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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 10:31 am
Do we have to care about Chelsea Clinton's Rhinebeck wedding? Apparently everyone else in the media universe is obsessed.
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 10:26 am
Or so Shandaken police believe. Last week, as regular readers may recall, beavers launched a most un-beaverlike attack on some tubers on the Esopus. Jay Braman Jr. reports in the Freeman:
According to James McGrath, the officer in charge of the Shandaken... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 9:45 am
The Hudson Valley Film Commission reports that the indie film Francine, starring Melissa Leo as a just-released prison inmate and currently being shot around Kingston, Marbletown and New Paltz, is looking for a few good pets.
Attention Pet Owners: Casting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 8:41 am
According to the Times-Union, Cobleskill mayor Mark Nadeau -- who was caught on tape using the N-word along with Town Supervisor Tom Murray -- resigned in front of a large crowd at a village meeting last night:
He said that he was resigning, in part, to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 5:16 pm
On Monday, Greene County legislators looked into why the Greene County Industrial Development Agency gave its director, Alexander Mathes, a $175,000 bonus last year.
According to Daily Mail, which covered the meeting, IDA's chairman, Paul Slutzky, said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 4:28 pm
On Sunday, being photographed was the last straw for the Capuchin monkey that resides at the Kaaterskill Bed and Breakfast in Catskill. According to the Daily Mail, the monkey slashed the cheek of a Long Island woman who was trying to give it its close-up... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 4:11 pm
If you live in or near the Catskill-Delaware watershed, you can't help but be aware that the water in your backyard goes to New York City. Still, even if you know New York well, it's tough to imagine the sheer mass of the city that drinks from our... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010 - 9:36 am
The man who would be governor is visiting the Catskills whistle-stop style this week, with appearances in Catskill and Cobleskill on Saturday and in Monticello yesterday. Today, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to appear at the New Paltz... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 19, 2010 - 4:59 pm
Oneonta's been buzzing lately with talk about the Twelve Tribes, an international religious commune (some might use another C-word) that has been accused of harboring the tastiest sandwich on Main Street. Back in April, I stopped by Common Ground for a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 19, 2010 - 11:41 am
Last week's Phoenicia Times raises the terrifying specter of rabid attack beavers on our waterways:
On Tuesday July 13, one or more beavers attacked and bit two swimmers and one person tubing in the Esopus Creek... Read more
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