Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 11:23 am
A surprising detail ends this story about another watershed-related lawsuit in the Daily Freeman.
Correspondent Jay Braman reports that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is suing the town of Shandaken over the town's tax assessment... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 - 9:48 am
A short squib of a crime article in the Daily Freeman on Friday has spawned 33 comments debating whether the death of a goose in the Town of Ulster last Wednesday was an act of homicidal destruction or just an accident.
According to the story, four teens... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 - 11:18 am
John Duda, the chairman of the the group -- the Central Catskills Collaborative -- that is attempting to give Rte. 28 scenic byway status, is steamed about recent recent reports in the Daily Freeman and the Catskill Mountain News that towns along the road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 5:07 pm
A reader emailed us to let us know that the 8:30pm shows tonight and tomorrow at the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice will be preceded by even more vocalicious festivity:
While the Friday and Saturday Performances are set for 8:30 at the park, Todaro notes... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 11:04 am
Phoenicia is festooned with banners celebrating this weekend's Festival of the Voice, which starts tonight. Photo via the Festival of the Voice Facebook page.
We're skipping our blurbalicious event roundup this week to put out some fires in other parts... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 1:15 pm
A driver who didn't notice that his garbage truck's rear gate was up left a Godzilla-like trail of destruction across New Paltz this morning. Among the casualties: a bunch of power lines and a lot of trash. From the Times Herald-Record.
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 9:12 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman report that 19-year-old Jordan Soderback was killed in a car crash in Olive yesterday, in which the driver has been charged with DUI. From the THR:
Erica Miller, 31, was driving under the influence of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Apparently the spirit of industry is alive and well in Kingston, where a few old-school businesses from the days when steamships ruled the Hudson are still kicking it. Kingston Happenings has a great post today on two of Kingston's historic purveyors of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 11:18 am
Woodstock blogger Shouting Thomas takes a stroll past the vacant storefronts of Tinker Street -- and offers a cautionary rant against opening a cute little bead shop to solve your financial woes:
Why do so many people open shops in Woodstock and dump... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 - 4:48 pm
This being 2010, he announced it on his blog. Stay tuned.
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