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By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 - 12:21 pm
Coyotes. You've got questions. They've got answers.
On March 4, SUNY Ulster and the Catskill Institute for the Environment are hosting a talk on coyote ecology, featuring a panel of local scientists.
The panel will include Dr. Roland Kays, Curator of... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 - 10:48 am
The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development named its new executive director at their meeting last week. Here's the press release: Catskill Center for Conservation and Development appoints Alan White executive director
White was... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 - 8:36 pm
Capital Region enviroblogger, truck driver and all-around mountain man Andy Arthur climbed Hunter Mountain yesterday--and came back down with some marvelous photos. Above: The Hunter fire tower looking like something out of an Ingmar Bergman film.
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 - 10:09 am
The Daily Star reports that the site of a fatal accident in Davenport last week, in which a tractor-trailer ran off Route 23 and into a house, has been the scene of other crashes as well.
[Charles] Harford was driving east on Route 23 at about 5 a.m. when... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 - 11:02 pm
Galvanized by the mugging of a neighbor, a Kingston resident is organizing a community crime watch. The group held its first meeting today.
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 - 10:22 pm
Ulster Common Sense blogger Jeremiah snaps a picture of a horse tied to a parking meter outside Rosita's in Kingston.
This does raise a lot of questions. 1) Does the owner have to pay the same amount at the meter? 2) If the owner has a couple of drinks,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 - 9:56 pm
Developer Dean Gitter presented a revised plan for the Highmount resort to the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce this week. The Times-Union reports that the new design calls for fewer units.
"Crossroads' proposals have been literally all over the place,"... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 - 5:07 pm
That's what the Times Union says. Basement Bistro owner Damon Baehrel got a phone call about the prospect:
“They asked if we would be interested in hosting — of course I said yes — and they’re going to give me some possible dates,” Baehrel tells me. Given... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 - 3:28 pm
The Brooklyn-based band, fronted by Halcottsville's own Arleigh Kincheloe (with brother Jackson on the harmonica), plays two shows in the Catskills this weekend. Catch them tonight at the T-Bar Saloon in Roxbury, or tomorrow (Saturday) at the Andes Hotel... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 - 3:13 pm
Police are investigating the death of 22-year-old Erik Shook, who was found dead in his off-campus home on Tuesday, WRGB reports.
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