Greene County
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 - 4:20 pm
Fans of the TV show "Life After People" would probably enjoy the Catskills. It seems you can't spit in these mountains without hitting an abandoned movie theatre, a decaying bungalow colony, a depopulated resort, or an entire zoo being swallowed up by the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 - 10:06 am
The law against serving alcohol to minors, that is, which Keith W. Valentine voted for in 2007.
According to the Daily Freeman, Valentine and his wife threw a combination graduation and 4th of July party last month where drinks were served to 18-year-olds... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 - 1:45 pm
Christopher G. Barcey, 37, died on Sunday while driving an ATV "erratically and at a high rate of speed" in the town of Cairo in Greene County, according to the Daily Freeman. The cops are quoted as saying that drugs and alcohol were possibly involved:
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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 - 10:05 am
The folks at Cluckin A Critter Farm in Greenville opined on their blog yesterday that things are looking kind of drought-like in their area:
WOW!!! We're getting rain! I can't tell you how very bad we need this rain. There are a lot of folks around the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 11:04 am
Phoenicia is festooned with banners celebrating this weekend's Festival of the Voice, which starts tonight. Photo via the Festival of the Voice Facebook page.
We're skipping our blurbalicious event roundup this week to put out some fires in other parts... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 10:01 am
The Daily Mail reports that a crew repairing a water main break yesterday hit a gas line, which led to an evacuation of Coxsackie's downtown:
Local resident Antonio D'Arcangelis said he was sitting at his window and saw the backhoe strike the pipeline.
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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 - 10:01 am
Lynn E. Byrne, a resident of Lexington, NY, is outraged that the Windham Journal ran a column praising Japanese Knotweed -- or Polygonum cuspidatum, as it is formally known -- as “a source of many valuable natural products," including nectar for honeybees... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 3:48 pm
Greene County historian David Dorpfeld explains the provenance of one of Greene County's odder town names in the Daily Mail:
Coxsackie is an interesting name to speculate about. I recently talked to a woman who told me that, as a teenager, upon hearing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 - 5:25 pm
The New York Times golf columnist, Bill Pennington, has written a rapturous blog post about the Rip Van Winkle Country Club golf course in Palenville. The gist is that size, when it comes to golf courses, shouldn't matter.
You see, the Rip is a nine-hole... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 11:48 am
Pina Jackson in Mercemoriam: Foofwa d'Imobilite's Tribute to Merce Cunningham, Michael Jackson and Pina Bausch
Dear readers: Please believe us when we tell you we'd never inflict a mime on you in our weekend picks if he wasn't going to be brilliant. A... Read more
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