accord: Shawangunk Ridge Fire
- 04/20/08 09:10 AM
Excerpt from a 'Daily Freeman' article: Two days after a 30-acre brush fire in Minnewaska state park was reported under control, the flames have spread to scorch 3,000 acres. The 20,000-acre park and part of U.S. Route 44/state Route 55 have remained closed, and over 245 personnel from various state and local agencies were on the scene Saturday, trying to beat back the blaze. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19500830&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6 I was driving on Stonykill Road in Accord on Friday, having watched the smoke cloud since the day before from a distance. The site was staggering if not surreal. I could see the flames above the (2 comments)
Hi, my name is Sophie. I always read my dad's blog about Real Estate and Restaurants and why people should come to Ulster County. And that's all great and good but then I thought, wait a minute! What about US? I live here too - and very comfortably. So, I see it as my duty to inform all my fellow kanines about what YOU can do around here. I'm pretty busy so let's get started: First of all, let me tell you something, I've been to Central Park once, a few years ago and I kinda liked it but that's nothing (4 comments)