Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 - 11:52 am
A "large fireball" was spotted in the skies over Ulster County yesterday by an anonymous poster on a meteor-tracking blog:
Ulster County, NY Large Daytime Fireball 12:45 p.m., February 14, 2011
Feb 15 2011, 3:38 AM
Guest233 (guest): Promo3 Large Fireball... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 - 9:59 am
(Post has been updated -- scroll to bottom for more details.)
In addition to Friday's Grand Gorge car accident, which claimed the life of a Gilboa man, last weekend saw two other fatal accidents: a snowmobile crash in the town of Rochester and a car... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 - 9:18 am
From the Daily Freeman today:
A fire destroyed a barn at a horse farm Friday night at 1480 state Route 32, and some horses may have perished in the blaze, fire officials said.
The fire, which was called in at about 5:30 p.m., took down a barn measuring... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 - 2:45 pm
In this week's issue of the Woodstock Times, Violet Snow reports that the DEC has (for the time being) rejected the town of Shandaken's request for an emergency permit to dredge the Stony Clove Creek. With Shandaken still recovering from two catastrophic... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 - 2:56 pm
Eager to put that whole "Willy Wonka's chocolate river" thing behind it, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued a press release today stating that the Esopus Creek is running clear again.
The DEP's practice of releasing turbid... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 - 2:30 pm
Upstate Oddities, a blog dedicated to photos of the weird and wonderful things its author stumbles across in her forays around the Catskills, has a post this week dedicated to the Shandaken Theatrical Society, housed in the old Shandaken Oddfellows Hall.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 3:07 pm
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman both have the sad story -- Mount St. Alphonsus, the the castle-like seminary and retreat center on the banks fo the Hudson in Esopus, will close next year.
Photo from the Mount St. Alphonsus website.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 2:45 pm
This just in from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office: An unnamed 28-year-old woman reportedly has experienced what might be the world's worst employment interview in the town of Esopus.
According to a press release (read it in full below), the woman was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 12:45 pm
A Kingston house partially succumbed to the weight of snow and ice on its roof this morning, the Daily Freeman reports. Around 9am, the porch of the Midtown home collapsed:
The Kingston Fire Department said the collapse occurred about 9:12 a.m. and that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 9:49 am
From the Daily Freeman:
Argentine immigrant and Saugerties restaurant owner Emilio Maya has, for the second time, received a one-year stay of deportation, according to U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey.
Hinchey, D-Hurley, said in an e-mail on Tuesday that the... Read more
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