Greene County

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 Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 - 9:58 am
With over a foot of snow forecast for the "higher elevations" in the Catskills today, according to the Times-Union and National Weather Service, our local ski resorts are delighted. Windham Mountain, Hunter Mountain, Plattekill Mountain, and Belleayre Ski... 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 Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 - 2:46 pm
The Daily Mail is reporting that both a Greene County Sheriff's Office squad car and a minivan were totalled in a crash on Rte. 32 in Cairo yesterday. Interestingly, the Sheriff's Office is refusing to comment on the accident at all. Still, the newspaper... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 - 1:49 pm
Ice climbing is not for the faint-of-heart. Just being outdoors on your average winter Catskills day can be bad enough, let alone outdoors hanging by your fingernails from the underside of a cliff 85 feet up. But lots of people around here love the sport... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 - 7:10 pm
The Freeman reports that a Pennsylvania woman died today after a skiing accident on Windham Mountain: Troopers at the Catskill barracks said Joan Sabatini, 69, of Yardley, Pa., was skiing with friends on the Wedgie Trail about 11:20 a.m. when she fell,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 - 4:09 pm
He dallied awhile before coming forward, but Stephen Kirwan, of the hamlet of Purling in the town of Cairo, has finally claimed that $122 million Powerball ticket that everyone was wondering about last month. Kirwan's identity was revealed at a press... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 - 1:23 pm
The New York Times ran a column about Palenville's pagans on Wednesday, giving the beleagered Maetreum of Cybele a chance to appeal to a national audience for help in their fight with the town of Catskill over property taxes. Out Towns columnist Peter... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 - 10:14 am
A Black Hawk helicopter with a minor mechanical problem made an emergency landing by Rte. 9W in New Baltimore yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. It was quite a sight: If you were driving on Route 9W in New Baltimore just south of the Town Of Coeymans... Read more

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