Increase in DWI checkpoints across Ulster County

Law enforcement agencies and fire departments are teaming up across Ulster County during the holiday weekend to enforce New York's DWI laws.

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West Hurley man charged with driving drunk in unregistered car

... er was charged with felony DWI and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, also a felony. He was sent to Ulster County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or $25,000 bond.

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West Hurley man charged with driving drunk in unlicensed car

... er was charged with felony DWI and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, also a felony. He was sent to Ulster County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or $25,000 bond.

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Ulster to host public meeting on NY watershed issues

The Ulster County Legislature will have its own public hearings on issues concerning the Lower Esopus Creek after the state Health Department refused to do so itself.

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Cops: Fight call leads to pot find in Cottekill house

An argument between a couple led cops to discover they were growing pot in front of their child, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office said.

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Last Chance Foods: Stalking Panther Edamame

Clear skies, full bellies, can't lose - maybe that should be the Friday Night Lights -inspired motto for panther edamame , a variety of soybean that's currently growing at the Hudson Valley Seed Library in Ulster County, N.Y. The plant isn't named after the fictional high school football mascot of Dillon, Texas, sadly.

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DEP announces $9 million in new streams and creeks improvement projects

... to prevent future erosion of the stream channel's right bank. Stony Clove Creek at Chichester Shandaken, Ulster County: $1.25 million to stop stream bank failure and reduce turbidity by stabilizing the stream channel. Stony Clove Creek at Warner ...

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Man released from state prison a week ago charged with raping woman in her apartment

ELLENVILLE An Ellenville man is being held in the Ulster County Jail without bail after he allegedly raped a woman in her Town of Wawarsing apartment on Friday.

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Kingston school board halts $100,000 sale of old Tillson school

... the sale. The group sent it to state Education Commissioner John King, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright and various elected officials. Among other things, the group questions the sale price of ...

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$9M announced to improve Catskill streams, creeks damaged by storms

... right bank. The estimated cost for this project is $1.7 million. Stony Clove Creek at Chichester Shandaken, Ulster County Construction at this site aims to stop the chronic stream bank failure and reduce turbidity by stabilizing the stream channel. ...

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Edwards discusses latest offer f...

... the offer in depth. The group currently interested in the County Home recently purchased a similar facility in Ulster County. The Golden Hill Health Care Center, a 280-bed facility, in Kingston was officially transferred to the group in June. ...

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Two years after Irene, Lee

... through our area, leaving behind millions of dollars of property damage. YNN's Alexandra Weishaupt was in Ulster County, where people are still working to recover, two years later. ULSTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Chichester resident Henry Needham said, "We ...

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No questions, few answers

... ourselves, who we are." The group currently owns two other facilities: One in Broome County and the other in Ulster County. Edward Farbenblum said they have since added programs to the homes. "We took a skilled nursing facility, just a skilled ...

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$2M Lower Esopus plan cut

... to fix problems in the Lower Esopus Creek was quietly dropped from a key report. An unreleased draft leaked by Ulster County Executive Mike Hein orders the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to provide $2 million to implement ...

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Shelter Tails: Neglected pup shows remarkable trust

... room to visit her. Her trust in people is remarkable considering the neglect she endured before coming to the Ulster County SPCA. "Some good Samaritans had found her in the road with all of her bones showing; she was emaciated," said Irene Hood, ...

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Pattern for Progress to focus on real-estate trends at annual luncheon

... the Assembly's Committee on Housing, also will speak, as will state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, a representative of Ulster County and former executive director of the Neighborhood Preservation Coalition. The luncheon will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ...

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Home Interest Growing

... ourselves, who we are." The group currently owns two other facilities: One in Broome County and the other from Ulster County. Edward Farbenblum said they have since added programs to the homes. Additionally, he said the group works very closely with ...

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Lawmakers To Hear Latest Offer F...

... the offer in depth. The group currently interested in the County Home recently purchased a similar facility in Ulster County. The Golden Hill Health Care Center, a 280-bed facility, in Kingston was officially transferred to the group in June. ...

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Critics blast NYC and state Health Department for reversing proposed rules on watershed

... to address issues in the Lower Esopus Creek to the tune of $2 million. An unreleased draft leaked by Ulster County Executive Mike Hein orders the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to provide $2 million to implement stream projects ...

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Edwards discusses latest offer for County Home

... the offer in depth. The group currently interested in the County Home recently purchased a similar facility in Ulster County. The Golden Hill Health Care Center, a 280-bed facility, in Kingston was officially transferred to the group in June. ...

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Lawmakers To Hear Latest Offer For County Home

... the offer in depth. The group currently interested in the County Home recently purchased a similar facility in Ulster County. The Golden Hill Health Care Center, a 280-bed facility, in Kingston was officially transferred to the group in June. ...

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Secretary of State Perales takes tour of Walkway over the Hudson

... recently funded Department of State projects located in Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County) and the Town of Lloyd (Ulster County). "We were thrilled to show Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales how far the Walkway has come in just a few years, as well as ...

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Esopus to unveil statue of abolitionist

... at what a person can overcome," said Anne Gordon, chairperson of the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee and Ulster County historian. "It also recognizes that people here in Ulster County helped her." The memorial committee decided not to release ...

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Woman sold pharmaceuticals to undercover cops, police say

... woman was arrested Monday, accused of selling diverted pharmaceuticals to undercover police officers. The Ulster County Sheriff's Office said Julia Gary, 52, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal sale of a ...

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Murder suspect to face court

... not speak. At the hearing, before Judge Katherine A. Moloney, Rogers was assigned representation from the Ulster County Public Defender's Office. Assistant District Attorney Aviv Segal told Moloney that the Dutchess County District Attorney's ...

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Bronze statue to commemorate abolitionist Sojourner Truth and her local tie

... was a thirteen-year old child. Sculptor Trina Green of New Paltz created the work. Sojourner Truth was born in Ulster County and lived the first 30 years of her life in the Town of Esopus. Funding for the statue was obtained by Assemblyman Kevin ...

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Ellenville icon Harry Resnick is mourned

... tragedy in Resnick's life was the kidnapping and death of his daughter, Trudy, a health care worker. He helped Ulster County to build the Trudy Resnick Farber Building for Human Development to provide healthcare and social services. Resnick died at ...

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Coffee, cake and talk about death and dying

... Avenue Campus of HealthAlliance. She said the Death Cafe concept began in England and has now made its way to Ulster County. Groups of about 10 each sat around tables with plates of cake, a coffee cup filled with daisies and Queen Anne's Lace and ...

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UlsterCorps to celebrate volunteers at Harvest Fest

... Volunteers Day honoring local volunteers as part of the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival on Sept. 21-22 at the Ulster County Fairgrounds, 249 Libertyville Road in New Paltz. Volunteers from Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County, Family of ...

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High Falls teen wins 4-H Master Showman title

Savannah Baker, 19, of High Falls, was awarded the 2013 4-H Master Showmanship title for this year's Ulster County Fair.

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Orange confidential: Food-truck purveyor scores top honors at New Paltz Ribfest

... What could have been better? He too was local, from the hamlet of Wallkill, just five miles away from the Ulster County Fairgrounds, where Ribfest is held. He's the owner of a mobile food cart called Handsome Devil, and he's kind of a big deal ...

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Kingston's 'Summer Sweep' leads to drug arrest

... Fairmont Ave. was arrested as part of an URGENT "Summer Sweep" operation aimed at stemming narcotics sales in Ulster County. Kuntz was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of third-degree ...

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Program offers strategies for safer neighborhoods

... the Everette Hodge Community Center. Healthy Kingston for Kids, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County; Kingston Cares, a program of Family of Woodstock Inc.; and the Kingston Police Department are introducing the Crime ...

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Port Ewen teen charged with sexually abusing boy

Ulster County sheriff's deputies said that about 8:30 p.m., they saw Michael McKevitt walking on Broadway with the boy, obstructing traffic.

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Ulster deputies say man tried to break into camp

A 24-year-old Maryland man was charged with trying to break into the Ukrainian National Association Estate camp and then lying to Ulster County sheriff's deputies who responded.

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19-year-old charged with abusing 9-year-old

Around 8:30 p.m., Ulster County sheriff's deputies said they saw Michael Mckevitt walking on Broadway with the boy, obstructing traffic.

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Summer Hoot: 3-day music festival includes new stage dedicated to late, beloved Toshi Seeger

A longtime Dutchess County resident whose impact on folk music and social causes remains timeless will be remembered this weekend during a three-day music festival at the foot of the Catskill Mountains in Ulster County.

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Police arrest 16, seize car in Ulster drug raid

The sweep culminates a three-month probe into drug sales in Ulster County and follows raids in Ellenville and Kingston over the winter in which 42 people were arrested.

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Ellenville benefactor Harry Resnick dies

... people with Harry as CEO. His brother Joe ended up becoming a congressman while brother Lou held power in Ulster County's Democratic Party for 20 years. Resnick money built Ellenville Hospital and when it came time to dedicate the facility in 1967, ...

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Olive brothers arrested following forgery investigation

... ssession of a hypodermic instrument. Matthew was released following his arrest, while Robert was released from Ulster County Jail Thursday on a $20,000 secured bond.

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16 arrests in Ulster County drug raid Thursday

The sweep culminates a three-month probe into drug sales in Ulster County and follows raids in Ellenville and Kingston over the winter where 42 people were arrested.

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New Paltz Mayor West sues village over salary cut

... and to punish him for "not being nicer." The Article 78 proceeding was filed in state Supreme Court in Ulster County on Friday by West's lawyer, Michael Sussman. The village was served Monday. Under Article 78 of New York Civil Practice Laws, a ...

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Cerebral palsy group plans accessibility awareness day

Celebrating accessible public spaces and raising awareness of the need for more will be the focus of Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County's Accessibility Awareness Day on Aug. 31. The event, which includes a walk and other activities, will be held on the Ulster side of the Walkway Over the Hudson from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. "We are really looking forward to ... (more)

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Safe canning: Classes on home preserving helpful for beginners and experienced

... of food-borne illnesses from consuming home-preserved foods. Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, based in Kingston, will offer several classes throughout the rest of this year teaching basic preserving methods. The classes ...

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Coming Friday in Enjoy!: Remembering Toshi Seeger at the Summer Hoot

A new stage at the Ashokan Center in Ulster County has been dedicated to Toshi Seeger, the late wife of Dutchess Junction folk singer Pete Seeger.

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Economy stabilizes with fewer at work

... to see whether this "may become the new norm." The state Department of Labor issued its report Tuesday. In Ulster County, the jobless rate was 7.7 percent, down from 9.4 percent. And for the seven-county Hudson Valley region -- which also includes ...

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Huge oak to be felled

... nearly 120 feet tall. That's very tall for that species of tree. It's 22 feet taller, for instance, than the Ulster County quercus velutina listed in the state Department of Environmental Conservation's registry of big New York trees and taller, ...

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Old Paramount resort could get new life as center for struggling vets

... North Eastern Expansion Development Corp., which has presented similar proposals in Middletown and Ulster County, although it has yet to build one. "We aim to address one of the largest problems the country faces today," she said, "the homelessness ...

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Warwick man accused of trying to lure girls for sex

... the woods in Monroe. At the time, he was wanted on charges of sending explicit photos to a 14-year-old girl in Ulster County and was on probation from a 2010 conviction in Orange County for discussing bestiality with teenage girls online.

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2 Saugerties men charged with cocaine possession

Two Saugerties men found themselves behind bars at the Ulster County Jail following a traffic stop and arrest on charges of cocaine possession.

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Warwick man charged again with trying to lure girls for sex

... in Monroe. At the time, he was both wanted on charges of sending explicit photos to a 14-year-old girl in Ulster County and was on probation from a 2010 conviction in Orange County for discussing bestiality with adolescent girls online. He has been ...

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Owner of drifting jet ski on Hudson River found safe and sound

... a said. The team included a Glasco Fire boat, an East Kingston Fire boat, the Ulster Hose Fire Department, the Ulster County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Coast Guard.

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08/20/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Ulster County, NY

• What's new in the mid-Hudson Valley business scene for Aug. 20 _{2013-08-20, 03:00 am}
  ... Marrone, community volunteer, vice chairman of Putnam County; Arthur R. Upright, consultant, vice chairman of Ulster County; and Robert R. Butts, attorney, assistant secretary. Newly elected trustees are: Bill Brenner and Jim Davenport, president, ...
• Hein, Cahill haven't budged on sales tax fight _{2013-08-20, 02:07 am}
  In the fight regarding the Ulster County sales tax, the lines in the sand have been drawn and they're drawn around Assemblyman Kevin Cahill.
• Police seize drugs, guns, luxury cars in New Paltz _{2013-08-20, 02:05 am}
  Cocaine, pills, two shotguns, $84,000 and luxury vehicles were seized in a noontime raid Friday by the Ulster County drug and gang task force, police said.
• Officials gather in Saratoga to discuss future of casino gaming in the region _{2013-08-20, 01:16 am}
  ... Nevele hotel group wants to put a casino at the site of the former Nevele Grande, near Ellenville in southern Ulster County. Plans call for a casino, hotel and championship golf course along with extensive retail, dining and entertainment. However, ...
• Man released from state prison a week ago charged with raping woman in her apartment _{2013-08-17, 03:00 am}
  ELLENVILLE An Ellenville man is being held in the Ulster County Jail without bail after he allegedly raped a woman in her Town of Wawarsing apartment on Friday.
• K9 Bomb Detection Unit heads to Saugerties Police Department _{2012-10-11, 03:00 am}
  ... counties as the dog will also assist other agencies when in need. "We rely heavily on the State Police and the Ulster County Sheriff's office and the Greene County Sheriff's office," said Sinagra. "By receiving this grant, this is a way for us to ...
• Beetles land in Putnam; ash trees imperiled _{2013-08-19, 03:00 am}
  ... decimating stands of millions of ash trees as they moved along. Earlier this year, the bugs appeared in Ulster County. Carlson called their impact there "devastating." Ash trees are common; they make up about 8 percent of all of New York's trees. ...
• Self-Storage Owner Files Harassment Suit Against Neighbor in Saugerties, NY _{2013-08-19, 12:45 pm}
  ... in lost business and time, and financial hardship. The suit was filed last month in state Supreme Court in Ulster County, according to the source. Heidcamp, a neighbor of Winnie Auto Sales and a former Saugerties police officer, is president of the ...
• Ulster police task force seizes drugs, luxury cars, shotguns in Friday raid _{2013-08-19, 10:50 am}
  Cocaine, pills, two shotguns, $84,000 and luxury vehicles were all seized in a noontime raid by the Ulster County drug and gang task force Friday, police say.
• Bragging rights on barbecue _{2013-08-19, 09:22 am}
  ... region's most anticipated gastronomic events of the summer. Held each of the last nine years, the event at the Ulster County Fairgrounds brought out more than 12,000 people for the Saturday and Sunday contest, as well as a strong crowd Friday for a ...
• Barbecue lovers flock to Ribfest _{2013-08-19, 03:00 am}
  ... experience was just one take on the Ribfest, which opened Friday, concluded Sunday and was held at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz. The culinary extravaganza took place in a festival atmosphere, with live music a mechanical bull and ...
• Ellenville man dead after crash on Route 209 in Marbletown _{2013-08-19, 03:04 am}
  An Ellenville man is dead after the pickup truck he was driving hit a tractor trailer at about 5 a.m. on Route 209, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office says.
• Orange County ponders Greenway Compact _{2013-08-19, 02:10 am}
  ... Greenway communities, but only Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam and Westchester counties have adopted compacts; Ulster County has a grant to develop one. The Orange County compact is, it says, meant to show how the principles that already are in the ...
• Ulster Savings Bank donates $500 to Mano-a-Mano _{2013-08-19, 02:09 am}
  Ulster Savings Bank recently donated $500 to Mano-a-Mano in support of its Ulster County Latino Resource Fair, which will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept.
• Driver flees trooper, dies in crash _{2013-08-19, 12:40 am}
  ... Miner, a state police spokesman, who spoke in general terms yesterday because he wasn't familiar with the Ulster County incident. "You're looking at the nature of the offense, other motorists, weather conditions and visibility, whether the violator ...
• 'When Comedy Went to School' is good for a few laughs _{2013-08-16, 11:17 am}
  For a disorganized film that has trouble deciding what it's about, "When Comedy Went to School" can be a lot of fun.
• Ulster County woman injured in UTV accident in Martinsburg _{2013-08-18, 06:11 am}
  An Ulster County woman suffered a leg injury Friday when the utility vehicle she was driving flipped over at Centerville and Flat Rock roads in the town of Martinsburg.
• Head-on crash kills Ulster County man _{2013-08-15, 03:00 am}
  ... and a pickup truck on Route 209 in the Town of Marbletown early Wednesday killed the pickup truck driver. The Ulster County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Peter Hull, 42, of Berme Road in Ellenville. He died at the scene The ...
• Cities, groups strive to strengthen downtowns _{2013-08-18, 01:50 am}
  ... Gloversville, talks with customers Barbara Kidney and Andrew Dalton on Aug. 7. Kidney and Dalton, residents of Ulster County, stopped into Ottalagano's store to purchase a violin bow on their way home from Indian Lake, having visited the store once ...
• Man, two teens charged with breaking into Kingston home _{2013-08-17, 04:35 pm}
  ... with second-degree burglary and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, felonies, and sent to Ulster County Jail on $50,000 cash bail and $100,000 bond An 18-year-old male from Poughkeepsie and a 16-year-old female from Kingston, whose ...