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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 - 4:07 pm
A head-on collision between two cars on Route 28 in Boiceville on Thanksgiving Day left three people injured, and may result in charges being filed, state police say.
The accident was called in to 911 at 7:17pm on Thursday, November 22. According to New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 - 12:42 pm
Top: Bobbi Goldman cuts the ribbon at the MURAL Gallery's new Hobart location while Rhonda Harrow, Colin Hart, Joann Stupple, Tracy Jacknow, and Judy Thuss of the Mt. Utsayantha Regional Arts League watch. At right, Linda Stratigos, the executive director... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 10:57 pm
A New Jersey man died in a one-car accident on Route 206 in the Delaware County town of Colchester on Sunday afternoon. County sheriff's deputies identified the man as 53-year-old George Swan, of Ridgewood, New Jersey.
The accident was investigated by... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 1:13 pm
Above: A video report from WNYT on a fire that destroyed a New Baltimore family home.
A raging fire destroyed a historic 19th-century farmhouse on Cole Lane in New Baltimore late Sunday morning, according to several news accounts.
The Powell family was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 12:17 pm
The Catskill Mountains are full of hidden treasures, lurking far off the beaten path and waiting to reward the patient traveler who knows where to look.
Case in point: Art Reed's glassblowing studio, tucked into an out-of-the-way corner of Delaware County... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 11:10 am
Dear Editor,
I would just like to make a comment about a wonderful catering group we have right here in our local environs. They are known as AteOAte and can be located at info@AteOAtecatering.com. I was very lucky to have been invited to two affairs in... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 8:31 am
A response to this letter was published in our letters section on December 12, 2012. -- Julia Reischel
Dear Editor:
Completing a world-class trail network linking the Walkway Over the Hudson to Kingston and then out to the Ashokan Reservoir and beyond... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012 - 12:45 pm
Above: Livingston Manor's Main Street sporting Christmas decorations on Wednesday, November 21, the day after a fire destroyed four beloved local businesses. Photo by Lisa Lyons, via the Morgan Outdoors Facebook page.
Like the Whos down in Whoville, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 - 11:16 am
Above: The 2012 USARA Adventure Race National Championship from the point of view of its second-place winners, Term Tecnu. Video by Aaron Johnson.
Most people you find biking uphill through sleet on a rainy October weekend in the Catskills are tough. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 - 11:04 am
In a recent newsletter sent to Fleischmanns residents, village mayor Todd Pascarella announced the recent resignation of trustee Fred Woller. At the village's November board meeting, Woller's resignation was accepted, and Pascarella has appointed David... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 5:22 pm
According to several news accounts, a man from the Ulster County town of Plattekill was shot and killed by his friend in a hunting accident on Monday afternoon, while the two were hunting together in the woods west of Forest Road in Newburgh.
Police... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 4:46 pm
Above: The Livingston Manor Fire Department responds to a fire after an explosion at the Lazy Beagle, a restaurant at 2 Pearl Street in Livingston Manor. Photo taken at 4:10pm; reproduced with permission from the Liberty Independent. The Indy also has... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 4:19 pm
Last week, a public outcry erupted in a little Delaware County town over whether or not the Margaretville Interfaith Council would admit Holy Innocents, an independent Catholic church in Halcottsville, as a member. This week, the Council has quietly put... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 1:29 pm
A two-car accident on Route 32 in Newburgh at 7:05pm on Monday night claimed the life of 15-year-old Plattekill resident Alana Tadry, left four other people injured, and split an Audi entirely in half.
The Times Herald-Record describes the accident as "... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 - 12:41 pm
Dear Editor,
As our neighbors in the Greater New York region to continue to struggle with the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, we know that many also suffered upstate, particularly along the Hudson River. The flooding damaged homes, businesses and public... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 - 11:29 am
Above: January 2012 photo of contractors at a staging area in Cobleskill preparing to haul a three-bedroom temporary housing unit to a site in Prattsville, for survivors of the Irene floods. Photo by Hans Pennink; from FEMA website.
The Washington... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 4:36 pm
Photo: Signs along Route 17 blown down by superstorm Sandy. Photo by Catskills Photography in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
It's that strange week right before Thanksgiving when no one's celebrating or doing much of anything, preserving energy for the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 4:13 pm
Incumbent Delaware County judge Carl Becker, a Republican, has eked out a victory against Democratic challenger Gary Rosa in a race that was too close to call without counting absentee ballots.
On Thursday afternoon, the county Board of Elections finished... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 3:21 pm
Update: The Marlboro Police Department has cancelled the Amber Alert for Frederick McCluskey at 3:29pm. The Freeman reports that the boy is safe and his father is in custody.
An Amber Alert was issued Friday morning for four-year-old Frederick McCluskey,... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 10:20 am
Above: Scenes from the 2010 Rosendale Pickle Festival, by YouTube user ThePickleClub.
How many things can you do with a pickle? This Sunday in Rosendale, pickled foods -- not just cukes, mind you, but pigs’ feet and eggs and kimchi (cabbage) and... Read more
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