Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 - 9:23 pm
Belleayre Mountain and the German-American Club of the Northern Catskills hosting their annual Oktoberfest celebration last Saturday. Photo by Mary McKeon.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 - 1:44 pm
From the Ulster County Sheriff's Office today:
Deputies from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office report investigating a PIAA involving two motorcycles on Mohonk Rd in the Town of Marbletown on October 17th, 2010. A 2005 Harley Davidson operated by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010 - 7:12 pm
Last night, the streets of Saugerties were crawling with zombies. (You can thank the tireless zombie organizer Cruella Moxham for that.) Our correspondent Kitty Sheehan armed herself with a bat and a digital camera and walked among the walking dead... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 - 6:11 pm
The juiciest part of U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey's appearance at a Saugerties forum last night didn't get caught on tape. After the cameras were turned off and packed up, YNN's Capital Tonight reports, Daily Freeman reporter William J. Kemble was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 - 11:11 am
Last night's debate in Saugerties between incumbent Democratic congressman Maurice Hinchey and his Republican challenger George Phillips had some cute moments. At one point, Hinchey, who was asked about the federal deficit, feigned confusion about exactly... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 - 7:26 am
Jeremy Blaber notices some drama on Ulster County GOP chairwoman Robin Yess's Facebook wall. Looks like local farmer and gay-rights activist Billiam van Roestenberg was mad enough about Yess's support for Carl Paladino to get personal.
It's been said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 2:14 pm
The head of Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, executive director Michael Bemis, got the axe last night at a meeting of the agency's oversight board. Bemis's departure comes in the wake of a report by Ulster County comptroller Eliott Auerbach that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 10:29 am
A photo of Paladino walking by the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston yesterday. From the Hudson Valley Chronic's Facebook page.
After kicking up a huge gay rights controversy with a few choice quotes issued on Sunday, Carl Paladino, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 8:56 am
U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey brought the star power to campaign for him in Binghamton on Monday: None other than Mr. Bill Clinton himself, who spoke to 600 fans, according to Fox 40. (The Star Gazette has a photo gallery.)
Hinchey's Republican... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 - 6:06 pm
Someone (or several someones) broke into a post office in the sleeply hamlet of Willow in Ulster County on Saturday. What they stole is pretty tantalizing, according to the State Police, who just sent out a press release looking for leads in the case:
The... Read more
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