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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 - 12:50 pm
Left: Brittany M. Bonacci. Via the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
Delaware County Sheriff's Officers have arrested the 24-year-old wife of a 43-year-old man accused of dealing drugs in Sidney, and have charged him, his wife and his mother with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 - 11:06 am
Above: An image of the robber distributed by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Twenty-six-year-old Cassidy L. B. Buckley was arrested early on Friday, Oct. 24 on charges of robbing a Hess Mart in the Town of Ulster on Wednesday, Oct. 22, according to a... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 - 2:42 pm
Above: A promo for Haunted Huguenot Street, New Paltz's annual spookfest, featuring "Mrs. Gertrude Deyo-Brodhead’s infamous Murder Mystery parties at the Deyo House." Tours, spirit readings and ghost stories all weekend.
It’s the darkening evening of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 - 10:57 am
A stolen Pennsylvania car that was found abandoned in the small Catskills town of Bovina caused a massive police search for possible connections to fugitive Eric Matthew Frein on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Police say that there is no confirmed link to Frein, and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 - 10:20 am
Above: An image of the suspect in a robbery of a Hess Mart in the town of Ulster. Via the Ulster County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.
Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a Hess Station in the town of Ulster on Wednesday, Oct. 22, according to... Read more
By Janel Bladow on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 - 1:52 pm
It took Michael and Amelia Hegeman eight years to find the perfect spot to open Zephyr, their new farm-to-table restaurant. The first time the couple set eyes on the 100-year-old building in the Ulster County hamlet of Pine Hill that is now Zephyr's home... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 - 12:32 pm
Above: Andes Central School's tiny graduating class of 2014. Photo by Joe Damone of Joe Damone Photography.
A long-stalled conversation about sharing school services is being revived at a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the Delaware County village of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 - 2:41 pm
Above: Photo by Daniel Hollister of ThatZombiePhoto.com.
Everyone knows that you run faster when you're being pursued by ravenous zombies. And there will be zombies galore at the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor's Center in Blenheim this Saturday to scare 5K... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 - 12:34 pm
A months-long investigation into heroin, cocaine and prescription drug dealing in the Delaware County town of Sidney led to six arrests and the recovery of a trove of cash, drugs and $7,000 in pure silver on Friday, Oct. 17, according to a press release... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 - 3:18 pm
Two SUNY Delhi students were caught while attempting to use counterfeit $10 bills to buy tire rims from an off-duty New York State Police trooper on Thursday, Oct. 16, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
Left: Brian Colon and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 - 3:31 pm
A 22-year-old Monroe man driving on Route 28 through the Delaware County towns of Bovina and Delhi held his passenger hostage with a knife before she grabbed the wheel and crashed the car on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 16, according to Delaware County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 - 3:11 pm
Photographer Caleb Jacobus took these photographs of the blazing fall colors in the Schoharie Valley this morning, Friday, Oct. 17.
He was hiking on the cliffs in the town of Middleburgh, looking out towards Vroman's Nose and the Catskills. Below, there... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 - 1:47 pm
Up here in the Catskills, in the heart of New York City's vast rural watershed, it's impossible to forget that one lives in the middle of the city's water supply. The city's huge reservoirs dominate the landscape. Watershed affairs dominate local... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 - 5:38 pm
Photo by Flickr user Timothy Allen.
On Monday, Oct. 13, the citizens of the Delaware County town of Walton rose up in opposition to a proposed law that would have capped the height of grass and weeds in the town to ten inches, according to the Walton... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 - 2:26 pm
On Wednesday, Oct. 15, 54-year-old Nicholas Liakis of Shandaken was sentenced to a lengthy prison term for robbing Community Bank on Route 28 in Boiceville in February.
Left: Nicholas Liakis, in a photo from the Ulster County District Attorney's office. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 - 1:57 pm
A 49-year-old Hunter man was sentenced to two back-to-back prison terms of three to six years each on Tuesday, Oct. 14 in Ulster County Court for robbing banks in New Paltz and Saugerties in 2013, according to a press release from Holley Carnright, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 - 6:25 pm
Above: First responders and witnesses on the scene of a one-car crash on Margaretville's Main Street. Photo by Lissa Harris.
An erratic driver in an Elantra coupe jumped the curb, took out a streetlight and hit the Gottfried Municipal Building at 773... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 - 5:18 pm
Above: A trailer for I Believe in Unicorns, a film that was partially shot in the Hudson Valley. It is a featured film at this year's Woodstock Film Festival.
The annual Woodstock Film Festival kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 15, bringing big names -- actors... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 - 4:35 pm
Above: Rains will move across New York on Wednesday night, Oct. 15, according to a radar image posted on NWS Binghamton's Facebook page.
Flooding on smaller tributaries and streams may occur in Delaware and Sullivan counties in the western Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 - 4:39 pm
Last weekend's O+ Festival filled the city of Kingston with artists, musicians, and healthcare professionals, who swapped checkups for performances.
Some of the creativity was permanent: Singer-songwriter Jack Dishel and graffiti collective Vor138 left a... Read more
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