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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 8:45 am
Weather advisories are in effect across the Catskills this morning, as snow and freezing rain make for a slick commute on local roads. The slippery stuff is expected to shift over to rain by noon.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 - 9:19 pm
Above: A Buddha looking serene this morning in Olivebridge under a new 6-inch cap of snow. Thanks to Dona Marie for the photo.
This morning, people around the Catskills were asking: Where's Nemo? The wrath of Friday's snowstorm spared us, for the most... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 5:44 pm
Above: A short video clip by Daily Freeman reporter Paul Kirby about the sentencing of Wayne Longmore, former proprietor of the Walk-In Doctor's Office on Mill Hill Road in Woodstock.
Wayne Longmore, a 63-year-old Woodstock doctor who pled guilty last... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 4:57 pm
A 22-year-old West Hurley man was arrested on Thursday after a seven-month investigation concluded that he had entered a female acquaintance's home, choked her and subjected her to sexual contact without her consent, according to an Ulster County Sheriff’... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 1:19 pm
Three people have been arrested on fraud-related charges after a probe of alleged misuse of food stamp cards at Star Grocery, a convenience store on Mettacahonts Road in Accord.
Star Grocery has been under ongoing investigation into the use of electronic... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 - 11:16 am
This winter's cold temperatures made a Catskills tradition possible last Saturday at the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith: the annual ice harvest. Eight solid inches of ice on Hanford's mill pond was plenty sturdy enough for volunteers and visitors... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 - 10:05 am
Above: A snowstorm forecast from the Weather Channel broadcast on Thursday morning. From the Weather Channel's YouTube channel.
A nor'easter in the forecast for Friday and Saturday -- dubbed "Nemo" by the Weather Channel -- promises to bury upstate New... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 2:42 pm
The following is an open letter to Ulster County Executive Mike Hein from Harry G. Jameson III, the Chairman of the Catskill Mountain Railroad Company. Jameson submitted this letter as a letter to the editor. For other letters about the future of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 1:18 pm
Photo of Sean Eldridge taken December 14, 2012. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Sean Eldridge may be best known to the national press as "Chris Hughes's husband" -- the guy whose high-profile marriage to the wealthy Facebook co-founder and New Republic publisher... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 10:29 am
This letter was sent by Michelle Sidrane, the president of Fleischmanns First and the owner of the Breezy Hill Inn, to Olympic Regional Development Authority CEO Ted Blazer following his appearance at the Boiceville Inn in Olive on January 24, 2013. (See... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 10:17 am
Photo of NYC mail carrier by Flickr user Wayne Surber. Published under Creative Commons license.
By August, news outlets around the country are reporting, the U.S. Postal Service will put a halt to Saturday mail delivery in an effort to cut costs at the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 9:17 pm
Above: The scene of a Tuesday morning head-on crash between two vehicles on Route 212 in Woodstock, near Easton Lane. Photo courtesy of the Woodstock Fire Department; reproduced by permission.
A head-on collision between two vehicles around 7:20am shut... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 6:35 pm
Above: Video (part 4 of 5) from a meeting of the Shandaken Town Board on Monday, February 4, showing public comments from several Shandaken residents who spoke out against a resolution opposing New York State's new gun control law. For more Shandaken town... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 5:02 pm
Dear Editor:
My wife and I are proud Shandaken residents going on eleven years. We chose to raise our son here. It is for him that I speak against the Shandaken Town Board’s resolution to protest and ultimately repeal Cuomo’s SAFE Act. The Board is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 2:22 pm
Above: The Catskill Brewery on January 25, as workers were finishing up the welding and starting on the outside walls. Photo by Suzanne BeVier. Used with permission.
Breweries and distilleries are popping up like mushrooms all over the Sullivan County... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 11:22 am
Above: Bethany & Rufus Roots Project will play music in celebration of Black History Month. Photo from the group's Facebook page.
Bethany & Rufus Roots Project will present an afternoon of music at the Roxbury Arts Group tomorrow in celebration of... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 10:23 am
The Ulster County Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) has arrested a Connecticut man on minor drug and traffic charges and seized over $200,000 found in his car, according to a news release issued by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Eric... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 9:13 am
An accident around 7:30am has closed Route 212 in both directions between Easton Lane and Baumgarden Road, according to an alert on NY-Alert.
The Woodstock Fire Department said in a Facebook post that the incident was a "serious motor vehicle accident,"... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 11:58 pm
A 22-year-old Gardiner woman was arrested on Sunday after crashing her car while under the influence of heroin, according to an Ulster County State Police press release.
Ulster County sheriff's deputies reported to an accident where a vehicle had rolled... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 6:02 pm
A woman died in a one-car accident on County Route 2 in Andes on Saturday, February 2.
Warwick resident Karen Lane, 58, was traveling north on County Route 2 when her car left the roadway and overturned several times, said Delaware County sheriff's... Read more
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