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By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2012 - 7:44 pm
A 21-year-old Saugerties man who was charged with having sexual contact with a 15-year-old and 16-year-old died Monday in what is being investigated as a suicide.
Denzel Francis, who was charged with two counts each of third-degree rape and endangering... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2012 - 12:18 pm
Above: A 1940 U.S. Census record from Margaretville, New York, posted on Ancestry.com. On the highlighted lines are Sheldon and Madeline Birdsall and their daughter Dawn, the writer's great-grandparents and grandmother.
A treasure trove has just been... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 3:59 pm
The Walmart on Anawana Lake Road in Monticello. Photo by Jason Dole.
The Monticello Walmart's vermin problem is so bad it's making national news. The superstore, which has failed four consecutive health inspections, will be at the center of a special... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 3:33 pm
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Above: A Google map showing a 2.1-mile stretch of Highway 30A that the NYC DEP is funding repairs to this summer. (Google Maps, whose road names can be capricious in the rural stretches of upstate New York, calls it NYC Rd. No. 6 and BWS... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 10:59 am
Four teens were arrested last Wednesday for “extensive” vandalism of the Swan Lake Golf Course in Bethel.
Seventeen year olds Matthew Miller, Jahkim McGhee, 18-year-old Donovan Price and an unnamed 14-year-old were charged with criminal mischief in the... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 7:51 pm
On Saturday, June 2, beer lovers from across the Catskills flocked to Andes to share in their love for beer at the Andes Hotel's fourth annual Craft Beer Fest.
A wide variety of both light and dark craft beers, some from beloved New York State breweries... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 12:36 pm
New York State Police and the Ulster County Family Violence Unit report the arrest of 21-year-old Saugerties resident Denzel Francis on charges that he had sexual contact with two teenage girls, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old.
Francis faces charges on... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 10:10 am
Following a month long investigation, New York State Police in Oneonta and Sidney arrested four people last week for a string of residential burglaries spanning three counties.
On Tuesday, May 29, police in Oneonta and Sidney arrested Nicole L. Luna, a 27... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 31, 2012 - 11:54 pm
For years, the state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in New York's Catskill mountains was a playground for police officers and other “VIP” skiers who were allowed to ski for free at the discretion of Belleayre management.
Two years ago, Belleayre came... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 31, 2012 - 11:10 am
A 28-year old Poughkeepsie man, Anthony J. Anderson, was arrested in Rosendale on Wednesday after state troopers clocked his motorcycle going 193mph on the New York State Thruway. In the rain, no less.
Anderson was written 14 traffic tickets and remanded... Read more
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