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By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 - 12:53 pm
Image: The Pine Hill Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Sewer Collection System Sevice Area along Route 28. An extension to 20 additional properties, which was voted into law by the Shandaken town board last week, is indicated in orange on the map.
The Town... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 - 9:30 am
The Daily Mail reports that a man who jumped from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge last Wednesday, and whose body was recovered from the Hudson River the next day, has been identified as a Greene County resident.
State police said Aleksandr M. Tchernikov, 45,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 - 8:56 pm
Above: A photo set posted recently on Flickr by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has sent a team to Prattsville to help prepare a site for temporary housing under the guidance of FEMA.
Photos taken on site in Prattsville on January 10, 2012. For... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 - 9:39 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that the PTA of Bennett Elementary School, one of three in the Onteora district, is circulating petitions calling on the school board to reject the only reconfiguration plan on the table that would allow Phoenicia Elementary to... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 - 1:23 pm
Left to right: Ann Epner, director of the Pine Hill Community Center; Dr. Alison O’Brien, thrift store volunteer; Kent Brown, deputy director of the MARK Project. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
The Pine Hill Community Center donated $ 618.64, the proceeds of... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 - 11:24 am
Above: Vintage postcard of Main Street, Phoenicia. From the collection of local resident Stephen Bernstein; shared by the Woodland Valley View blog.
Small towns have some big advantages. They also have serious drawbacks. I came for the advantages and deal... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 - 11:22 am
On Wednesday, we reported that a man had jumped into the Hudson River from the pedestrian walkway along the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.
The Register-Star is reporting that a man's body has been recovered from an area of the river north of the bridge.
State... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 - 7:47 pm
East-bound on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, which connects Greene and Columbia Counties. Photo by Flickr user Karen Blumberg. Used under Creative Commons license.
A disturbing story is unfolding tonight surrounding the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, where a man... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 - 6:31 pm
80-year-old Verna Hess of Callicoon died Sunday morning when her car hit a utility pole on Route 52 in White Sulphur Springs, the Times Herald-Record reports.
[Sullivan County sheriff's] deputies found Verna Hess inside of a 1991 Buick Century. The White... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 - 4:08 pm
The Register-Star reports that Catskill High and Middle Schools were on lockdown this afternoon, after a bullet was found in a classroom.
The lockdown was initiated, and Catskill police responded to interview students and perform locker searches.
No... Read more
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