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 ...