Above: A Yamaha Grizzly 350 all-terrain vehicle. Photo via the Yamaha product website. 

A 68-year-old man driving an all-terrain vehicle on a wooded trail in High Falls died on Sunday, Dec. 14 after his ATV flipped over, pinning him beneath it, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.

Bruce Turner, a 68-year-old Stone Ridge resident, was found unconscious under a Yamaha Grizzly 350 ATV on an inclined section of the trail at 7:04 a.m. on Sunday morning, a press release from the Sheriff's Office states.

First responders pulled the ATV off Turner and performed CPR. Turner was then taken to HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, where he died of his injuries, police say.

Above: Photo via Flickr user rabiem22. 

A 28-year-old man wearing nothing but a pair of boots turned up on the porch of a residence in Summit after spending 14 hours naked outside on Sunday, Dec. 7, police say.

"You've never seen a guy shake that much in your whole life," said Schoharie County Sheriff Tony Desmond, whose office helped with the search.

The man, who is not being identified, was reported missing by his family at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning, prompting a large search of an area near Charlotte Valley Road in Schoharie County, according to a press release from the New York State Police.

A 48-year-old Walton man died on Tuesday, Dec. 9 after the vehicle he was driving veered off the road and into a tree in the Delaware County town of Hamden, according to the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office.

Kelvin J. McKnight was driving north on Route 10 near the intersection of County Highway 26 when his vehicle swerved to the left and drove off the highway, a Sheriff's Office press release states. James C. Spain, a 23-year-old from Walton, was also in the vehicle. McKnight was transported to O’Connor Hospital in Delhi, where he died from injuries sustained in the crash, police say.

Spain was transported to Delaware Valley Hospital in Walton for evaluation and treatment. Deputies were assisted at the scene by both Delhi and Walton Fire Departments and EMS Squads, the release states. The accident remains under investigation.

Above: Photo by Flickr user grendelkhan. 

A power surge during a large snowstorm caused electical outlets to smoke and pop in six houses in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh early on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Beginning at 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, the Middleburgh Fire Department began receiving panicked 911 calls from residents on Huntersland Road, Possum Hill Road, Brooky Hollow Road and East Hill Road, said Middleburgh Fire Chief Michael Devlin. 

Above: Photo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, via Flickr. 

This Sunday, the Peekamoose Restaurant & Tap Room is throwing a fundraising bash for the Community Pantry, the food pantry that serves the Delaware County town of Middletown.

The Community Pantry was founded three years ago in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene. Since then, it's grown from serving 40 families to serving 360 families, according to its organizers.

Help them help feed even more folks by buying a ticket to the Peekamoose's buffet dinner and an afternoon of promised "musical surprises."