Olive
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 - 5:35 pm
For the second time in a month, there's been a fatal car accident on Rte. 28 near De Silva Rd. in Boiceville, in the town of Olive.
This afternoon, according to the Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record, one person was killed on that stretch of road... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 9:12 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman report that 19-year-old Jordan Soderback was killed in a car crash in Olive yesterday, in which the driver has been charged with DUI. From the THR:
Erica Miller, 31, was driving under the influence of... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Apr. 26, 2010 - 9:21 am
As if you hadn't heard enough from the DEC this week, the Times Union ran an interview today with Wallace "Wally" John, the special assistant for natural resources to Pete Grannis and a West Shokan resident. No mention of, oh, gas drilling in the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 22, 2010 - 10:59 pm
Welcome to the hall of mirrors that is the Internet. The Daily Freeman recently wrote a story about Martha Frankel's new book, Brazilian Sexy. Frankel posted the Freeman clip on Facebook, along with a quip about being naked in her hometown paper. Some... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2010 - 12:04 pm
West Shokan fine art photographer E. G. Cleveland originally trained himself in black-and-white photography. But the revolution has been pixelated, and so now he's transitioned to full-color digital photos, a few of which he just uploaded this morning. ... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010 - 8:31 pm
The Ashokan Center has been forced to scale back somewhat on its ambitious plans for its new arts and environmental education campus in Olivebridge, the Woodstock Times reports. But founders Jay Ungar and Molly Mason are making the best of it:
Alas, Ungar... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 1, 2010 - 9:52 pm
Sally Moon in Olive got some great photos yesterday of water spilling over the Ashokan dam.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 3:50 pm
It's become an annual tradition for high school students from New York City and its upstate watershed communities to get together to talk about the science and policy of the NYC watershed. Last week, the Ashokan Center hosted 30 students from John Bowne... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 2:28 pm
It's maple syrup season in the Catskills, and everybody's getting into the spirit. Last Saturday was the first day of Maple Weekend, when local producers of maple syrup and maple sugar throw open their sugar house doors to tourists. (The festival pours... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 - 9:56 pm
Steve's Digicams, a digital camera site whose members often share photographs in the forums, has some incredible recent pictures of the Ashokan from Samsonville Road. Check it out.
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