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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 - 4:18 pm
This just in from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: A 30-year-old Franklin man named Preston E. Smith has been arrested for allegedly stealing a rifle and then using it to go hunting. The press release in full:
On November 22, 2010 Delaware County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 - 11:22 am
According to "I LOVE DELHI, NY," the Facebook page devoted to the little town on the West Branch of the Delaware River, somebody's bogarted the town's welcome sign. Posted yesterday evening:
WHO STOLE OUR WELCOME TO DELHI SIGN?? COST IS $1200. AS... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 - 11:05 am
Local purveyor of scrumptiosity Shandaken Bake had Village Voice writer Rebecca Marx swooning yesterday over a tasty tidbit she picked up at the New Amsterdam Market. The baked good in question? An ordinary-looking slice of maple parsnip bread.
If you've... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 - 10:29 am
A tempest in a teapot is brewing today over the New York State Department of Environmental Conversation's looming layoffs. The Civil Service Employees Association, which is furious about the cuts and is considering a lawsuit, finagled a Freedom of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 - 10:04 am
A black bear crosses the road at noon in California. Photo by RickC, via Flickr.
There might be a rather large black bear roaming around Uptown Kingston today, according to the Daily Freeman:
City police were called to Stickles Avenue off Fairview Avenue... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 - 7:19 pm
When you hit a deer, as so many of us have in the Catskills, your first worry is instant death and dismemberment, your second is for the cost of autobody repair, and your third, maybe, is for the deer. But last week, a 25-year-old man from Mount Vision... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 - 5:36 pm
Detail of this week's "Potshots" cartoon, by Gary Mayer.
As anticipated last week, Governor David Paterson announced today that he has struck a deal with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans to build a gaming resort in the hamlet of Bridgeville in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 - 12:57 pm
Rte. 28 between Hurley and Andes already has a new name: the Catskill Mountains Scenic Byway. And now, the Central Catskills Collaborative is hosting a design contest to come up with a logo for the route.
Anyone who is unsatisfied with the new logo for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 - 3:50 pm
A close-up photograph of a crack inside the Delaware Aqueduct under the hamlet of Roseton in Ulster County. Photo provided by the NYC DEP.
On Friday, the DEP told the world that it is planning an enormous public works project to repair the leaking... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 - 9:31 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. For some context for this week's cartoon, click here. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
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