A Phoenicia woman was charged with second-degree murder Friday night after, Ulster County Sheriff’s deputies said, she killed an as-yet-unidentified victim with what deputies called “a combination of alcoholic beverages and prescription drugs.”
Fruition Chocolate of Shokan has taken home the title of Best in Competition at London’s International Chocolate Awards, meaning a local, Catskills-based company has been crowned one of the best chocolate-makers in the world.
The proposition to increase taxes for the Phoenicia Library was narrowly defeated at the polls, 634 to 613.
Woodstock Way, the 24-unit “eco cabin motel” that its owners hope will replace a half dozen Airbnb cabins beside Tannery Brook behind the Center for Photography, was subject to several design compromises and other changes set forth by the Woodstock planning board last week. A public hearing will be held next month.
As home-sharing services such as Airbnb and HomeAway continue to be popular in Ulster County, municipalities are acting to establish regulatory oversight, while the county moves toward collecting a bed tax from short-term home rentals.
“People see us at rallies and think we’re CMRR [Catskill Mountain Rail Road]. We’re salt and they’re pepper — two different groups working toward the same goal.”
The Keegan Bell, revealed during the construction of the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center is about to return home.
Phoenicia Plaza, the little shopping center located on Route 28 a mile east of Phoenicia, has been vacant since a fire left the storefronts damaged near the end of last winter. Now that repairs have been completed, businesses are lining up to open in the plaza.
Hardly any audience was on hand as the Woodstock Way proposal for a 24-unit lodging establishment in the center of the hamlet inched forward.
WDST argued that having another radio station in Woodstock with Woodstock in its name would cause brand confusion.