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By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 - 10:36 am
There's a saying: Unions eat their young. Sullivan County's largest union just agreed to substantial reductions in benefits for new workers, the Times Herald-Record reports:
Members of Teamster's Local 445 voted 183-103 Wednesday to OK a two-year, 10... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 - 10:06 am
The law against serving alcohol to minors, that is, which Keith W. Valentine voted for in 2007.
According to the Daily Freeman, Valentine and his wife threw a combination graduation and 4th of July party last month where drinks were served to 18-year-olds... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 - 9:43 am
Long has the 13-and-a-half-foot-tall statue at Homegrown Mini Golf and Kelder's Farm on Route 209 reigned supreme as the world's tallest garden gnome. But no longer, says the Times Herald-Record:
Now, according to Guinness World Records, Chomsky has been... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 - 7:38 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that a 19-year-old hiker, whose name has not yet been released, was killed today in a fall:
Police said the teenager was hiking with fellow students from Bard when he left the group to hike to the top of the falls. He apparently... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 - 7:18 pm
That's Tommy Ramone, nee Tom Erdelyi -- and he'll be performing with guitarist Claudia Tienan at 2pm Sunday afternoon, on the porch of Homer and Langley's Mystery Spot Antiques.
The duo, known as Uncle Monk, play a mean streak of bluegrass, a fact that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 - 5:42 pm
Monticello school board member Jo-Ann Peabody recently moved to North Carolina -- but she wasn't about to let that stop her from serving on the board. Until the Times Herald-Record came calling, that is.
Jo-Ann Peabody released a statement by email late... Read more
By Country House Realty on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 - 12:28 pm
Today's New York Times features a House Tour of Red Cottage Inc.'s Ten Broeck Cottage, and architect-owned/designed home with apple orchard in Livingston, NY, just ten minutes from antiques haven Hudson, NY. For more information, visit Ten Broeck Cottage'... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 - 10:55 am
The Times-Herald Record has the tragic story of Betzalel Levin, a camp counselor from Brooklyn who drowned in White Lake yesterday within feet of a life preserver and a boatload of campers. It's unclear why Levin, who dove off a rented boat in order to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 - 8:48 am
After last week's controversial goose murder in the town of Ulster, a 19-year-old named Christopher Roser has been charged with the act. Instead of being charged with animal cruelty, however, he's being charged with "the unlawful taking of a migratory... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 11:26 pm
A "Sundance-developed feature film" alliteratively titled "Martha Marcy May Marlene," is casting extras and minor roles tomorrow afternoon, Friday the 20th, at Tennanah Lake in Roscoe. The Catskill Chronicle has details:
No experience is required for... Read more
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