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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 3:41 pm
The New York State Department of Labor's WARN system, which requires employers to provide 90 days' notice of layoffs, has a filing from the Oneida Daily Dispatch announcing that 17 workers will be laid off from the newspaper on March 22.
The Dispatch,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 3:07 pm
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman both have the sad story -- Mount St. Alphonsus, the the castle-like seminary and retreat center on the banks fo the Hudson in Esopus, will close next year.
Photo from the Mount St. Alphonsus website.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 2:45 pm
This just in from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office: An unnamed 28-year-old woman reportedly has experienced what might be the world's worst employment interview in the town of Esopus.
According to a press release (read it in full below), the woman was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 1:30 pm
The New York State Police are warning that creative con artists have been targeting the region with the goal of getting unsuspecting would-be good Samaritans to wire lots of money far away.
The first scam, according to a State Police press release, has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 12:45 pm
A Kingston house partially succumbed to the weight of snow and ice on its roof this morning, the Daily Freeman reports. Around 9am, the porch of the Midtown home collapsed:
The Kingston Fire Department said the collapse occurred about 9:12 a.m. and that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 9:49 am
From the Daily Freeman:
Argentine immigrant and Saugerties restaurant owner Emilio Maya has, for the second time, received a one-year stay of deportation, according to U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey.
Hinchey, D-Hurley, said in an e-mail on Tuesday that the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 5:03 pm
Fox 40 has the story:
An 18-year-old Cherry Valley man has been charged with manslaughter following the shooting death of an Otsego County teen in Owego Monday night.
Authorities say 15-year-old Naomi Miklic of Cherry Valley was shot in a car on East... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 3:18 pm
This week, a widely reported natural gas story has the industry scrambling to defend their actions: A probe by Congressional Democrats has found that between 2005 and 2009, U.S. gas drillers injected at least 32 million gallons of fluid containing large... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 2:26 pm
On Sunday, the Times Herald-Record gave the front-page treatment to the notorious Richard Ulloa, a Stone Ridge resident who was convicted of orchestrating an elaborate paperwork harrassment scheme against government officials in December.
According to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 10:18 am
With the snow piling up nicely out there, the hills of Delaware County are alive lately with the vroom of snowmobile engines. A poster on TrailConditions.com reports that he and his brother had a good outing yesterday, despite a small mishap with a tree.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 10:07 am
Losing All Tomorrow's Parties must have been a big blow to Monticello's venerable Kutshers County Club, as we reported last week. But the resort has another trick up its sleeve.
The New York Post reports that the owners of Kutshers are teaming up with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 9:20 am
Above, the scene at Plattekill Mountain this morning, via its Facebook page.
Can you see much out your window this morning? We can't here in Andes. But this is only the beginning. Anywhere from 9 to 20 inches of snow is expected across much of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 3:52 pm
We just got an update from Treadwell resident Linda Norris about The Pickle Project, an exhibit about Ukranian foodways which Norris was seeking to fund via the website Kickstarter by February 1. (We reported on the project a few weeks ago.)
From a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 3:37 pm
The town of Hamden in Delaware County will soon see a local landmark made new: The Hamden Inn, which has been bought by the nearby Lucky Dog Farm Store and Cafe, will open as a restaurant and bar this spring. Longer-term plans are in the works to re-open... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:50 am
The Catskills Center for Conservation and Development is looking for an artist to host in a rustic cabin in the middle of the Platte Clove Nature Preserve in Hunter this summer. Perks of the center's artist-in-residence program include a telephone, a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:39 am
The National Weather Service says we're in for it. Here's the forecast for Schoharie and Greene County:
Locations: The Southern Adirondacks...Western Mohawk Valley...Schoharie Valley...Lake George Saratoga Region...Capital District...Southern Vermont...... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:21 am
On Friday, a New York corrections officer was killed on the Thruway north of Kingston in a collision caused by a driver briefly taking her eyes off the road.
According to a press release issued by the State Police, a woman driving northbound sideswiped a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 9:01 am
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Monticello Winery. Yeshiva World News reports:
Fire Departments from multiple towns were dispatched to the Armon Kosher Winery (Allied Wine Corp. / Monticello Winery) at 2 Fairground Road, near Cold Spring Road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 8:55 am
The Daily Freeman has a long story today about GOP Congressman Chris Gibson's ambition to site a new nuclear power plant in his upstate New York district.
Gibson is working to create a bipartisan energy advisory panel that will consider ways to promote... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 - 9:33 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context on this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
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