Saugerties
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 - 9:10 am
An unnamed woman died yesterday after crashing into a school bus van on Kings Highway around 3pm, the AP is reporting.
The Freeman has video and more details.
Update: The crash victim has been identified as 45-year-old Denise Ames of Saugerties.
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010 - 7:12 pm
Last night, the streets of Saugerties were crawling with zombies. (You can thank the tireless zombie organizer Cruella Moxham for that.) Our correspondent Kitty Sheehan armed herself with a bat and a digital camera and walked among the walking dead... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 - 6:11 pm
The juiciest part of U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey's appearance at a Saugerties forum last night didn't get caught on tape. After the cameras were turned off and packed up, YNN's Capital Tonight reports, Daily Freeman reporter William J. Kemble was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 8:56 am
U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey brought the star power to campaign for him in Binghamton on Monday: None other than Mr. Bill Clinton himself, who spoke to 600 fans, according to Fox 40. (The Star Gazette has a photo gallery.)
Hinchey's Republican... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 29, 2010 - 10:48 am
Yesterday's fire in Saugerties destroyed 123 Partition St., which housed a wine store and five apartments, the Daily Freeman reports, but no one was hurt in the blaze:
No one who lives or works in the building was injured, though one firefighter strained... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2010 - 11:44 am
There's a four-family apartment building on fire in Saugerties right now, according to a tweet by the Ulster County Red Cross. The state transportation alert system is reporting that Rte. 9W between Main St. and Russell St. is closed because of the blaze... 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 Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 10:15 pm
Village of Saugerties: Apparently crime-ridden enough for spy cameras, but not crime-ridden enough to need its own police department. Just five months after residents voted to abolish the village P.D., the board is now contemplating installing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010 - 1:08 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that the town's plan is to buy the massive bluestone sculpture for $800,000 of grant money, and then turn the site over to a private commission to run it without spending taxpayer funds.
Deputy Supervisor Fred Costello Jr. said... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 9:51 am
Bad news: The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), a highly destructive Asian beetle that threatens to effectively wipe out ash trees in North American forests, has been found in a USDA trap in Saugerties.
New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
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