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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 - 8:53 am
On Saturday, the sound of gunshots rang out in the center of the town of Andes. Andes resident Jack McShane, a board member of the Catskill Mountain Club, emailed us to explain that the shots signaled the merciful end for an injured deer found in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 - 1:56 pm
Above: A CBS report on Muggle Quidditch.
Ever wondered if it was actually possible to play Quidditch without, you know, flying broomsticks and magical winged Snitches and all the rest of that Harry Potter flimflam?
Wonder no more: Some dedicated Potter... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 - 4:08 pm
Two Staten Island residents were killed in a car accident last night when their vehicle went into a pond off Bruce Porn Road in Roxbury. The Daily Star reports:
Police said Paul Campione Jr. and his brother, Christopher Campione, were driving a 2001... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 - 12:13 pm
As if village Mayor Terry Dungan suffering a stroke on Christmas Day wasn't bad enough: The longtime chief of the New Paltz volunteer fire department, David Weeks, has just resigned in the wake of a leaked email conversation between village elected... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 - 9:33 am
Richard Ulloa, the Ulster County man who allegedly sent threatening demands for millions of dollars to Ulster County judges, banks and a Rosendale police officer last year, was convicted of running a "fraudulent lien scheme" by a federal jury on December... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 - 7:19 pm
The latest from the Times Herald-Record about the search for 33-year-old Zach Green, who has been missing since Sunday:
By midday, police were almost certain that the 6-foot-2-inch, 220 pound man wasn’t near the Esopus Creek or along the railroad tracks... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 - 7:13 pm
Belleayre's slopes today. Via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.
There are two big stories about Belleayre Mountain Ski Center making the rounds today. First off, Jay Braman Jr. has juicy articles in both the Daily Freeman and the Catskill Mountain... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 - 3:04 pm
What happens when a designer goes on a road trip through Ulster County? She falls in love with the fonts on the signs.
Yesterday, Gail Anderson, who sits on the board of directors of the Society of Publication Designers, shared the photographic fruits of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 - 2:30 pm
In today's Daily Star, Patricia Breakey reports that the Delaware County Board of Supervisors has found an interim occupant for the position of Stop DWI coordinator left vacant after the controversial dismissal of Lisa Barrows last month.
Barrows's job... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 - 11:32 am
Joe Martens: Photo via the Adirondack Park AgencyYesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that his choice for the head of the embattled New York Department of Environmental Conservation, an agency that has burned through two chiefs in three months, will... Read more
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