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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2011 - 12:13 pm
Photo of graffiti on the new Kerhonkson bridge across the Rondout, from Terry Bernardo's Facebook page.
You can hardly blame Ulster County legislator Terry Bernardo for being mad about graffiti on the bridge across the Rondout Creek in Kerhonkson. After... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011 - 11:03 am
On Sunday evening, a man was killed in the Sullivan County town of Forestburgh when the Fiat convertible he was driving struck a tree and burst into flames. Today, the Times Herald-Record reports, he's been identified as 60-year-old Forestburgh resident... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011 - 9:13 am
The new Sidney Center Community Center. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The last time the American flag flew from the top of the flagpole at Sidney Center Elementary School was in 2005, when the school was shuttered because of declining enrollment.
This past... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 4:05 pm
Photo by Flickr user Michele Borioli. Published under Creative Commons license.
Joe Sicinski, who runs the food bank at the Andes Presbyterian Church, has a problem on his hands. He's still got plenty of things like canned corn, cranberry sauce and green... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 11:05 am
28-year-old New Jersey resident Yamil Mendez was killed on the New York State Thruway in New Paltz yesterday, when a tire failure caused the SUV he was driving to flip over. Five passengers were also injured. From the New York State Police:
The New York... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 6:46 am
Early Sunday morning, a car struck a tree in the Ulster County town of Rochester, injuring three occupants. Its driver, 20-year-old Matthew Kalaschenkow of Accord, faces DWI, vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, and various traffic charges.
From the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 22, 2011 - 12:16 pm
This just in: 17-year-old Anthony Pacherille, who shot classmate Wesley Lippitt and then himself in the Cooperstown police station last year, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. The Daily Star reports:
The 11-year sentence will be reduced by the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 10:07 pm
Looks like the Ulster Savings Bank has finally managed to unload the Friar Tuck Inn in Catskill for a modest $2.4 million. (That's $1.4 million less than what the bank was owed, when they foreclosed on the Route 32 property last April.)
But the identities... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 9:46 am
It sounds like a publicity stunt, but it's for real: The Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce is closing its Monticello office and moving all of the Chamber's operations into a 37-foot 2002 Coachmen RV.
Chamber president Terri Ward and vice president Cathy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 3:42 pm
78-year-old Lynn Gustafson of Oneonta was injured yesterday when her car ran off the road on Route 23 in Harpersfield. From the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:
On July 18, 2011 Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the scene of a one car... Read more
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