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By Robert Cairns on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2016 - 4:02 pm
Above: The Downsville Covered Bridge, one of three such historic structures in Delaware County, was closed to traffic on Thursday. Photo by Robert Cairns. The historic Downsville Covered Bridge, built in 1854, has been closed to motor vehicle traffic. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2016 - 7:34 am
Above: A fire engulfs a garage on Sunday, March 20. Photo via the Delaware County NY Fire Wire & Emergency New Facebook page.  A Harpersfield man was airlifted to Albany Medical Center with severe injuries to his face after an explosion at his... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2016 - 6:58 am
Above: A schematic of the proposed flood wall slated to be built around Schoharie County's official buildings with FEMA money.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has agreed to give Schoharie County an additional $800,000 to breathe new life... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 18, 2016 - 5:26 pm
A 48-year-old Goshen woman was killed on Route 17 in the Sullivan County town of Thompson on Monday, March 14 when she was rear-ended by a Volkswagen Jetta, according to a press release from the New York State Police. The woman, Lori A. Baird of Goshen,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 17, 2016 - 7:53 pm
Above: Two hemlock trees scarred by the lightning that hit a husband and wife in Tannersville on Wednesday, March 16. Photo by Forest Ranger Rob Dawson.  A man and woman from Princeton, New Jersey were struck by lightning while camping in the Greene... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016 - 12:51 pm
Over 400 bags of heroin were found in a car heading from New York City to the Otsego County city of Oneonta on Sunday, March 13, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's deputies pulled over 20-year-old Oneonta resident Francesa Lorusso... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016 - 8:03 am
Above: Some of the drugs seized in a series of raids last week. Photo via the New York State Police.  A Fallsburg man at the center of Sullivan County's drug distribution network has been arrested along with 26 other people involved in the southern... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 - 6:01 pm
Above: The cover of a federal impact statement for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. Opponents of a proposed natural gas pipeline are cheering the news that its opening will be delayed at least into next year. Constitution Pipeline Company LLC announced... Read more
By Jessica Porter on Monday, Mar. 7, 2016 - 2:58 pm
Above: A view looking up through Upper Devil's Kitchen. The newly-legal trail towards Platte Clove Road is on the right. Photos by Marty Molitoris/Alpine Endeavors.  An unmarked trail that is the safest way into the Devil’s Kitchen has become public... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 - 10:41 am
Above: An instructor explains techniques for breaching a wall during an interior fire fight during a drill on Saturday at the former Delaware County Countryside Care Center. Firefighters then practiced on walls in the former nursing home. Photos by Robert... Read more

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