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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 8:45 pm
A tractor-trailer killed 83-year-old Vera Un and 86-year-old George Un of Shandaken as they stopped on Rte. 28 to make a left turn in Boiceville this afternoon.
According to a press release issued by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, 59-year-old William... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 8:15 pm
47-year-old William Pitney of New Jersey was killed today in a tractor accident, the Daily Freeman reports:
Deputies said they were called to the property on Sunside Road in Durham about 12:40 p.m. and, upon arriving, found William Jackson Pitney, 47,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 5:53 pm
The Times Herald-Record reports how Michael O'Dell, a 22-year-old, got in the way of a shotgun blast fired by Jeremy Rakin, his 27-year-old friend, last night in Roscoe. (O'Dell, miraculously, is in critical but stable condition, the paper reports):
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 5:35 pm
For the second time in a month, there's been a fatal car accident on Rte. 28 near De Silva Rd. in Boiceville, in the town of Olive.
This afternoon, according to the Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record, one person was killed on that stretch of road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Greene County legislators aren't the only ones asking questions about IDAs lately. Just released: A damning report on state Industrial Development Agencies, a team effort by NY Jobs With Justice and Urban Agenda. The report, un-subtly titled "No Return On... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 11:15 am
This Monarch butterfly caterpillar in a field in Margaretville is almost ready to sprout wings and fly to Mexico on the species' annual migration. Once he or she is done munching that milkweed and turns into a chrysalis, of course. Photo by Julia... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 9:47 am
An article in the Times Herald-Record today reports that the Woodstock Film Festival and Hudson Valley Film Commission are raising $600,000 to buy a home for a full-time film center in Woodstock. On their fundraising page for their new capital campaign,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 5:12 pm
The EPA might not be able to get its act together to organize a public meeting on hydrofracking, but the New York City Council hosted one last night at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. On hand: A few hundred concerned citizens, mostly anti-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 4:25 pm
Mountain bikers from around the world are descending on Windham Mountain for the Mountain Bike World Cup Festival, which starts tomorrow. The competition features the best of the best in the sport, and is the first to be held in the United States in five... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 3:51 pm
The specific parcels involved in New York City's land-buying plans for the New York City watershed -- the subject of much debate over the past year -- have finally been announced today.
In a press release published on the NYC Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 3:26 pm
That's a helpful reminder from the Times Herald-Record, which is reporting on a phone scam in Saugerties that involves a call from a fictional police squad code-named URGENT:
Complaints are pouring in to the Saugerties Police Department about calls from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 2:40 pm
The Catskills region currently has its hands full fighting an invading horde of small green aliens. But an even more deadly battle is brewing: Their bigger, badder black-and-white cousins are lurking downstate, waiting for the opportunity to strike.
They'... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 11:03 am
With elections fast approaching, you don't want to be the politician who had to phone in this correction from today's Daily Freeman:
Ulster County Legislator James Maloney, who also is town of Ulster assessor, is a Republican.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 10:34 am
Mid-Hudson News and the Times Herald-Record are reporting that the DEC and the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office are investigating the supervisor of a Sullivan County cemetery about bags of blood-soaked linens and bandages which were found aboveground. Mid... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 10:12 am
The concession stand at the Fleischmanns ball field on Wagner Avenue is sporting a brand-new mural featuring the stylings of local kids, according to the town's Facebook page.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 9:50 am
The new tower, according to a press release, will be located
along the Southern Tier Expressway between Cooks Falls and East Branch just above the Sullivan County border.
Thing is, it looks like there's already plenty of cell coverage in that area, if... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 2:08 pm
Announced today: The awarding of $3.4 billion in federal stimulus funds earmarked for education -- a.k.a. "Race To The Top" funding -- to nine states and the District of Columbia. Including New York.
In the first round, New York placed 15th out of 16... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 1:38 pm
If so, hie thee immediately to the American Legion parking lot on Union Street, where the National Guard has set up a temporary skate park and will be there til 4pm.
The National Guard? Skateboarding? Well, they've got an ulterior motive: They're hoping... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 1:19 pm
Richard Weishaupt Jr., of Saugerties, was sentenced on Friday to two and one-third to seven years for theft and endangering the welfare of a child. The crime? Weishaupt and his 14-year-old son broke into the pool house of the old IBM Recreation Center in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 8:09 am
We all know that Kutsher's was a mecca for young comedians in its Borscht Belt heyday, but the Wall Street Journal has a fun article about how it also nursed the likes of Wilt Chamberlain and Mickey Mantle. For Wilt, who worked as a bellhop at Kutsher's... Read more
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