Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 2:26 pm
On Sunday, the Times Herald-Record gave the front-page treatment to the notorious Richard Ulloa, a Stone Ridge resident who was convicted of orchestrating an elaborate paperwork harrassment scheme against government officials in December.
According to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 11:21 am
On Friday, a New York corrections officer was killed on the Thruway north of Kingston in a collision caused by a driver briefly taking her eyes off the road.
According to a press release issued by the State Police, a woman driving northbound sideswiped a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 - 10:17 am
Yesterday afternoon, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would no longer be releasing turbid water from the Ashokan Reservoir into the Esopus Creek, starting immediately. The press release from DEP Commissioner Cas... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 3:55 pm
Dan Abrams: Photo by Joy Moore. Used with permission.The opera-loving hoi polloi in Mozart and Beethoven and Wagner's day didn't have access to live HD broadcasts. Outside theaters in metropolitan centers, they relied on solo artists, generally pianists,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 7:51 pm
We just received a press release from the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic order that has run the St. Cabrini Home for troubled girls in Esopus since 1890:
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus have engaged in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 3:35 pm
Last Friday, an Ulster County Sheriff's deputy reportedly plucked 15-month-old Sarah Schmidt from death.
The baby's parents, Alexander and Andrea, called 911 when Sarah stopped breathing, according to a press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 2:02 pm
In the Freeman today: An update on the case of Emilio and Analia Maya, the Argentinian brother-sister duo behind the Tango Cafe in Saugerties, who are currently facing deportation next month for having illegally overstayed their visas.
For now, the Mayas... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011 - 10:57 am
This week, the Woodstock Times profiles the little hamlet of Pine Hill, which is currently mustering its few hundred residents in a community-wide effort to get listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places.
Attracting tourism to Pine Hill... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 - 3:40 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection sent out a press release today announcing that three stands of trees on three different parcels of city-owned upstate land will be the focus of a new forest management program.
The three sites are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 - 3:07 pm
The AP is reporting that icing problems are forcing Central Hudson to turn of its natural gas service to hundreds of customers in Ulster County for several days, just in time for a very cold snap.
The Ulster County Red Cross is opening an overnight... Read more
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