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Head-on collision injures two and closes Route 212

Above: The scene of a Tuesday morning head-on crash between two vehicles on Route 212 in Woodstock, near Easton Lane. Photo courtesy of the Woodstock Fire Department; reproduced by permission.

A head-on collision between two vehicles around 7:20am shut down a portion of Route 212 in Woodstock on Tuesday morning. Both vehicles -- a Volkswagen Jetta and a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck -- were badly damaged in the crash, and the drivers had to be extricated with specialized equipment.

The Daily Freeman reports that the two drivers, both from Saugerties, were injured in the crash:

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Shandaken board declares opposition to New York's new gun law

Above: Video (part 4 of 5) from a meeting of the Shandaken Town Board on Monday, February 4, showing public comments from several Shandaken residents who spoke out against a resolution opposing New York State's new gun control law. For more Shandaken town board meeting video, see the Town of Shandaken YouTube channel.

Even in a region where the politics are as prone to unpredictable extremes as the weather, the Ulster County town of Shandaken is famous for its political battles. From the endless debate over whether to build a Phoenicia sewer (never built) to the fierce jockeying over the Belleayre Resort (still theoretical), Shandaken seems to have a bottomless zeal for ideological battles whose only concrete result is to pit neighbor against neighbor.

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Breweries and distilleries boom in Sullivan County's Catskills

Above: The Catskill Brewery on January 25, as workers were finishing up the welding and starting on the outside walls. Photo by Suzanne BeVier. Used with permission.

Breweries and distilleries are popping up like mushrooms all over the Sullivan County Catskills this year. (We think it has something to do with Governor Andrew Cuomo's helpful pro-craft-brewery legislation, which he signed into law last summer.)

One town in Sullivan County -- Rockland -- has three new breweries and distilleries. We were tipped off to the trend by the 2013 Livingston Manor & Roscoe Visitors Guide, which came out last month with an article profiling all three booze businesses. (The guide is print-only, but you can see a browsable version of it online by clicking here. The article is on page 21.)

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Tomorrow: Bethany & Rufus Roots Project

Above: Bethany & Rufus Roots Project will play music in celebration of Black History Month. Photo from the group's Facebook page.

Bethany & Rufus Roots Project will present an afternoon of music at the Roxbury Arts Group tomorrow in celebration of Black History Month. The performance, called "Celebration of Black History Month: New World Music & Dance from Slavery to the Civil Rights Movement," will feature music infused with Haitian percussion and dance. Following the performance the artists will open up the stage to audience questions about the performance, the artists and the relationship to black history in the Americas. Appropriate for all ages.

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URGENT seizes over $200,000 from Connecticut man found with marijuana

The Ulster County Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) has arrested a Connecticut man on minor drug and traffic charges and seized over $200,000 found in his car, according to a news release issued by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.

Eric M. Sobaczewski, a 39-year-old resident of Glastonbury, Connecticut, was pulled over by an Ulster County Sheriff's K-9 team on Route 28 in the town of Ulster, at around 1:15pm on Saturday. The arrest was conducted during a marijuana trafficking surveillance operation being conducted by members of URGENT.

A search of Sobaczewski's vehicle found $203,956 in cash and an unspecified quantity of marijuana. He was charged with misdemeanor aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. Both his car and the money found in it were seized pending forfeiture proceedings.

Sobaczewski was released on appearance tickets, but further charges could be added as URGENT continues its ongoing investigation.

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Route 212 in Woodstock closed due to accident

An accident around 7:30am has closed Route 212 in both directions between Easton Lane and Baumgarden Road, according to an alert on NY-Alert.

The Woodstock Fire Department said in a Facebook post that the incident was a "serious motor vehicle accident," but did not give further details.

The road is expected to open up again by 10am.

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Warwick woman dies in Andes car accident

A woman died in a one-car accident on County Route 2 in Andes on Saturday, February 2.

Warwick resident Karen Lane, 58, was traveling north on County Route 2 when her car left the roadway and overturned several times, said Delaware County sheriff's deputies who responded to the scene. Lane was thrown from the vehicle. She was not wearing a seatbelt, sheriff's deputies said.

Karen Lane, a 58-year-old Warwick resident, was pronounced dead at the scene by Delaware County medical examiner Richard Ucci. Also responding to the scene were the Andes and Delhi fire departments.

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Shandaken to vote on anti-gun-control resolution

Tonight, at a regularly scheduled monthly town board meeting, the Shandaken Town Board will vote on a resolution opposing New York State's recently enacted gun control legislation.

If adopted, the resolution will have no legal force. Such resolutions -- like a recent one passed by the Town of Woodstock in support of criminalizing hydrofracking -- serve only to send a message to state and federal officials about where a municipal governing body stands on an issue.

The resolution, dubbed "Resolution In Support of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution," has been offered by town board member Vincent Bernstein, who ran on the Republican, Conservative and Independence tickets in the 2011 election. An excerpt:

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DEC commissioner talks fracking at budget hearing

This morning, a joint legislative budget hearing was packed to the gills as Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens testified to legislators about hydraulic fracturing.

Martens began speaking at 9:30am. The Democrat and Chronicle is currently hosting a livestream of Martens' testimony on their website.

Gannett reporter Jon Campbell, who is tweeting live from the hearing, writes for the Democrat and Chronicle:

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Cold enough to harvest ice

Above: Ice on the mill pond at the Hanford Mills Museum -- thick enough to be scored for harvesting yesterday. Photo via the Hanford Mills Museum's Facebook page.

Despite this week's warm weather, Peg Odell of the Hanford Mills Museum tells us this morning via email that the ice is still 8 inches thick -- plenty thick to harvest during today's annual ice harvest:

The ice is 8 inches deep, solid and safe for visitors to fully participate in the harvest. Hooray.

So get out there and enjoy the cold!

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