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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 1, 2011 - 1:56 pm
The Daily Star has the horrible news: An 83-year-old woman was killed yesterday when a car drove through the house in Sidney where she was waiting to get her hair done at an in-home hair salon: An 83-year-old Unadilla woman waiting to have her hair done... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 1, 2011 - 11:03 am
Note: This isn't an April Fool's joke. You can't make this stuff up. --Ed. Rumors are flying in Delhi that the Tractor Supply Co. store on Main Street was hit by armed robbers on Wednesday. The stories vary, with some of the more extravagant ones... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 2:11 pm
The Times Herald-Record is reporting that teams of federal and Sullivan County officials have made one of the biggest marijuana busts in the county's history: 7,000 marijuana plants, a haul worth about $10 million. "We believe it will be a record,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 12:32 pm
The Daily Mail has the details: A Hunter-Tannersville Central School District school bus maintenance supervisor was charged with having sexual relations with an underage student. Timothy B. Tait, 52, of Tannersville had a court appearance adjourned... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 28, 2011 - 10:52 am
According to a press release issued by the State Police, Dayton Harper of Port Ewen was arrested last week after reportedly hurting a 5-year-old child on two occasions. Harper allegedly struck the child and, in a separate incident, threw a toy at the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Mar. 27, 2011 - 12:26 pm
With a glut of vacation houses standing empty most of the year, break-ins are a perennial problem in the Catskills and Hudson Valley. But this one kinda takes the cake: A scrum of (mostly) teenagers allegedly occupied a house on Beaverkill Road in Stone... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2011 - 7:16 am
Sheri Rails: NY State Police The State Police in Liberty are reporting that a 47-year-old Pennsylvania woman gave them an easy arrest on Sunday when she allegedly raced by their barracks on Rte. 17 at 104 miles per hour while high on a controlled... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 21, 2011 - 11:59 am
The Daily Mail is reporting that New York State Police were led on a car chase on Rte. 23 in Greene County in the wee hours of Sunday morning by an 18-year-old Cairo man. According to the Mail's story, Angelo Joseph Agosto, came away with a number of drug... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 21, 2011 - 10:15 am
The New York State Police are reporting that officers found 58 marijuana plants in a Neversink home on Thursday and charged Duane A. Sausville, the resident, with operating the growing operation. The report states that Sausville, who allegedly first gave... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Mar. 20, 2011 - 10:07 pm
The Albany Roman Catholic Diocese announced yesterday that they have removed former Margaretville priest Robert Purcell from ministry, and placed three Capital-region retired priests on administrative leave, in the wake of recent sexual abuse accusations... Read more

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