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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2011 - 11:01 am
Temple Grandin, the renowned animal behaviorist who is also the world's most famous autistic person, will be in Stone Ridge this week to talk about her twin passions: livestock handling and autism.
Grandin will be giving two lectures at SUNY Ulster, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011 - 3:04 pm
This may be upstate New York, but getting drunk and waving a shotgun still gets you arrested around here. From the Daily Freeman:
A 50-year-old man was in custody after police responded to a report of an “intoxicated man armed with a shotgun” in Port... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011 - 11:26 am
Spring hunting season for turkey is almost upon us, according to a New York Department of Environmental Conservation press release.
The official season starts on May 1, but this weekend the kids get an early start during "Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend,"... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011 - 8:47 am
Prompted by the end of the public comment period for the Delaware River Basin Commission's proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced yesterday that he will sue the federal government if it... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 18, 2011 - 10:50 am
A Napanoch man is in critical condition today, after being stabbed by his sister during a domestic dispute. A press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office report the arrest of a Napanoch... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Apr. 16, 2011 - 8:31 pm
A trailer containing three horses slid off the road and partially overturned on Rte. 28 in Andes this afternoon, leading to a dramatic equine rescue by the Andes Fire Department, state troopers, a Delhi veterinarian, and multiple volunteers who rushed to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 15, 2011 - 4:40 pm
This weekend is the last time you'll be able to catch Walter Putrycz, flanked by fidders above, playing John Burroughs, the famous naturalist, at the Open Eye Theater in Margaretville. "Pepacton," the theater's multimedia tribute to one of Roxbury's most... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 15, 2011 - 10:25 am
According to a press release from the State Police in Kingston, a man who fled police in Kingston early this morning was shot by an Ulster County Sheriff's Deputy during an altercation in a Van Deusen Street backyard.
The man, 28-year-old Raymond Snyder... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 15, 2011 - 10:09 am
Hats off to local parents Marc and Jessica Caserto, who had to make some minor adjustments to their birthing plan on Wednesday when their son couldn't wait long enough to be born in the hospital. From the Daily Freeman:
HIGHLAND — “It was quite a day.”... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011 - 4:38 pm
After enduring two floods in two months last year, the residents of the Ulster County village of Phoenicia wanted to do something -- anything -- to fix their chronic flooding problem. Days after the December 1st flood, town and county officials rallied... Read more
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