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By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 2:14 pm
A Hamden man has been arrested and charged with committing multiple acts of child sexual abuse. Police say the alleged acts were committed several times over the course of the last decade, and involve multiple victims.
On Thursday, May 10, Delaware County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 12:05 am
Today's New York Daily News has an in-depth story about a horrific accident that took an elderly couple's lives in the town of Andes last week.
Arthur and Madeleine Morris, a Manhattan couple who owned a vacation home on Woodland Hill Drive in Andes, died... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 10:49 pm
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office has finally made an arrest for the theft of a lawnmower and an ATV from a home at 109 South Road in Ruby last June. The cold case got a fresh lead this Monday, when the lawnmower turned up for sale on Craig's List.... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 1:31 pm
Above: Did you order your mother some flowers for mother's day? Photo of a periwinkle by Catskills Photography in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
There are so many things going on this weekend, there's sure to be an event that's right for your mother.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 1:46 pm
Today's Daily Freeman fills in some of the details on Sunday's horrific ATV accident in Rosendale, in which a dirt bike ridden by 40-year-old Paul Harper collided with a 16-year-old girl on an ATV, leaving her in critical condition.
The girl is Kaylon... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 9:43 am
In this week's Woodstock Times: The Phoenicia Library, whose building was gutted by fire last March, has run up against a roadblock in its plans to rebuild and return to 48 Main Street:
Neighbors on both sides of the Main Street library building have... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 11:29 am
Last week saw a couple of catastrophic ATV accidents in the Catskills.
On Thursday, May 3, two local residents were fatally injured while riding an ATV in Andes: 32-year-old John W. Morris and 45-year-old Julie M. Manon. The Daily Star reports:
Manon died... Read more
By J.N. Urbanski on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 4:31 pm
Above: A recent photo from the ongoing construction of the new USA Shaolin Temple, on Breezy Hill Road in Fleischmanns. Photo from USA Shaolin Temple's Facebook page.
The Catskill Mountains are famously a magnet for people who want to create their own... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 3, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The verdict is in: Lejuan Wainwright, who has been on trial since last Wednesday for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Walton resident Tyler Warner, was found guilty today of second-degree manslaughter.
It's a lesser charge than the one the prosecution... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 2, 2012 - 12:32 pm
35-year-old Hurley resident Shawn Tyler, accused of beating his landlord Ann Gaffney to death with a sledgehammer last December to steal a few hundred dollars from her pocket, pled guilty in Ulster County court yesterday to first-degree murder.
The Daily... Read more