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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 11:28 am
Reader Cassandra Olin sent us a few pictures she took this morning. This one's from behind the railroad:
And this one's from the bridge on the corner of Route 28 and Dry Brook Road:
Olin writes:
On either side of the river is a trailer park that is also... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 10:42 am
The villages of Livingston Manor and Roscoe in the Town of Rockland are experiencing significant flooding, according to the Sullivan County website, and the town of Rockland has declared a state of emergency, according to County Manager David Faslau:
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 10:29 am
Above: Reader Catherine Sapinsky send us this photo of the Margaretville skate park, taken this morning at 8am.
Carol O'Beirne, the Executive Director of the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, emails us with a report of what it looks like on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 - 6:14 pm
Sullivan County just released a draft of its emergency Hazard Mitigation Plan, based on several years' worth of public meetings, questionnaires and planning sessions with towns and villages.
According to the county's best estimates, if disaster's going to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Anybody know more about this? We got an alert from the NY DOT:
building fire has closed Route 97 South and North bound within the Village of Hancock @ 8am 7/14/2010 for about 4 hours, with local detours set-up
Please send eyewitness accounts, photos, or... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 5, 2010 - 3:24 pm
Another week, another fire. This time, a pizzeria in Woodridge burned to the ground in a very smoky blaze yesterday, injuring five firefighters in the process, according to the Times Herald-Record.
Woodridge Pizza & Cafe was apparently a beloved... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010 - 10:35 pm
Site of accident, on Route 28 near Canada Hollow Road between Margaretville and Andes.
A section of Route 28 was shut down briefly earlier in the evening after an accident just outside of Margaretville. Unofficial reports from a grapevine of police-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010 - 4:02 pm
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman are reporting that Jeffrey W. Kayes, the driver of a dump truck that sparked an enormous fire on Rte. 9W in the town of Esopus on Tuesday, is facing criminal charges. The Record reports that those charges are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2010 - 10:06 am
Video of yesterday's fire posted by YouTube user Aylazon.
The inferno in the town of Esopus yesterday was nightmarish -- the flames were so hot that they melted a natural gas pipeline buried underground, according to the Daily Freeman. (They also... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2010 - 10:45 am
A fuel tanker and a dump truck crashed on 9W in Esopus around 8:30 this morning, causing a fire that gutted a nearby business and reportedly caused injuries. The Times Herald-Record reports:
The two trucks apparently collided and went partially off the... Read more
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