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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 3:45 pm
Yup, it's fall, which means that horns of plenty are everywhere. Toss this weekend into a skillet and you'll get a tasty curry, what with its celebrations of cauliflowers and garlic. You can't eat a scarecrow unless you're some sort of bovine, but there'... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 3:39 pm
From the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) Unit report the arrest of Nicholas A. Collins, age 23, of 33 Green Street, Kingston, NY, for numerous counts of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 12:16 pm
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration announced that it would give the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency $800,000 in funds to build a slaughterhouse in Liberty, according to the Times Herald-Record and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 9:59 am
In the New York Times yesterday (via Greenwire): Congressman Maurice Hinchey pressed the Obama administration, via its representative on the Delaware River Basin Commission, to halt Marcellus gas drilling in New York and Pennsylvania until his proposed $1... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 9:12 am
Note to would-be felons: If you want to get away with stealing an old lady's credit cards, don't turn up at her house at 2:30 in the morning a couple of days later. From the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Deputies from the Ulster County Sheriff's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 3:26 pm
Screenshot from "Windfall."
This week, Andes part-timer Stanley Fish, an opinion columnist for the New York Times, weighed in (again) on the controversial topic of wind power development in upstate New York. Fish, a die-hard opponent of local wind power,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Opposing The Cordoba House - Park 51 Islamic Training Center (Ground Zero Mosque) At 47-49 Park Ave, NYC
Wallkill Republican Kevin Roberts backed down from his controversial resolution opposing the Ground Zero mosque at a meeting of the Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 10:13 am
Remember Benjamin, the capuchin monkey who bit a woman staying at the Kaaterskill Bed & Breakfast in Catskill, prompting a lawsuit and the monkey's disappearance? The New York Daily News tracked Benjamin down to a monkey rest home in Florida, where,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 7:56 am
If you haven't heard the term "flatlander" around the Catskills, odds are that you are one. There's an unusual opportunity to hear what the locals really think about you happening tonight in Andes. The plan is for a frank discussion, led by a local, about... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 5:15 pm
The Re-Store Design Challenge ended its month of design competition on Saturday at an awards gala in Roxbury. Of the three fantasy store contestants -- an "air emporium" peddling bottled air, an antiques-oriented woodshop, and a barbershop plastered with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 3:13 pm
Yesterday, the New York Times weighed in on fracking via its editorial pages. (This is not the first time it's done this.) Unsurprisingly, the paper called for a complete ban on any and all fracking in the NYC watershed region:
We have long believed that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 12:27 pm
The Daily Star reports today that two former SUNY Delhi students, 21-year-old Darwyn Lynch and 21-year-old Edy Toussaint, were arrested and arraigned in Delaware County Court on Monday. The two were charged with the rape of a fellow student on September... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 11:21 am
A 29-year-old named Ryan Panchak was found dead in the waters of the Esopus Creek on Friday in the Ulster County town of Marbletown, and yesterday, the State Police announced that the cause of his death was drowning. But, according to the press release,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 4:34 pm
Schoharie County resident Adolph Schrull Jr. died Friday when the tractor he was using to drag a hay rake out of a field flipped onto him, CBS 6 reports:
According to State Police, Adolph Schrull, Jr., of Worcester, N.Y., was attempting with a friend to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 2:02 pm
This black bear, captured on surveillance video on Hunter Mountain a couple of weeks ago, isn't really getting anywhere in his quest for midnight munchies until around the 1:27 mark. That's when he (or she?) finds the motherlode of donut holes.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 12:50 pm
Linda Norris, a Treadwell resident and the mind behind a thoughtful blog called The Uncataloged Museum, posed a provocative question yesterday: Are county historical societies dying? And if so, is it their own fault?
There's no question that part of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 11:48 am
On Saturday night, New York State Police arrested 30-year-old Michael Cappiello for a strange accident in Spring Glen in Wawarsing that involved a pickup truck, alcohol, and three teenagers.
In a press release, the State Police charge that Cappiello was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 8:41 am
With the November elections just around the corner, realtor David Knudsen reminds all you flatlanders -- er, "second-home owners" -- that you can vote here, even if it's not your primary residence. And with so much about the future of rural New York at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 19, 2010 - 8:49 am
Video by YouTube user calicrs1.
A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at an East Durham resort that is hosting an enormous motorcycle rally this weekend, report the Daily Freeman, the Times Union, the Daily Mail, and a host of television stations. ... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 18, 2010 - 9:59 am
Lately, upstate New York has been buzzing with film crews, as the industry searches for alternatives to shooting in expensive L.A. and New York City. Jane Fonda on location in Woodstock! Sundance bait in Sullivan County!
All this action is undoubtedly... Read more
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