Friday, June 30, 2017

Counties talk trash to save cash

... say could cut costs and improve disposal of their combined 230,000 tons of solid waste per year. The Ulster County Resource Recover Agency board of directors decided Wednesday to hire a consultant and study the regional concept. The timeline ...
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PEOPLE v. SMITH

... Kingston (Paul DerOhannesian of counsel), for respondent. Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Williams, J.), rendered July 14, 2015, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled ...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Tiny House Freedom Fest

... children. Diedricksen is one of about 12 speakers that will be featured at the Tiny House Freedom Fest at the Ulster County Fairgrounds on
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Rabbi, 38, dies at Hasidic Jewish camp

... He was teaching at the camp, which is affiliated with the Satmar Hasidic sect. An investigation by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office found that the death was "not suspicious," according to the Daily Freeman, and Weinberger apparently died of ...
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Orthodox Rabbi Found Dead At Jewish Summer Camp

Rabbi Pinchas Elya Weinberger, 38, was found on Monday morning dead in his bed at Kasho Camp in the Town of Wawarsing, New York. An investigation by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office found that the rabbi died of natural causes.
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Hasidic rabbinical teacher found dead in Ulster County camp

... in the Town of Wawarsing on Monday morning, police said. His death is not considered suspicious in nature. The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is investing the death of the man, who sources within the Hasidic community identified Pinchas Weinberger, ...
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Rabbi found dead at NY Jewish summer camp

... on Monday morning dead in his bed at Kasho Camp in the Town of Wawarsing, New York. An investigation by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office found that the rabbi died of natural causes. The exact cause of death was not made public. Weinberger ...
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Rabbi found dead at Jewish summer camp

Rabbi Pinchas Elya Weinberger, 38, was found on Monday morning dead in his bed at Kasho Camp in the Town of Wawarsing, New York. An investigation by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office found that the rabbi died of natural causes.
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Port Ewen man faces multiple charges following domestic dispute

... the welfare of a child and injuring a dog following a domestic dispute with family members on Monday. The Ulster County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to the residence where Frank W. Cogswell, 45, of Port Ewen, was engaged in the domestic ...
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Upstate NY man charged with 2nd rape in 5 weeks

... bus stop on Canal Street and arrested him. He was arraigned by village Justice Matthew Parker and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash bail or $200,000 property bond. Last month, Ellenville police arrested Colon on charges that he ...
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Monday, June 26, 2017

Ellenville man charged with second rape in five weeks

... bus stop on Canal Street and arrested him. He was arraigned by village Justice Matthew Parker and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash bail or $200,000 property bond. Last month Ellenville police arrested Colon on charges that he ...
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Manhunt for Tenn. fugitives believed to have terrorized Mamakating man

State police spent Saturday searching the Bloomingburg area after two of Tennessee's 10 most-wanted fugitives broke into a man's home and terrorized him in the wee morning hours, the victim and his neighbors said.
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Ellenville man charged with rape, burglary

... bus stop on Canal Street and arrested him. He was arraigned by village Justice Matthew Parker and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash bail or $200,000 property bond.
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Police Continue Search for 2 Fugitives in Ulster County

State police are attempting to determine if a home invasion in Sullivan County is related to the two fugitives they're searching for. Now, troopers say they're not sure if this home invasion is connected to the two Tennessee fugities they're searching for.
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Power restored in Cornwall

... also could not immediately be learned. Two smaller outages were reported for Central Hudson customers in Ulster County, affecting 57 customers in Olive, who should have power back on by 10 a.m., and 13 in Rochester who should see power restored by ...
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Power out for 330 in Cornwall

... also could not immediately be learned. Two smaller outages were reported for Central Hudson customers in Ulster County, affecting 57 customers in Olive, who should have power back on by 10 a.m., and 13 in Rochester who should see power restored by ...
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Sunday, June 25, 2017

Manhunt for Tenn. fugitives continues in Pike Co. and NY

State police spent Saturday searching the Bloomingburg area after two of Tennessee's 10 most-wanted fugitives broke into a man's home and terrorized him in the wee morning hours, the victim and his neighbors said. Between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Saturday, Jarret Cole "Shroom" Heitmann, 24, and Makayla Danielle Stilwell, 22, invaded the home of Robert Grumet, 66, of 11 Altamont Road.
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Lane is repeat Herdegen champ

... Lane dragged a golf bag along playing with his father, Kevin. With his father on the bag, Lane defended his Ulster County Amateur (Herdegen) title at the course that he still calls home Sunday. Lane, who graduated from Onteora High on Friday, ...
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Hudson Confidential: Ulstera s Cornell Cooperative director is retiring

Lydia Reidy, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, will retire at the end of 2017, after nearly three decades in the job.
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TBI: Wanted Kingsport couple possibly spotted in New York

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed Saturday they received information of a possible sighting and subsequent search for Jarret Cole Heitmann and Makayla Danielle Stilwell in Ulster County, New York. Heitmann and Stilwell are wanted by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office and the TBI in connection with a robbery and shooting incident that occurred on June 20th in Kingsport.
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Arts alliance introduces new executive director, Ariel Shanberg

... Award for significantly altering the landscape of photography from the Lucie Foundation, and the 2014 Ulster County Executive Arts Award for Arts Organization of the Year. In 2014, its residency program was listed as one of the top 20 programs in ...
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Saturday, June 24, 2017

Manhunt for Tenn.fugitives who terrorized Bloomingburg man

State police spent Saturday searching the Bloomingburg area after two of Tennessee's 10 most-wanted fugitives broke into a man's home and terrorized him in the wee morning hours, the victim and his neighbors said.
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Norwegian Air and tourism: We are fam-ily

... all about having the seats on those planes filled, and our role is fam tours,'' said Rick Remsnyder, Ulster County's tourism director. The state Division of Tourism's I Love NY team has partnered with the counties and Norwegian in this effort to ...
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Conservatives in bind over Wendel backing

ELLENVILLE - So, what do you call a political challenger whose party doesn't want him to run and who can't debate the incumbent in person without possibly getting arrested? That is the status of the potential race between Wendel and Elliott Auerbach, the three-term incumbent Ulster County comptroller.
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Norwegian and tourism: We are fam-ily

... all about having the seats on those planes filled, and our role is fam tours,'' said Rick Remsnyder, Ulster County's tourism director. The state Division of Tourism's I Love NY team has partnered with the counties and Norwegian in this effort to ...
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Arts alliance introduces new executive

... Award for significantly altering the landscape of photography from the Lucie Foundation, and the 2014 Ulster County Executive Arts Award for Arts Organization of the Year. In 2014, its residency program was listed as one of the top 20 programs in ...
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Friday, June 23, 2017

Animals Rescued from Dangerous Situation in New Paltz

... because one of his piglets was found off of his property, emaciated, covered in mange, suffered head trauma," Ulster County SPCA Executive Director Adam Saunders said. "That piglet did not survive. When we traced it back to him, it led us to ...
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Village may dissolve police department

... of the six selected local governments - Montgomery County, Chautauqua County, Madison County, Otsego County, Ulster County and the town of Brookhaven - and a $20 million prize to the government that submits the Ossenfort first became aware of the ...
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Teenage girl struck, killed by vehicle along upstate NY road

Authorities say a 17-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a vehicle while walking alongside a Hudson Valley road. The Daily Freeman of Kingston reports the Ulster County Sheriff's Office says Jennifer Curry, of Kingston, was walking north on the shoulder of the southbound side of a road around 2:30 p.m. Thursday when she was hit by a car.
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Teenage girl struck, killed by vehicle along upstate NY road

Authorities say a 17-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a vehicle while walking alongside a Hudson Valley road. The Daily Freeman of Kingston reports the Ulster County Sheriff's Office says Jennifer Curry, of Kingston, was walking north on the shoulder of the southbound side of a road around 2:30 p.m. Thursday when she was hit by a car.
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Upstate NY man charged for failure to feed pigs, goats on farm

Police and animal welfare agencies have charged a New Paltz man with failing to provide food and water to pigs and goats on his property. The Ulster County SPCA said that its law enforcement division, along with New Paltz police, served a search warrant on Wednesday at the Old Kingston Road property of David Jones, 61, and seized 13 animals - four adult pigs, four piglets and five goats.
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Pedestrian killed in Town of Ulster Thursday identified

... a car on Lucas Avenue Extension Thursday afternoon has been identified as Jennifer Curry, 17, of Kingston. The Ulster County Sheriff's Office said Curry was walking north on the shoulder of the road when she was struck by a 2007 Infiniti sedan ...
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Kingston Teen Dies After Being Hit by Car

The Ulster County Undersheriff says the teen was walking south when a car, also traveling south, hit her from behind. She was brought to Health Alliance Broadway Campus, where she later died.
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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Advocates Say Region In Desperate Need of Affordable Housing

... Ulster is one county where renters aren't making enough money to pay for increasing rent prices. The average Ulster County renter has a $652 rent gap for a two-bedroom apartment at fair market price. "Quite a few number of people in Ulster County, ...
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New Paltz man charged with failing to feed farm animals

... have charged a New Paltz man with failing to provide food and water to pigs and goats on his property. The Ulster County SPCA said that its law enforcement division, along with New Paltz police, served a search warrant on Wednesday at the Old ...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Man pleads guilty to vehicular assault

A Gardiner man pleaded guilty to vehicular assault in Ulster County Court Tuesday after two people sustained serious injuries in an accident caused by Coyle, prosecutors said.
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EOIR Position Openings for Immigration Judges - Closes June 29, 2017

The Executive Office for Immigration Review has posted a number of Immigration Judge position openings , mostly in California and New York, specifically: Adelanto , Los Angeles , New York City , Ulster County and Oakdale, LA . This position is in the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Office of the Chief Immigration Judge.
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Saudade (Feat. Chino Moreno Of Deftones) Apparently In Studio [News]

... social networks. The band's Chuck Doom, has started sharing some videos and photos from Applehead Recording (Ulster County, NY) lately. Check it out below and see for yourself: This story was written by a UG user. Have anything interesting to share ...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Conflicting Views on Defeated Resolution to Help Protect Undocumented Immigrants

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: The Ulster County Legislature, by a 14-8 vote, defeated a resolution to help protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. The largely symbolic resolution said law enforcement officials wouldn't have to report undocumented immigrants to federal agencies unless they have been convicted of a crime and have a criminal record or have been convicted of a felony.
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Glimmer of hope for Belleayre Resort?

KINGSTON - The lawsuits that have long-delayed the $365 million Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park project could be over by year's end, the developer said Tuesday at the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Kingston.
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Ulster sheriff: Middletown man driving drunk with child in vehicle

ELLENVILLE A Middletown man was arrested Friday after Ulster County Sheriff's deputies said he was driving drunk with a child in his vehicle.
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A few power outages in region

Central Hudson says 136 of its customers in Ulster County are without power. Restoration times for the two largest outages - Marbletown, where 60 customers have no power, and Marlborough, where 42 customers have no power - are still pending.
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Monday, June 19, 2017

Man from Kingston facing rape charges

Johnson was charged with three counts of third-degree rape, a felony; and one count of fourth-degree computer tampering, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned before Ulster Town Justice Marsha Weiss and was being held without bail in Ulster County Jail, pending a Tuesday court appearance.
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Ex-Kingston woman pleads guilty to welfare fraud

Former Kingston resident Jenna Fabbie, 33, was extradited from Florida and entered a guilty plea to third-degree welfare fraud, a felony, the Ulster County District Attorney's Office announced Monday.
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Popularity of Catskill swimming hole proves problematic

The area known as the Peekamoose Blue Hole, in Ulster County, has always been popular.
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Swimming Hole Becomes Magnet for People - and Trash

Blue Hole , a popular swimming hole in the town of Denning, Ulster County, is seeing the effects of having too many people. With up to 700 people crowding into the area on a single day, which has led to an increase in glass bottles, other trash and human waste.
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Catskills swimming hole has become too popular; DEC tells visitors to go elsewhere

The area known as the Peekamoose Blue Hole , in Ulster County, has always been popular. But New York's Department of Environmental Conservation says crowds of people started coming in 2015 after social media and websites touted it as a top swimming hole in the nation.
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Saturday, June 17, 2017

Police: Man shot in back in Kingston

... ill be kept in strict confidence. Kingston police said state police, Town of Ulster police, personnel from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, and personnel from the Ulster County District Attorney's Office assisted with the investigation Saturday.
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Thursday, June 15, 2017

Commission recommends Sullivan County have an elected county executive

... members, some of the most compelling reasons for making the switch had to do with the improvements in Ulster County after voters approved the change from manager to executive in 2006. Mike Hein was elected as Ulster's first county executive in 2008. ...
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Commission recommends Sullivan change to county executive government

... current and past legislators and officials of Sullivan County and outside advisers, as well as officials from Ulster County, which already went through the transition from a county administrator to a county executive and county comptroller ...
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Marine gets 15 years for burglary, sexual abuse

... helpless, according to Katherine Van Loan of the Special Victims Bureau, who prosecuted the case for the Ulster County District Attorney's Office. "It is especially disheartening when a member of the military, who has endeavored to protect all of ...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Marine gets 15 years for burglary, sexual abuse

... helpless, according to Katherine Van Loan of the Special Victims Bureau, who prosecuted the case for the Ulster County District Attorney's Office. “It is especially disheartening when a member of the military, who has endeavored to protect ...
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Should I Sell My Mutual Fund To Go Solar?

... have just launched Solarize Rondout Valley , a campaign open to residential and commercial building owners in Ulster County. Solarize campaigns are designed to make it easier and cheaper to go solar. While defensive stock market investments are my ...
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Fire reported at grocery store in Accord

Firefighters in Ulster County are responding to a reported structure fire at the Rondout Valley Grocery at 5060 Route 209.
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Blooming Grove OKs regulating short-term rentals

... rentals) should be paying a lodging tax,” Hawvermale said. “No question about it.” Ulster County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach, who's been working to develop what he calls a 21st century bed tax for short-term rentals, said what ...
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Monday, June 12, 2017

Race for Fasoa s 19th District seat in 2018 already heating up

Rep. John Faso won the race to represent the 19th Congressional District on Nov. 8, 2016, beating his Democratic opponent, Zephyr Teachout, by nearly 25,000 votes in a hard-fought match flooded with cash.
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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Esopus man arrested, accused of sexually assaulting 4-year-old girl

KINGSTON A 60-year-old Town of Esopus man, Michael Terpening, was arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl, the Ulster County District Attorney's Office said.
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Friday, June 9, 2017

Ulster to sue drug companies over role in opioid crisis

KINGSTON – Add Ulster County to the list of counties suing drug companies over their role in the opioid drug crisis.
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Sheriff: Napanoch man failed to register as sexual offender

The Ulster County Sheriff's office said deputies in April had tried to verify the address of Clarence A. Perrineau, 50, of Napanoch, who is a level 2 sexual offender.
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Train spills hydrochloric acid in Upstate NY town, prompting shelter in place alert

... spotted vapors coming from one of the cars on a southbound train, also a CSX train, as it was crossing into Ulster County. As of late Tuesday, CSX officials were unable to provide information as to how much hydrochloric acid was in the train car, ...
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Kingston man faces weapon possession charges

... rth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned in Kingston City Court and sent to Ulster County Jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond, pending a future court appearance.
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Seventh Democrat files to challenge Faso in NY-19

... first year in Washington. Pat Ryan, a 35-year-old New York City man (he and his wife are planning a move to Ulster County soon) with deep roots in Kingston, said in an interview on Tuesday that he is being spurred to run by political events that ...
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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Warning issued after train car found to be leaking hydrochloric acid vapors

... spotted vapors coming from one of the cars on a southbound train, also a CSX train, as it was crossing into Ulster County. As of late Tuesday, CSX officials were unable to provide information as to how much hydrochloric acid was in the train car, ...
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State: Debris from NYPD firing range dumped in upstate yard

... officers made the arrests last week after watching the drivers dump their loads on a property in the Ulster County hamlet of Kerhonkson where a couple lives with their four young children. The couple had advertised online for clean fill to give ...
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Indictment: Newburgh man recklessly shot girlfriend in face

An Ulster County Grand Jury has indicted a Newburgh man on a felony assault charge that he recklessly shot his girlfriend in the face.
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State: Debris from NYPD firing range dumped in upstate yard

Four truck drivers have been charged with illegally dumping hazardous debris from a New York City police firing range in the yard of an upstate family seeking clean fill. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports state Department of Environmental Conservation enforcement officers made the arrests last week after watching the drivers dump their loads on a property in the Ulster County hamlet of Kerhonkson where a couple lives with their four young children.
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Woman charged with stealing $6,600 from seniora s safe

... with third-degree grand larceny, a felony. She was arraigned before Village Justice Matthew Parker and sent to Ulster County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail pending further court action.
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State: Debris from NYPD firing range dumped in upstate yard

Four truck drivers have been charged with illegally dumping hazardous debris from a New York City police firing range in the yard of an upstate family seeking clean fill. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports state Department of Environmental Conservation enforcement officers made the arrests last week after watching the drivers dump their loads on a property in the Ulster County hamlet of Kerhonkson where a couple lives with their four young children.
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Traffic stop leads to drug charges for Kingston man

KINGSTON A Kingston man faces felony drug charges after Ulster County Sheriff's deputies stopped him for a traffic infraction.
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Ulster Park man faces charges in domestic dispute

ESOPUS The Ulster County Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested an Ulster Park man Sunday night after he damaged a residence during a domestic dispute.
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Monday, June 5, 2017

Kingston Catholic School to split between 2 campuses

... transfer their children to that school. Kingston Catholic will now be the only Catholic elementary school in Ulster County. Kingston Catholic has 250 students, St. Joseph, 146. The head of the union representing teachers at St. Joseph School ...
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Democrat Antonio Delgado makes NY-19 bid official

... does not have a primary challenger at this time, are: Delgado, Brian Flynn of Greene County, Steven Brisee of Ulster County, Gareth Rhodes of Ulster County and Sue Sullivan of Ulster County. Delgado, 40, said in an interview that while he's thought ...
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Saturday, June 3, 2017

Millennials fuel recent rise in tourism in mid-Hudson

... people tourism was an industry,” said Susan Hawvermale, Orange County's tourism director. Spending from Ulster County's 2.5 million visitors increased for the sixth straight year in 2015, rising to $533 million, up $19 million over 2014, ...
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Friday, June 2, 2017

Self-Described Most Environmentally County in NY to Honor Paris Accord

Ulster County will honor the intentions of the Paris Accord despite President Donald Trump moving to withdraw the U.S. from the agreement, said Ulster County Exective Mike Hein. Hein added his county is the most evironmentally friendly county in the state with notable environmental accomplishments like getting 100 percent of electricity from renewable sources and becoming net carbon neutral.
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the People of the State of New York v. Collin Lambert

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County , rendered October 14, 2014, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of robbery in the third degree . Pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant waived indictment and pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery in the third degree as charged in a superior court information.
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Stone Ridge man faces drug possession charge

The Ulster County Sheriff's Office said deputies stopped a vehicle driven by Andrew W. Rea, 24, of Stone Ridge, at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday on Hurley Mountain Road in the Town of Ulster for a traffic violation.
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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Families saddened over St. Josepha s Catholic School closing

... The move will leave Kingston Catholic School, a couple miles away, as the only Catholic elementary school in Ulster County. But that might not be a viable option for all St. Joseph's parents. Matthews said his daughter sent his grandson to St. ...
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