Boiceville
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 - 11:05 am
If you lost your job or gig because of Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee, you have an extra month to apply for the U.S. Department of Labor's Disaster Unemployment Insurance.
Victims of Lee in Delaware and Ulster counties have until Nov. 14 to apply... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 - 12:21 pm
Thanks to the New York State DOT for ensuring that our local tourist attractions are well-marked. For instance, this sign on Route 28 in Shandaken, which appears to depict a hardy mountaineer skiing directly uphill on a 60-degree slope.
(Or perhaps our... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 - 8:47 pm
Above: Flickr slideshow of photos from the reopening of the Boiceville Supermarket IGA, Thursday, October 13, 2011. Photos by Julia Reischel.
Shopping for groceries isn't generally one of life's more festive activities. But in Boiceville today, it felt... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 - 9:21 am
Video of flooding in Boiceville along Route 28, September 2011. By Youtube user foghat1987.
The floods of Irene and Lee have claimed another casualty: The Trail Motel, a longtime fixture on Route 28 in Boiceville. The Daily Freeman has a feature today... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 2:54 pm
Winter is icumen in. Photo of frost on leaves by Flickr user s.alt. Published under Creative Commons license.
This year, a federal program that one in five New York State households rely on to help pay their winter heating bills is likely to face drastic... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 9:37 am
Above: A photographic tour of the enormous apple cider press at the Hubbell homestead. Click on the slideshow to open the the tour in a separate window. Photos by Julia Reischel.
It’s a good year for apples in the Catskills. Call it the silver lining of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 8:53 pm
Dana Elizabeth Rice
Ulster County detectives are searching for 54-year-old Kingston resident Dana Elizabeth Rice, missing since September 29, 2011.
From a press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office:
On 10/4/11, this agency began examining... Read more
By Carol La Monda on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 1:35 pm
Photo by Flickr user Jeremy Bernstein. Published under Creative Commons license.
Help! We have too many capital letters in the alphabet as we try to repair damage from Hurricanes Irene and Lee and the recent deluge. I am convinced that if we could just... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 - 8:04 am
Above: Flooding in Ulster County in September. Photo from the New Paltz Flood Aid website.
Ulster County was hit hard during the flooding caused by the double whammy of Tropical Storms Irene and Lee at the beginning of September. New Paltz Flood Aid, an... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 10:12 am
Video: Part 1 of A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic, a three-part series produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service. More from the series available here.
Feral pigs are gaining a foothold in western Sullivan County and... Read more
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