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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 2:19 pm
Two banks were robbed in the region this week: the Bank of Greene County in Greenport on Monday, and the Sawyer Savings Bank in Saugerties on Tuesday. Police have arrested suspects in both robberies, and think they may be connected.
On Tuesday, just hours... Read more
By Bernadette Rexford on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 10:35 am
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 9:59 am
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will pay a visit to the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh today at 12:30 to make a public announcement about flood recovery in the area.
Cuomo will be at the headquarters of the Middleburgh Fire Department, at 127 Railroad Avenue. On... Read more
By Simon on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 9:47 am
By root2shoot on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 8:45 am
Magnolias are very ancient plants. You can tell from the structure of their flowers. They evolved before modern flowers. Modern flowers have two distinct rings of modified leaves around the flower sex parts, the petals and the sepals (often serving as bud... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 - 11:51 pm
Gas drillers aren't exactly clamoring to set up rigs in the Ulster County town of Olive, well north and east of the more gas-rich parts of the Marcellus Shale in New York State. But town officials are worried enough about the prospect of hydraulic... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 - 10:22 pm
The owners of the Freshtown supermarket in Margaretville, which has been closed since the Irene flooding last summer, publicly announced today that the store would reopen before June 1. They also say that the CVS pharmacy at the site, which was completely... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 - 4:18 pm
George Ballantine and Robert Selkowitz have been friends for 30 years. Both men, who paint in oil and pastels, have a show opening at 768 main in Margaretville this Saturday with a party that is also doubling as Ballantine's 90th birthday party. Come... Read more



