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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 25, 2011 - 9:24 pm
Tragedy struck in Esopus this afternoon when 22-year-old Thomas Heil was struck and killed by a CSX train. His brother, 20-year-old Christopher Heil, was also on the tracks, and sustained a shoulder injury.
The press release from the Ulster County Sheriff... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 25, 2011 - 2:09 pm
Photo from the PHCC's Facebook page.
The Pine Hill Community Center is holding a volunteer work day this Saturday, April 30. From an email they sent out today:
Hello friends. Please lend a hand to the Pine Hill Community Center this Saturday April 30... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 24, 2011 - 10:10 am
The Daily Freeman reports that a fire in Samsonville, in the town of Olive, has displaced its occupant and claimed the life of his dog.
Olive Fire Chief Chris Winne said the fire started in the kitchen of the single-family home at 30 Ravenwood Road and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 22, 2011 - 5:05 pm
Congressman Maurice Hinchey put out a press release today announcing that he's being treated for a curable form of colon cancer. From Hinchey's website:
Congressman Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY) today announced that he is being treated for a curable form of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 8:54 pm
Two employees of the Sullivan County town of Neversink resigned this week in the wake of an incident on Monday in which a handgun was allegedly fired in the town hall.
According to several sources that declined to give their names on the record, town code... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 11:24 am
Susan Marino on an Oprah segment that was aired last year.
The Times-Union broke the story yesterday: People for the Ethical Treatment of animals has released an uncover investigation of Angel's Gate Animal Hospice that accuses the Delhi operation of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 10:34 am
Image from Sabrina Artel's Facebook wall; illustration by Heather Carson.
As of last Sunday, Sullivan County has its own patron (matron?) saint: Sabrina Artel. She's the one-woman powerhouse behind Trailer Talk, a traveling radio show produced from Artel... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 8:56 am
The latest news in the glacial saga of the maybe-someday-to-be-built Belleayre Resort happened yesterday -- the resort's developer, Crossroads Ventures, filed its revised environmental impact analysis of the proposed Shandaken resort project with the New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2011 - 11:01 am
Temple Grandin, the renowned animal behaviorist who is also the world's most famous autistic person, will be in Stone Ridge this week to talk about her twin passions: livestock handling and autism.
Grandin will be giving two lectures at SUNY Ulster, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011 - 11:26 am
Spring hunting season for turkey is almost upon us, according to a New York Department of Environmental Conservation press release.
The official season starts on May 1, but this weekend the kids get an early start during "Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend,"... Read more
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