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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - 9:27 am
Above: Video by the Daily Freeman.
The Freeman reports today that Saugerties couple Debbie Bundschuh and Rick Gailor narrowly escaped an early-morning fire that destroyed their house on West Saugerties Road.
The hero of the story is Max, a two-year-old... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 9:51 pm
Early this morning, a Trailways bus from Kingston bound for New York City rear-ended a tractor-trailer, leaving the driver hospitalized and nearly half of the bus's 16 passengers with minor injuries. LoHud.com reports:
The trucker told troopers that he... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 1:58 pm
Catskill resident Harry Carr, 52, was struck by a car and killed around 7:30 pm on Monday, October 3, near a rest area off Route 23 in the town of Catskill. The incident is still under investigation.
A press release issued today by the New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 6:20 am
20-year-old Brett Barnett of Stamford was struck by a car and killed early yesterday morning, while lying in the road on Route 10 in the town of Harpersfield. From the Press & Sun Bulletin:
Brett A. Barnett, 20, of Stamford, was lying on Route 10 in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 - 2:39 pm
20-year-old Ahman Alrefai of Jackson Heights was killed yesterday afternoon, near Tar Hollow Road in the town of Hancock, when the ATV he was riding went off the road and overturned.
From the Delaware County Sheriff's Office:
On Wednesday afternoon... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 8:14 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that a person was killed last night in a motorcycle accident on Route 52, about a mile east of Ellenville.
The accident was reported around 10:24pm on Wednesday, August 17. No other vehicles were involved. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 12:22 pm
A 21-year-old man drowned yesterday afternoon in Mohican Lake, in the Sullivan County town of Lumberland, after jumping from a rowboat and attempting to swim to shore.
The Times Herald-Record reports:
The young man, who was with the group in the rowboat... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 12:57 pm
This just in from the Albany Times-Union: An explosion this morning on a gas main near Guilderland shut down a six-mile stretch of the Thruway, and nearby homes are being evacuated.
The Times-Union reports:
Emergency workers and firefighters rushed to a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 9:14 am
According to a news report by Cyclists International, 20-year-old Colby Samstag, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the university's cycling team, was severely injured in the Tour of the Catskills race on Sunday.
The website... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 9:05 am
The Cairo-Durham High School was the scene of a horrific accident yesterday morning, when the car of two students on their way to summer school pulled into oncoming traffic on Route 145 and was hit by an SUV.
The accident claimed the life of 17-year-old... Read more
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