People
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 6, 2014 - 11:55 am
A Cohoes man who was reported missing, after he left his house on a bicycle on Sunday and did not return, was found late Monday afternoon in the village of Schoharie, about 47 miles away.
The disappearance of 54-year-old Felix Rodriguez was widely... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 5, 2014 - 12:42 pm
Above: An injured victim being treated at the scene of this morning's bus accident on Route 17 in Ramsey, N.J. Photos by Boyd A. Loving; courtesy of the Cliffview Pilot.
A flying car wheel smashed through the windshield of a Pine Hill Trailways bus bound... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 28, 2014 - 12:35 pm
A 23-year-old East Meredith man who was arrested for allegedly trying to rob an auto scrap shop in Davenport has been charged with committing several robberies in Oneonta as well.
On Saturday, April 26, state police responded to a report of a robbery at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 28, 2014 - 10:48 am
Above: Car theft suspect Brandon Rifenburg. Photo courtesy of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office waited eleven days to release the name of a suspect who was shot by police after a car chase through several towns. But on... Read more
By Julie McMahon on Friday, Apr. 25, 2014 - 8:21 am
Above: Where the Mattice home stood on River Street in Stamford, only the chimney is left standing. Photo by Nick Mattice.
As Nick Mattice jumped from the second story of the home he’d live in his whole life, the only thing running through his head was:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2014 - 9:04 am
Above: Police announce the arrest of 21-year-old Basheem Bennett for a 2 a.m. shooting at Murphy's Restaurant and Pub in New Paltz that left one man dead and a woman injured. Left to right: Lt. Perry Soule of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Chief... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 21, 2014 - 1:56 pm
A South Cairo woman faces assault charges after a fight at the New Baltimore Best Western, in which police say she cut someone with a utility knife.
The suspect is 26-year-old Paula Werenczak, who has been charged with second-degree assault, third-degree... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 20, 2014 - 1:11 pm
A 2 a.m. shooting at Murphy's Restaurant and Pub, a popular Main Street pub in New Paltz, left one victim dead and another seriously injured, New Paltz police announced Sunday morning. The shooter is still at large.
The identities of the victims have not... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 18, 2014 - 2:55 pm
Above: A map of a proposed 11.5-mile walking and biking trail near the Ashokan Reservoir, on an Ulster County-owned railroad track that was once part of the Ulster & Delaware railroad and is currently leased to the Catskill Mountain Railroad. Map from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2014 - 7:57 pm
A Level 3 sex offender from Walton who was found hiding in a Hamden garage earlier this week has been charged with removing a GPS device that tracks his location and committing several break-ins.
Police say 32-year-old John Cumo took off his GPS device... Read more