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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 7:58 pm
Above: A photo of Doyle at WIOX 91.3FM's studio in 2011. Photo by Simona David, via the WIOX Facebook page.
Terry Doyle, a Catskills reporter and radio show host who was a widely-known fixture of the local music community, died last week.
Doyle died... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 1:40 pm
A 49-year-old Kingston man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kingston resident Anita Jacobs-Royer, who was found strangled to death in her Third Avenue home on Sunday, February 3.
Audelis Cruz was arrested on Sunday,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 11:49 am
Photo of New York Cardinal-Archbishop Timothy Dolan, circa 2009. Via Wikimedia Commons.
On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing that he would resign on February 28. As the New York Times noted in a front-page story, he will be the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 5:44 pm
Above: A short video clip by Daily Freeman reporter Paul Kirby about the sentencing of Wayne Longmore, former proprietor of the Walk-In Doctor's Office on Mill Hill Road in Woodstock.
Wayne Longmore, a 63-year-old Woodstock doctor who pled guilty last... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 4:57 pm
A 22-year-old West Hurley man was arrested on Thursday after a seven-month investigation concluded that he had entered a female acquaintance's home, choked her and subjected her to sexual contact without her consent, according to an Ulster County Sheriff’... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 - 1:19 pm
Three people have been arrested on fraud-related charges after a probe of alleged misuse of food stamp cards at Star Grocery, a convenience store on Mettacahonts Road in Accord.
Star Grocery has been under ongoing investigation into the use of electronic... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 1:18 pm
Photo of Sean Eldridge taken December 14, 2012. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Sean Eldridge may be best known to the national press as "Chris Hughes's husband" -- the guy whose high-profile marriage to the wealthy Facebook co-founder and New Republic publisher... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 9:17 pm
Above: The scene of a Tuesday morning head-on crash between two vehicles on Route 212 in Woodstock, near Easton Lane. Photo courtesy of the Woodstock Fire Department; reproduced by permission.
A head-on collision between two vehicles around 7:20am shut... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 10:23 am
The Ulster County Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) has arrested a Connecticut man on minor drug and traffic charges and seized over $200,000 found in his car, according to a news release issued by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Eric... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 9:13 am
An accident around 7:30am has closed Route 212 in both directions between Easton Lane and Baumgarden Road, according to an alert on NY-Alert.
The Woodstock Fire Department said in a Facebook post that the incident was a "serious motor vehicle accident,"... Read more