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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 5, 2011 - 2:50 pm
The Woodstock Times reports today that the Onteora middle and high schools will soon be installing 50 video surveillance cameras around campus.
That in itself isn't too surprising -- more and more schools have begun using video cameras to beef up security... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 4, 2011 - 10:48 pm
31-year-old Kingston resident Corey Kotsol was found dead this evening, after being reported missing by his girlfriend earlier in the day. Not many details are available yet, but the Daily Freeman has the story:
Detective Lt. Egidio Tinti, head of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 3, 2011 - 7:51 pm
Brace yourself for more farmstand drama: The Shandaken Town Board has voted 3 to 2 to hold a special meeting, on May 24 at 6pm, to discuss re-zoning a stretch of Route 28 in Mt. Tremper to permit more commercial activity. [Update: The date of the meeting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 3, 2011 - 3:31 pm
Two of three women who sued the city of Kingston for sexual harassment have won their cases, according to the Daily Freeman, which has been following the federal trial all week:
The jury today ruled the city and former Public Works Superintendent Steve... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 - 5:32 pm
Hunters aren't a protected minority just because they carry guns, a state appeals court ruled yesterday in a case involving a Sullivan County hunter who allegedly shot another hunter in 2009.
The case involves a hunter named Robert Robar who, according... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 - 8:55 am
Above photo from the New York State Police.
On Monday, three young Margaretville residents were stopped in the town of Middletown as they were driving a U-Haul truck, which, according to a State Police press release, turned out to be loaded with 60... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011 - 8:12 pm
Chalk it up to stubborn environmentalists, the rotten economy, or maybe both: A planned development project in New Paltz that just a couple of years ago was drawing hundreds of irate citizens to packed town meetings is apparently dead. An eagle-eyed... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011 - 9:23 am
A stretch of Route 23B in Cairo, by Flickr user dougtone. Published under Creative Commons license.
Unlike most upstate New York towns, the Greene County town of Cairo has never had zoning laws to govern where and how development is carried out. But for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2011 - 9:36 am
The Daily Freeman has the story (and some heart-stopping photos):
ST. REMY — Three students and the driver escaped a school bus fire Tuesday afternoon on Union Center Road in this town of Esopus hamlet, according to the St. Remy fire chief.
Michael... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011 - 2:36 pm
Two drivers in two counties took the hit-and-run to new places this past weekend.
The first, a 20-year-old Narrowsburg man, reportedly hit a guardrail on Gables Road in the town of Tusten on Saturday, and then drove off. Not only did Victor J. Chmura... Read more
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