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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 8:10 am
On Wednesday, Sean Scherer's Andes outpost of antiques, taxidermy, and artfully-arranged objects opened an outpost in the East Village. The Andes location of Kabinett & Kammer, however, is still the "flagship" store, according to the press release... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011 - 12:47 pm
A Callicoon shopkeeper has won a million dollars in the lottery, the second time in a month that someone from the Catskills has been handed a big lotto check.
In February, a Cairo man claimed a $122 million winning Powerball ticket. Now, according to a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011 - 5:28 pm
Michael Lowe: Photo via the New York State PoliceThe New York State Police in Liberty are reporting that Michael Lowe of Livingston Manor fired a rifle at a woman, her mother and her uncle as the woman was being picked up from Lowe's Meadow St. house... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 4:30 pm
Stone & Thistle Farm in East Meredith is knee-deep in baby goats these days, as its latest blog post shows with lots of adorable pictures (including the one above). This means that, because many of the farm's goats aren't exactly the best mothers, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 11:03 am
On Saturday, a 1969 vintage military jet flown by 38-year-old Michael Faraldi of Germantown inexplicably crashed into the Hudson River just north of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, according to New York State Police and multiple press reports.
Faraldi... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 8:57 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting today that 21-year-old Matthew Fragner, of Kingston, has been arrested as part of a complicated, bizarre, and very damp robbery.
According to the press release, Fragner helped two other men, Shawn McCarthy... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 - 12:06 pm
A judge has found that a group of self-described witches may have gotten special treatment from the town of Catskill – and not in a good way.
In a strongly-worded decision issued on Tuesday, Judge George J. Pulver, Jr. of the Greene County Supreme Court... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 - 1:09 pm
For the second time in the past year, a brand-new full-power community FM station is launching in the Catskills.
Last summer saw the debut of WIOX 91.3 FM, which serves Delaware and Schoharie counties out of the town of Roxbury. Now tomorrow, it's WGXC 90... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 - 5:46 pm
The Daily Mail and the Daily Freeman are reporting that an unidentified person fatally jumped off the Rip Van Winkle Bridge this afternoon. The Mail reports that the bridge was closed for several hours as authorities inspected a suspicious package:
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 - 4:01 pm
Christina Eliopoulos, the director of Demon on Wheels, a Margaretville-based documentary about outlaw mechanic and daredevil Mike Ondish, is raising the $25,000 she needs to finish her movie via the website Kickstarter. (We've covered the movie, which... Read more
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