Greene County
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 21, 2011 - 11:59 am
The Daily Mail is reporting that New York State Police were led on a car chase on Rte. 23 in Greene County in the wee hours of Sunday morning by an 18-year-old Cairo man.
According to the Mail's story, Angelo Joseph Agosto, came away with a number of drug... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 18, 2011 - 10:58 am
As we reported yesterday, 24-year-old Evan P. Spitz of Palenville has been charged with posessing child pornography. But the Daily Mail adds substantive new information to that story today, including the notable facts that Spitz is related to a prominent... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011 - 3:27 pm
This just in from the New York State Police:
The New York State Police at Middletown N.Y. report the arrest of EVAN P. SPITZ, age 24 of Palenville, N.Y. for POSSESSING A SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD, a class E Felony.
SPITZ was arrested after an... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011 - 3:53 pm
Election day in Fleischmanns. Photo contributed by Ben Fenton.
The results are in from most of the region's village elections. Here's a roundup:
In Fleischmanns, the newly-reelected (and unopposed) village trustee Ben Fenton emailed us yesterday about... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011 - 10:03 am
WGXC, the Daily Freeman, and the Daily Mail all have reports sparked by a press release issued yesterday: The Holcim cement plant in Catskill is being "mothballed."
The press release reports that 100 jobs will be lost:
"We deeply regret having to mothball... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Today's the day for village elections, and while many races across the Catskills have candidates for various village boards and mayors who are running unopposed, there are a few real contests out there. Here's a list of the heated challenges:
Sullivan... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2011 - 10:07 am
The Woodstock Times and WGXC have neat sports news his week: John Thorn, a Catskill resident and baseball history guru, has been appointed to the post of Major League Baseball's historian.
John Thorn's new bookThorn has experience pontificating about the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 14, 2011 - 9:00 am
For years now, the Greene County town of Lexington has had an uncomfortable offer on the table from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: Build a wastewater treatment plant with city money, or don't and face the consequences..
The town... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011 - 12:31 pm
Paul Smart of WGXC attended last night's public forum about the Catskill Central School District budget, at which parents and teachers considered what school looks like when the only things it offers are required by state mandate:
Speakers addressed what... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011 - 11:37 am
Twenty-one-year-old Martin Morales, of Cairo, reportedly led multiple police departments from multiple counties on a day-long chase on Monday after he allegedly attempted to abduct and murder his former girlfriend in Vermont, according to the New York... Read more
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