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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 - 4:42 pm
A few dozen Delaware Academy parents and students gathered at the American Legion in Delhi on Monday, March 15 to ask the state to remove Richard Hughes from his post as the Delaware Academy Central School High School principal.
The turnout, of about 35... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 - 4:40 pm
If you're a farmer, odds are you don't have $100,000 in your back pocket for an M.B.A. But you've got business problems that would keep Warren Buffett up at night. How do you get your perishable wares to eaters (and, of course, buyers) of food? Finding... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 - 4:35 pm
Gilboa resident James E. Papas was arrested last week on charges that he intentionally set fire to his trailer and claimed he'd been blasted out of the window by an exploding furnace. A press release from the New York State Insurance Department:
Papas... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 - 4:21 pm
Outdoorsman Dennis Schvejda followed a tip from the Andes Gazette to a bald eagle nest on Dingle Hill--and kindly posted driving directions for fellow birders, photographers and nature junkies.
With a good lens, you can get some good shots. REMEMBER…... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 - 5:13 pm
In the MLS database for $3.5 million: A Saugerties property with 4 beds, 3 baths, 2,860 square feet of living space, and a backyard that rivals the seven wonders of the ancient world. Opus 40, a massive bluestone sculpture that sprawls across an abandoned... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 - 3:37 pm
It was with a heavy heart that Skip of Cluckin' A Critter Farm in Greene County sent a seemingly rabid raccoon to meet its maker this morning.
All I know is that I don't want to kill these animals, but I won't take a chance on loosing our own animals to... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 - 11:35 am
Sullivan West's superintendent of schools, Kenneth Hilton, makes a surprise debut on stage as Teen Angel this weekend in the high school's production of Grease. (Remember the Busby Berkeley-meets-Liberace dream sequence? "Beauty school dropout," he croons... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 - 9:51 am
David Turick, proprietor of the aptly-named Auto Undertakers in Monticello, is being charged with contempt of court after repeatedly blowing off court orders to clean up his property. He faces up to $2 million in fines, and the state A.G.'s office is... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 - 8:49 am
Times Herald-Record reporter Adam Bosch shot video of former governor Eliot Spitzer talking about Wall Street regulation at SUNY New Paltz yesterday.
Former Spitzer aide Lloyd Constantine has a new book out about Spitzer's brief and rocky tenure as... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 - 9:54 pm
At last: Honest-to-God local radio in Roxbury.
As all of the final touches are getting done, the radio station plans on starting its testing in May with the hopes of filling a full schedule of programming but Labor Day.
The station's looking for... Read more
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