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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 - 3:00 pm
This just in from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Department: 38-year-old Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School bus driver Heather M. Steidle was arrested yesterday on charges of child endangerment. The press release reads:
Subject arrested on 3 counts... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 - 2:39 pm
Hunter is mourning the loss of local poet and humorist Dennis Lucas Jr., son of the town's current supervisor, who died last Monday at the age of 42. WGXC's Paul Smart has a tribute, which hints at a battle with substance abuse:
“He was a talented guy but... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 - 2:06 pm
In the Times-Union today is a juicy story just in time for ski season: Local ski centers Windham Mountain and Hunter Mountain are on the offensive against state-run Belleayre Mountain, arguing that the Highmount ski center is undercutting their business... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 - 8:08 am
A Greene County birdwatcher noticed a massive migration of snow geese flying over New Baltimore last night, according to Prospect Park and regional bird sightings, a Brooklyn bird-watching blog. The blog quotes an email sent by Richard Guthrie, a Greene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 7:45 pm
Yesterday was a day for the history books: the last day that the Daily Freeman, published since 1871, rolled off its Kingston presses:
As of today, the paper has shut down its local press and moved its printing to Troy, New York, a change that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 12:52 pm
Snow accumulation in Davenport, Delaware County. Photo by Mike Wilkie.
Yup, it's snowing. And it will keep snowing today and tomorrow throughout the northern counties of the Catskills, according to multiple warnings and forecasts from the National... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 10:01 am
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a thoughtful article on Sunday about what will happen to local municipalities when New York City shuts down part of the Delaware Aqueduct for a whole year in 2018.
While most towns in the Catskills don't drink... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 9:19 am
New York State Police report that they've arrested two sets of burglars that were caught in the act of robbing homes in the town of Mamakating on Sunday and yesterday. The first pair, 26-year-old Erin M. Peters and 35-year-old Joseph Francis Feuerstack... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 - 6:40 pm
Zack Grapes (as Aladdin) and Jade Litaker (as Jasmine) in the Andes Central School production of Aladdin yesterday. Photo by Joe Damone.
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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 - 2:14 pm
It's been a rough year for the arts in upstate New York. Between the most brutal state budget in recent memory and the tough economy, 2010 was more about surviving than thriving for many local arts and cultural organizations. But there was a surprising... Read more
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