Greene County
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010 - 3:11 pm
A curator at the National Museum of American History has spent three years trying to answer a question that has perplexed scientists and historians: Was Levi Hill a fake?
Hill, a 19th-century Baptist minister in West Kill, claimed to have invented color... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 - 2:06 pm
Enforcing the newly-passed Leandra's law, which requires all convicted drunk drivers to install ignition locks on their vehicles, may be too pricey for Greene County to handle, county lawmakers said at a meeting last night. The Daily Freeman reports:... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Apr. 10, 2010 - 9:45 pm
With the aid of power tools, the iconic Hudson River School artist might have made paintings like Stephen Hannock. A renowned modern-day heir to the legacy of Cole and his peers, Hannock has a technique--developed by accident, as this terrific Forbes... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010 - 2:32 pm
Tony Fletcher couldn't resist the chance to hit the slopes yesterday:
The temptation to ski Hunter in 81F/27C sunshine in early April, still with plenty snow on the mountain, and to wear shorts and t-shirt in the process, was too good to turn down.... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010 - 2:22 pm
If the big-talking Oklahoma investor still wants to buy the Friar Tuck Inn, he can call the Ulster Savings Bank. The property was foreclosed on after the hotel lost its case for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. bankruptcy court yesterday.
The Daily Freeman... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2010 - 8:56 am
Bird-watching fanatic Corey Finger, a Saugerties ex-pat who now lives in New York City, spent his Easter morning tromping around the swamp. He got some great bird photos and a shot of a tree-dwelling porcupine:
I went for a drive to the Great Vly, a large... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Apr. 2, 2010 - 10:50 am
Verizon has officially announced that it won't be installing its high-speed fiber-optic cable network in most of upstate New York, or anywhere else it already isn't available. But that won't stop the company from advertising the service in areas where it... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 - 1:58 pm
More info at the Daily Freeman.
Update from the Freeman: Two dead, one injured.
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 29, 2010 - 10:45 am
After almost a decade at Catskill Point in the village of Catskill, the local farmer's market is moving to the center of town, reports The Daily Mail. Not everyone is happy about it:
Kay Stamer, executive director of the Greene County Council on the Arts... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 - 9:46 pm
The Watershed Post interviews George and Duane LaFever, Catskill maple syrup producers.
It's the peak of New York's annual maple festival, and local tappers are saying the maple syrup yield in the Catskills is worse than it's ever been.
An evaporatorSugar... Read more
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