Kiamesha Lake News

Around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, Shane Reid, 25, of Kiamesha Lake was on Bank Street and drifted in the other lane and hit the tow truck, ripping off the driver side wheel of his pickup, police say.

Aides to Governor Paterson, senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and two state lawmakers met with Catskill casino supporters to discuss the possibility of Indian-run gaming resorts in the region.

We lost another one over the winter. Biggest of them all. The only real surprise is that it took so long to come down.

A commuter bus en route from Kiamesha Lake to Rockland County caught fire early Friday afternoon and burned up near exit 15A southbound on the Thruway.

Hurleyville-Sullivan First will hold its fourth annual "Bowling for Flowers" fundraising event beginning at 1 p.m. May 3 at Kiamesha Lanes in Kiamesha Lake.

Coachlight Square on the Hudson voluntarily agreed to the installation of a ramp for an elderly resident in the Montrose condominium complex after a review of the case, according to Daniel F. McCarthy, the condo complex's lawyer.

Three months ago, in a flush of exuberance, Westchester developer Louis Cappelli's company said not only would a $1 billion resort rise on the site of the former Concord hotel in Kiamesha Lake, but the steel-and-concrete frames of a new racino and hotel would be up for all to see with the first buds of April.

The assets of Leisure Time Spring Water will be sold to a Canadian company that promises to preserve most of the company's 50 jobs, thanks to a last-minute deal reached Friday afternoon in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Employees of financially crippled Leisure Time Spring Water Co. say the company took money out of their paychecks for weeks for medical insurance, but never paid their insurance provider.

It appears that either Leisure Time Spring Water Co. will be sold this month, or it will close and its assets will be sold off.

TOWN OF THOMPSON As part of the plan to develop a new Concord resort, racetrack and racino in Kiamesha Lake, developer Concord Associates plans to give the Town of Thompson five acres of land.

The operator of Leisure Time Spring Water has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reporting scores of debts to companies around the region.