23 am
A mockup of what a Rondout Valley tourist map might look like, from the Valley of the Giants website.
Pop artist Maria Reidelbach -- the force of nature behind Kerhonkson's "Gnome Chomsky," the world's second-largest garden gnome -- has a vision for... Read more
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