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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 9:26 am
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The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took a swipe at the New York... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jun. 26, 2011 - 9:33 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. To see Gary's artwork in person, check out his May - June show at the West Kortright Centre.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jun. 25, 2011 - 8:00 am
This photo posted on the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page is too good not to repost. Taken by Ryon Bender, it's a shot of a fisher, a weasel-like relative of the marten, sitting in a tree on Belleayre Mountain.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 24, 2011 - 11:59 pm
But, as you might guess, everybody's paying attention to the New York Senate's historic vote to legalize gay marriage tonight.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 24, 2011 - 9:43 am
Accoring to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Daniel C. Rippe was arrested on Tuesday after he "held a child off a bridge" in Walton.
The press release, which you can see in its entirety below, doesn't have any more details on the child or... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 24, 2011 - 9:25 am
Legislation about hydraulic fracturing isn't even on the table during these last few hours of the New York State Legislature's manic session.
Legislators meeting late last night and re-adjourning today will consider a "Big Ugly" bill that tackles issues... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 5:16 pm
Illustration by Flickr user Colin Dunn. Published under Creative Commons license.
With the passage of three resolutions, the Delaware County Board of Supervisors effectively privatized a large portion of the county's public health functions last night at... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 4:46 pm
Louis and Trish Pesout, with grandson Skylar Pesout, in front of a test wind turbine on their property in Franklin. Photo by Lillian Browne.
Wind power is coming to Franklin. A Houston-based energy company, Horizon Wind Energy, has erected two wind test... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 9:33 am
At least three, in the Sullivan County village of Woodridge, which just celebrated the opening of its new $11 million wastewater treatment plant last Friday by cutting a ceremonial roll of toilet paper.
The Sullivan County Democrat reports that it was a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 9:21 am
It's one of those days where you don't know what the big story is going to be.
There's a flash flood warning on for Ulster, Greene and Schoharie counties today, according to NY-Alert, so maybe the big news will be flooding:
...Flash Flood Watch Remains... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 1:44 pm
Photo of a fawn crossing a road in Delaware County last week by Jeremy Carden. Used with permission.
Last week, New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation released a draft of its new Deer Management plan, a new set of hunting guidelines for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 1:30 pm
Above: A video about the New Paltz shooting on June 21, 2001. Produced by students in the Spring 2011 Feature Writing journalism class at SUNY New Paltz.
Ten years ago yesterday, 25-year-old Jared Bozydaj opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on police... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:53 am
Above: "Sidebar Converation: Carl Welden." An interview with Carl Welden. Filmed and produced by Brandon Quinn. Interview by Sandra Hamlett.
The Flash of a Muzzle
The sequence of events on the morning of June 22, 2001 are as clear as they were almost 10... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:46 am
Three months after her son, Jared Bozydaj, was incarcerated for attempted murder, Deborah Bozydaj was diagnosed with breast cancer. As she struggled to make time to visit her son while undergoing chemotherapy, Deborah Bozydaj realized she needed help... Read more
By Kathy Kim on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:39 am
Above: "Second Draft of History: The Shooting in New Paltz ... 10 Years Later." An interview with officers Jeffrey Quiepo and Stuart McKenzie. Filmed and producd by Andres Bodon.
It has already been 10 years since Jared T. Bozydaj paraded through Main... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:26 am
In the 10 years since a gunman roamed the streets of New Paltz, shooting at cops, the New Paltz Police department has beefed up its weaponry and updated its strategies for handling what officers call an “active shooter situation.”
The New Paltz Town... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 10:10 am
In today's Daily Freeman: Ulster County will be passing on $1.3 million in state welfare funding to its towns, who had to shoulder extra Safety Net costs this year:
Legislators voted unanimously to use additional state funding the county will receive for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 6:02 am
Radar image at 6am, June 22.
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Ulster, Sullivan and Greene counties, thanks to a set of thunderstorms that are expected to pass over the southern Catskills later today and tonight. (See the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 2:21 pm
Fisher-Price farming set. Photo by J.E. Theriot, via Flickr.
David Knudsen, the Sullivan County real estate broker who blogs at Sullivan County Real Estate CBA Blog, has noticed a new trend in the requests from his clients who are looking to by land... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 11:28 am
Dora Fowler: Photo via website of New York TeacherYesterday, the New York State Senate's Finance Committee adopted a resolution honoring a remarkable lady, Dora Fowler, who held the title of New York state's oldest teacher until her retirement from... Read more
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