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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 27, 2010 - 9:23 am
Busted: Two Cairo men allegedly caught in the act of boosting 500 pounds of copper wire from an empty house. The Daily Mail reports that they've got some other issues, too:
[Chester] Kilmer was additionally charged with seventh-degree criminal possession... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 26, 2010 - 10:19 pm
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports that Nicolo Ciancio, a 68-year-old man, died in the town of Meredith on Saturday in an ATV accident. Ciancio was driving northeast along Catskill Turnpike Road around 1pm when his ATV flipped off the road and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 26, 2010 - 8:55 am
The Cauliflower Festival in Margaretville was beautiful. A few photos from the festival, including a cauliflower on Mabel on the Move's shiny airstream food truck, above. Below, two images of the Schoharie Valley Cloggers, and one of a handmade wooden... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 24, 2010 - 10:25 pm
Elvis feels the burn at Warrior Dash, a race that travels all over the country combining the raw athleticism of the triathlon, the geeky anarchy of Comic Con, and the muddy fervor of that bigass battle in Braveheart. Missed the race at Windham last... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 24, 2010 - 10:14 am
The Shawangunk Journal interviewed the family of Ryan Panchak, the 29-year-old who drowned in the Esopus while fishing a week ago. Panchak was the father of a one-year-old son:
Panchak was a 1999 graduate of Kingston High School and had a baby son, Jacob... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 3:39 pm
From the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) Unit report the arrest of Nicholas A. Collins, age 23, of 33 Green Street, Kingston, NY, for numerous counts of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 3:26 pm
Screenshot from "Windfall."
This week, Andes part-timer Stanley Fish, an opinion columnist for the New York Times, weighed in (again) on the controversial topic of wind power development in upstate New York. Fish, a die-hard opponent of local wind power,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Opposing The Cordoba House - Park 51 Islamic Training Center (Ground Zero Mosque) At 47-49 Park Ave, NYC
Wallkill Republican Kevin Roberts backed down from his controversial resolution opposing the Ground Zero mosque at a meeting of the Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 10:13 am
Remember Benjamin, the capuchin monkey who bit a woman staying at the Kaaterskill Bed & Breakfast in Catskill, prompting a lawsuit and the monkey's disappearance? The New York Daily News tracked Benjamin down to a monkey rest home in Florida, where,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010 - 7:56 am
If you haven't heard the term "flatlander" around the Catskills, odds are that you are one. There's an unusual opportunity to hear what the locals really think about you happening tonight in Andes. The plan is for a frank discussion, led by a local, about... Read more



