Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 - 12:48 pm
Water, land and sky: The colors of the Catskills landscape take on a subtle, unearthly beauty in deep winter.
The photo above was shot at the Ashokan Reservoir on Thursday, Jan. 30 by landscape photographer Michael Neil O'Donnell, and shared on Flickr... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 - 11:35 am
A boil-water advisory issued Sunday, Jan. 26 for the Phoenicia Water District has been lifted, town officials in Shandaken announced Friday.
The advisory was declared last week because of the extreme cold weather, which froze underground springs and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 - 9:39 pm
Fishing on the Pepacton Reservoir: Has that umbrella been steam-cleaned? Photo taken July 17, 2013; from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Flickr page.
In the past few years, there's been a shift of attitude at the New York City... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 - 8:29 pm
A 56-year-old Saugerties man was struck by a truck Thursday morning, Jan. 30, while crossing Partition Street, the Daily Freeman reports. He died of his injuries later in the afternoon:
Robert G. Carlson, of 210 Main St., was crossing Partition Street on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 - 9:03 am
Above: A trailcam captures a nighttime view of a wild boar in Delaware County. Photo taken in August of 2013; courtesy of Justin Gansowski of the USDA.
This week, federal wildlife agents armed with cameras and sniper rifles are patrolling New York State... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 - 1:23 pm
Left: Julio A. Romano-Baez. Photo courtsey of New York State Police.
Early Sunday morning, 33-year-old Julio A. Romano-Baez was clocked driving 113 miles per hour with his headlights out on the New York State Thruway in Ulster County, according to a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 - 3:50 pm
Photo of water faucet by Flickr user Tom Raftery; published under Creative Commons license.
The Phoenicia Water District is currently under a boil water advisory until further notice. The bitterly cold weather has caused a water shortage, forcing the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 - 11:21 am
Above: A screenshot from GoogleMaps showing the location of the Home nightclub at 3353 Route 9W in Highland, in the Ulster County town of Lloyd. The nightclub recently changed its name, and was formerly known as the Primetime.
A shooting at a nightclub... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 - 7:42 pm
New York City's newly-inaugurated mayor, Bill de Blasio, made it clear he's opposed to hydraulic fracturing in New York State in a speech to fellow mayors in Washington D.C. on Thursday.
De Blasio told the U.S. Conference of Mayors that "the one thing I... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 - 11:47 am
Above: Tim Cox of Olive paid an out-of-season visit to the famous Peekamoose Blue Hole on the Rondout Creek on Thursday, a day when the mercury hovered in the teens to single digits. Anyone care for a swim?
In summertime, the deep, famously cold waters... Read more
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