Saugerties
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 18, 2012 - 10:38 am
Above: The Grist Mill Real Estate building at 265 Main Street in Saugerties, where a man fell to his death early Sunday morning. Image via Google Street Map.
On Sunday morning at 6:08am, 27-year-old Saugerties resident Donald E. Briggs was found... Read more
By Jason Dole on Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012 - 10:35 am
Above: Republican Congressman Chris Gibson. Photo courtesy of the Gibson campaign.
While Democratic candidates Joel Tyner and Julian Schreibman will face a June primary before one of them moves on to the November election, Republican Congressman Chris... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 12:23 pm
In today's New York Times, reporter Danny Hakim writes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is quietly pursuing an entirely new plan to regulate hydraulic fracturing.
Anonymous sources, including a senior Department of Environmental Conservation... Read more
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 Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 3:52 pm
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the muddy lower Esopus is being written -- and officials in Ulster County are clamoring to be more than just a footnote in it.
On May 23, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that they had... 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 Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 1:59 pm
Via NY-Alert: There is a tornado watch on across northeastern New York and the Capital Region, including Greene and Schoharie counties, until 9pm.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Central New York that includes... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 25, 2012 - 7:58 pm
Above: Paul Rush, the Deputy Commissioner of the DEP, helps Jim Eisel, the Chair of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors, into a life preserver at the boat launch on the Pepacton Reservoir on May 24, 2012. Photo by Julia Reischel.
It's finally... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page.
Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 4:05 pm
Photo of Opus 40 by Flickr user Bluesguy From NY. Published under Creative Commons license.
This weekend, the Catskills' most enduring monument to one man's artistic vision, the six-and-a-half-acre Saugerties bluestone sculpture known as Opus 40,... Read more
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