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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 - 5:38 pm
Town of Ulster police officer Travis Nissen was just 27 years old when he was killed in an off-duty car accident on Route 28 in Olive on Friday, December 9.
Today in a ceremony attended by over 100 fellow police officers, family and friends gathered to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - 7:23 pm
Five years ago, Ulster County voted in favor of a charter form of government. Instead of being run solely by the legislature, the county is now managed by an elected executive who is responsible for the budget and for appointing department heads.
Ulster... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - 3:33 pm
Nineteenth-century stereoscopic image of a Catskills creek after a flood. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The wheels of government turn slowly. Months after flooding from Irene and Lee struck the Catskills, several much-needed regional projects to... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - 11:26 am
Poster by a Bennett Elementary School fourth-grader, included in a 2009 exhibit at the Ulster County Clerk's Office.
With enrollments falling and budget battles growing ever fiercer, the Onteora Central School District will soon have to face the agonizing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - 11:11 am
Local videographer Jessica Vecchione shot this video at Catskill Cabaradio at the Pine Hill Community Center on Saturday and shared it with us. Center and right are Laurie and Ira McIntosh.
By Dave Channon on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - 10:38 am
Above: Justin Nikles, "The Incredible Eye."
The November show at The Arts Upstairs gallery in Phoenicia ends this weekend. Here's a portion of Dave Channon's review of the show in his November edition of Art Safari, his monthly column. Channon is an... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 - 12:19 pm
Above: Video from the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin of Cuomo's visit to the Greater Binghamton Airport to sign flood relief legislation. The ceremony begins around the 5-minute mark; slide the bar to the 5-minute mark to skip ahead.
This just in:... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 - 12:30 am
Elly Wininger and Dorothy Greenberg during an installment of "Your Mother Should Know," Catskill Cabaradio's live advice Q&A with the world's wisest mother. Photo via the Cabaradio website.
Four times a year, we are lucky enough to have a Cabaradio... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 - 11:54 am
State Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens announced yesterday, December 7, that the long-anticipated sale of a 1200-acre parcel of land near the Belleayre Ski Center to the state is at last going through.
The Times-Union... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 - 9:25 am
As predicted, the Assembly joined the Senate in passing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax overhaul just past 1am this morning, Daily News reporter Ken Lovett writes. But it wasn't quite the same unanimous lovefest:
Unlike in the Senate, where the vote was unanimous... Read more
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