People
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 3:22 pm
Around 6pm on the evening of Friday, June 8, 23-year-old Machteld Klok was killed when the car she was driving struck a tree on Case Hill Road in Franklin, according to Sergeant Gary Leahy of the New York State Police.
Leahy said that Klok was driving... Read more
By Jason Dole on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 2:13 pm
On Sunday, June 10, Callicoon hosted the 16th Annual Tractor Parade. At noon, over 250 tractors of all shapes, sizes and colors paraded down Main Street, and at the end of the day a chicken barbecue was held at the Delaware Community Center.
All photos... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 3:42 pm
Above: Jeff McCoy in his musician-friendly shop.
Jeff McCoy's been easing into opening Rosendale Guitars for a while now – he served his first customers in the shop at 378 Main Street in January, and got around to a grand opening on Cinco de Mayo. Even... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 3:32 pm
According to a press release from the New York State Police, a 25-year-old Fishkill man who communicated with a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act was arrested by state police on Monday.
Michael Geleski was charged with attempted... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 11, 2012 - 1:15 pm
You know the routine – you put your left foot in, you take your left foot out, you put your left foot in, and then you shake it all about – but there isn’t anything routine when you do it with a couple thousand other hokey-pokey enthusiasts.
On Saturday... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 4:09 pm
The Schoharie Fire Department's current temporary location on Fort Road, and the future site of the rebuilt Niagara Engine Co. No. 6. Photo by Matt Brisley.
After having seven and a half feet of water flow through it in last year’s floods, Niagara Engine... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 3:48 pm
In a move that has angered local residents and town officials, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has walked away from the bargaining table over the building of a sewer treatment plant for the hamlet of Phoenicia.
Last month, after... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 12:08 pm
Photo: Shandaken Ambulance Service Captain Rich Muellerleile proudly displays his squad's recent awards at the Shandaken town board meeting on Monday, June 4. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
The town of Shandaken’s Ambulance Service was recently voted Agency of... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 4:00 pm
After hitting another car on Route 42 in Sullivan County, a 20-year-old Bloomingburg man fled the scene before being found by police, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
Michael G. Partridge crashed into a 2003 Cadillac CTS near... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 11:22 am
A kayaker at the 2011 Kingston Kayak Festival. Photo courtesy of Kenco; for more photos of last year's festival, check out their Facebook album.
On Saturday, June 9, the Kingston Point Beach hosts an all-day kayakstravaganza (shhh, that's totally a word... Read more