Julia Reischel
Articles
May. 24, 2011
We heard from fans of WIOX 91.3 in Roxbury this morning that the community radio station had mysteriously disappeared from the airwaves last night. We put in a call to the station's office and talked to Glen Pedersen, the station's business manager, who... Read more
May. 24, 2011
Marijuana plants were found growing in the basement and backyard of a licensed day care facility in the town of Bainbridge last week, State Police out of Sidney report today in a press release.
James Spinella: Photo via New York State PoliceThe plants... Read more
May. 23, 2011
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office just announced that it broke up "a large underage party" on Spring Valley Road in Delhi two Saturdays ago. In a press release sent out today, the Sheriff's Office stated that deputies arrested four people for underage... Read more
May. 23, 2011
Two men flying a small airplane crashed in the parking lot of a Kohl's distribution center in Wurtsboro on Friday, according to New York State Police and a slew of media outlets. Both men were injured, but not severely. The cause of the crash is being... Read more
May. 22, 2011
According to a 9:30am email from Delaware County Emergency Services chief Richard Bell, the state of emergency in Sidney has been lifted:
The state of Emergency in the Town of Sidney (Hamlet of Sidney Center) has been lifted. Some roads still may have... Read more
May. 20, 2011
According to the Mountain Eagle, the on-going dispute between the Jefferson Town Board and Oorah's Jewish BoyZone summer camp got another airing at last week's Jefferson town meeting.
The paper reports that the camp is planning to expand its capacity by... Read more
May. 20, 2011
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation, which is cracking down on sales of outdoor wood boilers (OWBs) that don't meet the agency's new emissions standards, gave consumers an unexpected three more months to purchase non-complaint models... Read more
May. 20, 2011
Despite the week of soggy weather and last night's impressive thunderstorms, there's only a bit of flooding around the Catskills region today, mainly in Ulster County. A U.S. Geological Survey's hydrograph, posted below, shows that the Esopus Creek is... Read more
May. 19, 2011
Comparative attendance records of New Paltz Village Board members, as complied by Brittany Turner, a.k.a. Legislative Barbie.
Brian Kimbiz, the only one of New Paltz's Village Trustees who was not up for relelection in this year's extremely crowded race... Read more
May. 19, 2011
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman report that Allison R. Lee-Hinchey, U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey's third wife, was pulled over in Hurley on Tuesday night for allegedly driving drunk.
From the Freeman:
Allison R. Lee-Hinchey, 49, of... Read more
May. 18, 2011
Ramsey Clark, a lawyer who helped the Johnson administration pass civil rights legislation in the 1960s, has in decades since become a controversial human rights activist who has defended Saddam Hussein in court, has attended Slobodan Milošević's funeral... Read more
May. 18, 2011
It looks like the phone service fallout from yesterday's transformer fire in Phoenicia has been fixed.
A responder at the Delaware County Emergency Services office tell us that 911 service in Delaware County was "all fixed as of 9pm last night."
And... Read more
May. 18, 2011
Lisa Barrows, the former Stop DWI coordinator for Delaware County, was arraigned yesterday for allegedly stealing a set of golf clubs from the county while she worked there, the Daily Star reports.
Barrows' relationship with the country soured last year... Read more
May. 17, 2011
Calling all seniors at Andes, Margaretville, Onteora and Roxbury schools: You could win $300 bucks by waxing poetical about growing up here in the Catskills. The deadline for the annual Catskill Heritage Alliance essay competition is this Friday, and all... Read more
May. 17, 2011
Uncle Rock, the rockstar alterego of Phoenicia resident Robert Warren, played some of his first shows at the Phoenicia Library. It's not suprising that in the library's hour of need, he wants to give back.
Uncle Rock: Photo by Franco VogtWarren and his... Read more
May. 17, 2011
According to NY-Alert, if you live in the 845 area code in Delaware County, you might not be able to reach police and fire officials using 911 this morning. The alert advises people with emergencies to go physically to the nearest fire station:*
Due to a... Read more
May. 16, 2011
Is our global economy making us miserable? Why did Americans' happiness peak in the 1950s?
"The Economics of Happiness," a film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page -- all members of the International Society for Ecology and Culture... Read more
May. 16, 2011
A 51-year-old burglar reportedly startled a homeowner in his own house yesterday morning.
The alleged intruder, Jeffrey DePace, fled when the resident confronted him, but was soon located by Ulster County Sheriff's deputies, who arrested DePace and... Read more
May. 16, 2011
This just in from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: 36-year-old Amanda Reichert was arrested on Sunday in Delhi for assaulting her boyfriend, David Doig, with an aluminum baseball bat. Doig sustained an injury to the head. The full press release is... Read more