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By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2014 - 12:35 pm
Tom Crucet built a 65-foot-tall rappelling tower in Phoenicia because he knew it would be fun. Thirty years later, it still is.
“It’s one of the joys of my life,” says Crucet, who is a lawyer by trade and has been a town justice for 17 years. “I loved... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Tuesday, Jul. 8, 2014 - 3:25 pm
The driver of a car that caused a fatal multi-car accident on I-90 on Friday, July 4 was arrested today on charges of vehicular homicide and manslaughter, among other charges.
The driver, 24-year-old Tyler Pascuzzi, was taken to Albany Medical Center... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 8, 2014 - 10:30 am
A fight at a Newburgh nightclub spilled over into a shooting on I-84 early Saturday morning, when one car full of nightclub-goers pursued another, ramming and shooting at it, police say.
State police say that around 4:36 a.m., a Honda Civic with several... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Monday, Jul. 7, 2014 - 10:22 pm
A West Hurley man was arrested over the weekend on multiple charges after allegedly menacing someone with an axe during a domestic dispute at his home.
On Sunday, July 6, state troopers from Kingston and Shokan responded to a report of a domestic dispute... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 3, 2014 - 6:39 pm
Hanover Farms, a Route 28 farmstand that has been embroiled in legal battle with the town of Shandaken since 2012, is looking for a fresh start -- a new town, and a new name.
Outside the shuttered farmstand, a new sign has appeared, announcing that the... Read more
By John Ferguson on Monday, Jun. 23, 2014 - 3:09 pm
Climb up and over the rocky Shawangunk Ridge to a spectacular vista overlooking the Hudson Valley. Meander along hundreds of miles of carriage lanes and trails through the Mohonk Preserve. Ride through rolling pastureland on 19th- century dirt roads,... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Friday, Jun. 20, 2014 - 5:22 pm
The Narrowsburg School building, vacant since 2005, has been sold to a developer who plans to turn it into a drug rehabilitation center. The school is the latest in a series of Catskills schools that have been shuttered and repurposed because of declining... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 16, 2014 - 11:32 pm
Late on Sunday night, a massive propane explosion leveled a house on River Road in the Pennsylvania town of Damascus. Across the Delaware River, on the New York side, residents of the Sullivan County hamlet of Callicoon heard the blast and saw the flames... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Monday, Jun. 16, 2014 - 1:41 pm
The miles of trails that crisscross the Catskill Park would be in rough shape, if not for the volunteers that brave mud, weather, prickers and bugs every year to keep them in good condition.
This month -- just in time for National Trails Day -- those... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Friday, Jun. 13, 2014 - 12:05 pm
Strapping on your hiking shoes isn’t the only way to see the Catskills: You can also hit the trail on horseback. Trail-riding companies operate throughout the region, and they offer an alternative way to enjoy the spectacular views and fresh mountain air... Read more
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