According to multiple news outlets, the skeletal remains of a Queens man who went missing in July were found along Route 17 on Monday afternoon.

State Police at Liberty found the remains of 77-year-old Robert Goode Jr. near the area of the new Route 17 Bypass in Parksville near Exit 98, according to a New York State Police press release. Goode had been reported missing to the New York City Police Department on July 12.

The Times Herald-Record reported that Goode’s family members had not seen him since the Fourth of July and that a construction worker found the remains of Goode  in a creek bed on the eastbound side of the highway.

An autopsy was performed at Catskill Regional Medical Center, but the cause and manner of death are pending, according to The Associated Press. 

Prattsville residents are getting ready to get down and dirty this weekend.

On August 28, 2011, Prattsville's Main Street was almost completely destroyed by the flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. A year later, don't expect the anniversary to be a somber affair. Prattsville will be defiantly thumbing its nose at Irene this weekend with a two-day MudFest.

“This year has been full of ups and downs for us,” Greg Town, a member of the Prattsville MudFest Committee said. “We’ve cried and mourned enough that we believe the community deserves to smile and have some fun.”

The festival -- which will span Saturday and Sunday, and feature live music, rides, vendors, arts and crafts and games -- was the brainchild of area residents after witnessing the devastation of Hurricane Irene, Town said.

In the days after the storm, the first task facing Prattsville's home and business owners was tackling the layer of thick mud that the floods had left behind. During the process, Town said, the community was already thinking of ways to move forward.