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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 4:01 pm
Darrelle Revis, a star football player with the New York Jets, might no longer be playing for the team because of a hush-hush meeting at the Roscoe Diner. From ESPN:
Revis' agents, Jon Feinsod and Neil Schwartz, met with general manager Mike Tannenbaum... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 3:14 pm
Fall into a lake, drunk. It happened to Amelia McDonell-Parry, who describes her recent bout with a local body of water on TheFrisky.com:
When I woke up, I have a vague memory of standing, assessing my surroundings, and attempting to make my way back to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 9:12 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman report that 19-year-old Jordan Soderback was killed in a car crash in Olive yesterday, in which the driver has been charged with DUI. From the THR:
Erica Miller, 31, was driving under the influence of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 4:37 pm
How do you fill a row of empty storefronts in a small town? You could offer economic incentives or be generous with your zoning laws. Or, if you're the town of Roxbury, in Delaware County, you could invite teams of designers to give the stores makeovers... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Apparently the spirit of industry is alive and well in Kingston, where a few old-school businesses from the days when steamships ruled the Hudson are still kicking it. Kingston Happenings has a great post today on two of Kingston's historic purveyors of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 11:18 am
Woodstock blogger Shouting Thomas takes a stroll past the vacant storefronts of Tinker Street -- and offers a cautionary rant against opening a cute little bead shop to solve your financial woes:
Why do so many people open shops in Woodstock and dump... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 10:57 am
WTEN reports on last night's town board meeting in Cobleskill, where supervisor Tom Murray said (again) that he's determined to stay put despite repeated calls for his resignation.
"I've done nothing wrong," Murray said.
Once again, here are the words... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 - 5:25 pm
The New York Times golf columnist, Bill Pennington, has written a rapturous blog post about the Rip Van Winkle Country Club golf course in Palenville. The gist is that size, when it comes to golf courses, shouldn't matter.
You see, the Rip is a nine-hole... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 - 4:48 pm
This being 2010, he announced it on his blog. Stay tuned.
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 - 2:35 pm
When it's shot by a police officer in the town of Ulster, that is. Via the Daily Freeman.
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