New Paltz
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 9, 2011 - 10:11 am
Image: A Catskills map from 1903. From livingstonmanor.net, a website devoted to Livingston Manor history.
WXXI, a public radio station in Rochester, reported yesterday that New York State Assemblyman Kevin Cahill -- whose district, the 101st, includes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2011 - 10:56 pm
View from Overlook Mountain near Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Miss K; published under Creative Commons license.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced today that because of dangerous conditions in the wake of widespread... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2011 - 9:55 am
Reposted from the Ulster County Emergency Services News website. Accurate as of 8:30am:
ROAD CLOSURE LISTUpdated 9/8/11 08:30
Denning: County Line – Sundown between Grassy Rd and Ridge Ln- 1 LANE OPENSundown/Greenville 1 LANE OPENWatson Hollow RdOliverea... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 5:24 pm
From the governor's office: Residents of Schoharie Valley and Catskills should be on alert tonight for more rain. Specific warnings are made for western Delaware County, particularly Unadilla -- see the highlighted areas in bold:
Governor Cuomo Orders... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 12:58 pm
We'll be doing another special flooding edition of our radio show at 1pm today. Listen live by clicking here.
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 3:40 pm
Screenshot of river flooding forecasts for the next 48 hours, via the NWS Hydrological Prediction Services website. Only the Pepacton Reservoir is forecast to flood.
Worries that storms are heading our way tonight have been pinging around the Catskills,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 12:53 pm
Photo of the Zipper from the 2009 Ulster County Fair, by Flickr user emma.maria. Published under Creative Commons license.
Today, the 124th Ulster County Fair rolls into town, with the requisite smorgasbord of festive trappings: Carnival rides, country... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 29, 2011 - 11:47 am
Photo courtesy of the Open Space Institute.
The Open Space Institute announced yesterday that the Smiley family, longtime owners of the famous Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, have agreed to sell 874 acres of farm, field and forestland in New Paltz and... 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 Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 1:30 pm
Above: A video about the New Paltz shooting on June 21, 2001. Produced by students in the Spring 2011 Feature Writing journalism class at SUNY New Paltz.
Ten years ago yesterday, 25-year-old Jared Bozydaj opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on police... Read more
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