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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 5:53 pm
The Times Herald-Record reports how Michael O'Dell, a 22-year-old, got in the way of a shotgun blast fired by Jeremy Rakin, his 27-year-old friend, last night in Roscoe. (O'Dell, miraculously, is in critical but stable condition, the paper reports):
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 5:35 pm
For the second time in a month, there's been a fatal car accident on Rte. 28 near De Silva Rd. in Boiceville, in the town of Olive.
This afternoon, according to the Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record, one person was killed on that stretch of road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Greene County legislators aren't the only ones asking questions about IDAs lately. Just released: A damning report on state Industrial Development Agencies, a team effort by NY Jobs With Justice and Urban Agenda. The report, un-subtly titled "No Return On... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 2:40 pm
The Catskills region currently has its hands full fighting an invading horde of small green aliens. But an even more deadly battle is brewing: Their bigger, badder black-and-white cousins are lurking downstate, waiting for the opportunity to strike.
They'... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 1:38 pm
If so, hie thee immediately to the American Legion parking lot on Union Street, where the National Guard has set up a temporary skate park and will be there til 4pm.
The National Guard? Skateboarding? Well, they've got an ulterior motive: They're hoping... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 1:19 pm
Richard Weishaupt Jr., of Saugerties, was sentenced on Friday to two and one-third to seven years for theft and endangering the welfare of a child. The crime? Weishaupt and his 14-year-old son broke into the pool house of the old IBM Recreation Center in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 8:09 am
We all know that Kutsher's was a mecca for young comedians in its Borscht Belt heyday, but the Wall Street Journal has a fun article about how it also nursed the likes of Wilt Chamberlain and Mickey Mantle. For Wilt, who worked as a bellhop at Kutsher's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 - 6:01 pm
Stanley Fish, a regular in the New York Times editorial pages and a part-time Andes resident, writes today about how he lied to a bunch of left-wing 9/11 conspiracy theorists having a meeting in Livingston Manor in order to observe them at close range:
I... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 - 4:20 pm
Fans of the TV show "Life After People" would probably enjoy the Catskills. It seems you can't spit in these mountains without hitting an abandoned movie theatre, a decaying bungalow colony, a depopulated resort, or an entire zoo being swallowed up by the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 - 7:56 am
Incredible news. Not only do women eat barbecue, but now, the Catskill Daily Mail tells us, they shoot guns too. And sometimes they're even good at it. What is this, the future?
Also, it seems the Daily Mail has discovered the fundamental difference... Read more
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