Shandaken News

As recommended by a local media activist, Woodstock will retain the services of an outside consultant to assist the town in negotiating a new, ten-year franchise agreement with Time Warner, the area's principal provider of cable-based television and Internet services.

Kingston Equipment Rental of West Hurley was awarded a contract for state road repairs in Ulster County by the New York state Department of Transportation.

"I tried being stupid, but it didn't work." - Joel Oppenheimer Did you see the cloud shaped like a thimble over Boiceville last Tuesday? A Letter Dear Articulate Observer: In November, the sun gets brighter because the leaves no longer block it.

Today is a major holiday launch for all things holiday-related in the noncommercial realm of firehouses, libraries, church halls and historical societies.

One of the best things to have come up as part of this past year's Quadricentennial celebration of Henry Hudson's trip up our river, and the big-ticket opening ceremonies for the Walkway over the Hudson last month, was the joint efforts of 50 artists from Dutchess and Ulster County municipalities, who created 36-inch circular emblems representing ...

The state Department of Transportation will spend $1.4 million next year to repair deficiencies on three Ulster County roads.

An upcoming public hearing is expected to clarify Woodstock's options for providing high-speed Internet access to town residents who lack such service and its benefits, which include the ability to telecommute to jobs outside the immediate area and operate home-based businesses.

PHOENICIA - A reception will be held from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday at Ulster Savings Bank's 58 Main St.

Craig Thompson bakes delicious confections in the Catskills. The Insider profiles emerging tastemakers in the fields of fashion, design, food, travel and the arts.

Billy McDowell of Shandaken has been appointed operations manager at the Emerson Resort & Spa.

Call it "Mr. Doom and Gloom" vs. "Mr. Brightside" in the race for the Second Ward Common Council seat, which pits realtor and attorney Jon Hoyt against incumbent alderman and Democratic Party pro Tom Hoffay.

Ulster resort promotes maintenance worker - Emerson Resort & Spa in Mount Tremper promoted Billy McDowell to operations manager.

SHANDAKEN -- Environmental groups worry that two years after the state announced a deal that would allow a major Catskill Mountains resort, 1,200 acres of environmentally sensitive land has yet to be protected.

Following a decision by Verizon to deactivate a pay phone on Route 28, in Big Indian, an area that has little to no access to cellular communications, Ulster County Executive Mike Hein persuaded Verizon to reverse its decision.

Nearly seven months after the $787 billion federal stimulus package was signed into law, less than 4 percent of the $50 million allocated for highway and bridge projects in Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties has been spent, despite the rush to pump cash into the sagging economy, state records show.

Last night I was visiting my daughter in her room when we noticed a bug crawling on her bed.

The Central Catskills Collaborative will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday to begin the development of the Corridor Management Plan for the nomination of a 50-mile stretch of state Route 28 as a Scenic Byway.

A Kerhonkson man drowned while tubing on the Esopus Creek Sunday. Shandaken police said the victim, Peter DeBaum, 58, fell from his tube in strong rapids near the Sleepy Hollow Campground in Phoenicia.

SHANDAKEN, N.Y. - A 55-year-old man is dead after a tubing accident on a Hudson Valley creek.

KINGSTON After a heated debate Wednesday evening, members of the Ulster County Legislature remain undecided about granting Crossroads Ventures a license to allow them to develop a crossing point between two of their parcels of land over a county owned railroad in the Town of Shandaken.