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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 11:53 pm
Tom Murray
Despite being allegedly caught on tape calling using the N-word in a national scandal that has already caused Cobleskill Mayor Mark Nadeau to resign, Cobleskill Town Supervisor Tom Murray doesn't see any reason to leave his job.
In a statement... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 8:02 pm
Last weekend's Tour of the Catskills cycling race, all 160 miles of it, was grueling. Especially the Horsegate section of the course:
The video above, taken during the first road stage of the race, was shot by a member of the Boston-based cycling team... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 12:04 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a terrifying story on Saturday about the newfound emerald ash borer infestation in the Catskills. Apparently, things are far, far worse that we originally thought:
"My best guess is that there are thousands of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 9:28 am
The New York state Senate had a few surprises up its sleeve last night, and for once, they weren't about Pedro Espada.
Not only did the senators finally pass the long overdue state budget, they then quickly debated and passed Senate Bill 8129B, which bans... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 5:38 pm
The Albany press corps has just witnessed official proof that the NY Senate's atrocious antics are registering on a cosmic level. Rick Karlin of the Capitol Confidential blog describes how an Act of God interrupted the state legislature's budget... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 3:25 pm
New York state Senate majority leader Pedro Espada might have topped himself. After declaring yesterday that he would boycott today's special Senate session on the long-overdue state budget, he's reportedly heading to Albany right now, and bringing his... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 12:17 pm
Image: Summer Landscape, 1869, Julie Hart Beers
Artists, if you're seeking to toil in obscurity and ensure that your work lies neglected for centuries, here's how to do it: 1. Be a woman. 2. Paint trees.
Such has been the fate of the women of the Hudson... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 - 11:10 am
On Sunday, a human skeleton was found in the woods in the town of Thompson, near Monticello, the Times Herald-Record reports today. Disturbingly, this is the second human skeleton found in the area this year:
It was the second human skeleton discovered in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 - 11:17 am
Today's Daily Star takes up a vexing problem: The county fair is getting old. Really old.
Many of the directors of the county fairs in Chenango, Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie counties and the town fair in Afton have served for years. There are between... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 - 10:19 am
A woman stranded in the middle of Morningside Lake yesterday in Fallsburg was in the middle of being rescued by a park staffer when both were struck by lighting. Both are reportedly in critical condition -- according to the Times Herald-Record, lifeguards... Read more
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