Ulster County sheriff Paul Van Blarcum is recovering in Kingston Hospital after a bizarre accident on Monday afternoon, in which a car veered off the road, crashed into Van Blarcum's parked truck, and shoved the truck onto the sheriff.

The accident occurred in a field near the intersection of Route 9W and Mike Kraut Road in Saugerties, which Van Blarcum was mowing. According to a statement from Saugerties police, the car that struck Van Blarcum's truck was a 2012 Honda FIT driven by 60-year-old Robert Michaue of Saugerties.

Van Blarcum was standing near his truck at the time of the accident, and was thrown to the ground with injuries. Both Michaue and his passenger, 60-year-old Katharine Grapes, also received non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. All three were taken to Kingston Hospital. 

A few of Sullivan County's crowned princesses wave from a float at the Liberty Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27, in this photo by John of Catskills Photography on Flickr. From left to right: Jennifer Nolan, Miss Sullivan County 2013; Tisha Curry, Ms. Sullivan County 2013; Lindsay Cruz, Miss Preteen Sullivan County 2013; and Molly Rampe, Young Miss Sullivan County 2013.

In March, these lovely ladies were crowned at the annual Sullivan County Pageant at the Villa Roma Resort in Callicoon. Throughout their year-long reign, the Misses and Ms-es of Sullivan County volunteer for various local causes: "Go MAD," i.e., "Make A Difference," the Pageant organizers urge.

Photo shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.

Snow on Memorial Day Weekend? In the high peaks, anything's possible.

Watershed Post reader Jamie Sabuda took this shot at 8am on Hunter Mountain this morning, on Becker Hollow Trail at roughly 3800 feet in elevation. "Thought y'all might like to see," Sabuda writes. 

(We're not sure "like" is the word for it, but thanks for the photo.)

Above: More than 100 people pack the Discovery Lodge at the Belleayre Ski Center for an informational meeting about proposed upgrades to the ski center, held by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on Wednesday, May 22. Photo by Lissa Harris.

The state has added an additional 30 days to the public comment period for a pair of proposed projects on Highmount: The upgrade and extension of the state-owned Belleayre Ski Center and the building of the Belleayre Resort, a private development by Crossroads Ventures that has been in the works for nearly 15 years.