Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 13, 2013 - 9:52 am
Above: The Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band performs "Ashokan Farewell" at the Folk Alley studio in 2011.
You know the tune. The first two notes give it away. By the third note, it has you already transfixed in some haunting memory, whether you've... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, May. 11, 2013 - 11:49 am
On Thursday, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would allow boat rental businesses to store rental vessels directly on the banks of the NYC reservoirs. The policy change will make things easier for rental companies... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:36 pm
Dear Editor:
As many of you are aware, the Unit Management Plan for the expansion of Belleayre Mountain and the Belleayre Resort have been presented by the DEC for public review.
Belleayre Mountain – Capital improvements would include adding 16 trails,... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 11:30 am
Above: Who says moms always have to be nice? The Kindred Spirits Steakhouse and Pub in Palenville is serving up a Naughty Mother’s Day Brunch featuring ribald songstress Lex Grey from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, May 12.
Whether it's affection or guilt that... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:48 am
To the Editor,
The other day I learned that Crossroad Ventures, the developers that have been proposing to build a golf course on a mountainside for about 15 years, are now proposing that the State owned Belleayre center purchase the former Highmount ski... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:39 am
Dear Editor:
The Catskill Mountain Railroad Company, Inc. (CMRR) Is a for-profit company. It was organized in 1983 to make money for its owners. Its main asset was a lease of the rail line from Ulster County. The goal of the company, as I understand it,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 8, 2013 - 10:29 am
In a five-way race for two open seats on the New Paltz Village Board on Tuesday, voters elected Tom Rocco and Rebecca Rotzler.
Rocco got 335 votes and Rotzler 252, giving them a comfortable margin over Don Kerr (180), Jonathan Cohen (124) and Radi Serdah... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, May. 5, 2013 - 10:24 pm
A hiker was seriously injured in a fall on the Tanbark Trail in Phoenicia on Sunday afternoon.
Around 3pm Sunday, Shandaken police and first responders received a call that a hiker had fallen down a cliff roughly 40 feet high, according to Shandaken... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 11:18 am
Dear Editor:
I'm a 71 year old survivor of thyroid cancer.
Two years ago I joined 500 people bicycle from Buffalo to Albany in eight days. Along the way we patronized restaurants, discovered villages and historic sites and found places we would return to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 10:03 pm
A spill that shut down a stretch of Route 28 and Ohayo Mountain Road for hours on Tuesday afternoon was messy, but not dangerous, officials say.
The spill occurred sometime before on Tuesday, when a tractor-trailer traveling in West Hurley began leaking... Read more
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