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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 1, 2011 - 1:56 pm
The Daily Star has the horrible news: An 83-year-old woman was killed yesterday when a car drove through the house in Sidney where she was waiting to get her hair done at an in-home hair salon:
An 83-year-old Unadilla woman waiting to have her hair done... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 10:25 pm
On February 27, 50-year-old Timothy Shields, a photographer, was found dead in his cabin in a Big Indian housing complex on Oliverea Road.
Although a medical examiner's report would show that Shields died of a pulmonary embolism, the flurry of police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2011 - 9:42 am
The State Police are reporting that a Schoharie County death that happened either late on Sunday or early on Monday is being investigated as suspicious. Brian J. Ives, a 21-year-old from Broadbain, died in a residence in the town of Fulton on the night of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 - 8:38 am
Twenty-eight-year-old James Persico of Saugerties was killed yesterday when his Volvo crossed into an oncoming lane on Route 32 and collided head-on with a tractor trailer, New York State Police are reporting today. Here's the full press release:
The New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 11:08 am
Another person has died in a vehicular accident this week, bringing the death toll from Catskills car and snowmobile accidents up to four since Friday.
The Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record are reporting that a 58-year-old Hurley woman died after... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 - 9:59 am
(Post has been updated -- scroll to bottom for more details.)
In addition to Friday's Grand Gorge car accident, which claimed the life of a Gilboa man, last weekend saw two other fatal accidents: a snowmobile crash in the town of Rochester and a car... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 - 2:58 pm
On Friday afternoon, 42-year-old Thomas J. Berger of Gilboa was killed in an automobile accident in Grand Gorge. Also injured in the crash was Richard Lewis, an 87-year-old from Gilboa, who is being treated at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 - 9:19 am
An 18-year-old woman, Erin Clare Malloy-McArdle, died after skiing into a tree on a Windham Mountain ski slope on Saturday morning.
According to a press release from the New York State Police, Mallow-Mcardle, who was a novice skier, skied off the trail... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 - 8:45 am
Tragic news coming out of Jefferson in Schoharie County: On Sunday, 2-year-old Joshua Falconio, who would have turned three later this month, died on Sunday after a small yellow ball became lodged in his throat.
According to a press release from the State... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 - 6:04 pm
The Times Herald-Record is reporting that a 59-year-old man who was living in a nursing home in Swan Lake was found dead outside on Sunday morning:
The frozen body of a man who was a resident of the New Swan Lake Adult Home was found dead early Sunday... Read more