Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 10, 2012 - 11:18 pm
Photo by Flickr user Dave Stokes. Published under Creative Commons license.
Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour -- Daylight Saving Time starts at 2am on Sunday, March 11.
Readers: Are you looking forward to that extra hour of light in the... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 6:36 pm
Above: Family Traditions owner Peri Rainbow-Sloan behind the counter. Photo by Anne Pyburn Craig.
A new business in Stone Ridge is a unique blend of gift shop, art gallery, and space for dispute resolution and educational services. All are invited to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 3:19 pm
Mike Hein's Facebook page: Now a DEP-free zone.
The latest skirmish in Ulster County executive Mike Hein's ongoing war with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is being fought on the battlefield of social media.
Capital Tonight... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 12:56 pm
Shandaken's Republican town supervisor, Rob Stanley, just wants to marry his secretary's daughter -- to her fiancee, that is.
This week, the Shandaken town board passed a resolution making Stanley a marriage officer, so he can preside over the upcoming... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 12:06 pm
This week, at the town of Shandaken's regular monthly board meeting: The continuing saga of the Bridge Street Bridge, flood mitigation, Pine Hill applies for historic district status, supervisor Rob Stanley gets into the marriage business, plans for new... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 10:53 am
Levon Helm may be a national treasure, but here in the Catskills, we think of him as our own. The four-time Grammy-winning musician has called Woodstock home since the 1960s, and his famous "Midnight Ramble" sessions draw musicians and rock acolytes to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 9:34 am
Above: Photo from the scene of a fire at 14 Brunel Drive in Boiceville, taken by Ralph VanKleeck Jr. of the Olive Fire Department. Reproduced with permission.
A fire that started in a garage caused major damage to a home on Brunel Drive in Boiceville on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 12:19 pm
After a year in office, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens told his staff in a memo issued on February 23 that he was "especially proud of the DEC's response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee." But he forgot to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2012 - 1:21 pm
Tonight, the Rosendale Theatre hosts a special screening of "Miss Representation," a documentary about the bizarrely skewed world of women in media that premiered at Sundance last year.
On hand for the screening: A panel of women in (you guessed it) media... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2012 - 3:22 pm
Above: Know who else wants your blood? The Red Cross. Photo by Flickr user Ednaar, used under a Creative Commons license.
The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive in one of its mobile units in downtown Kingston tomorrow, in front of Kingston... Read more
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