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KINGSTON, N.Y. — An Ulster County jury on Friday found Joseph E. Karolys guilty of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault and attempting to bribe a witness for the Oct. 29, 2022 death of David “Mickey” Myer, finding that Karolys, “acting in concert” with others and with the intent to cause Myer “serious physical injury,” caused Myer’s […]

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A witness who served time in jail with Joseph E. Karolys testified in Ulster County Court Thursday, June 6, that Karolys bragged to him that he kicked David “Mickey” Myer so hard “he split his head open like a watermelon.”The witness said Karolys also implicated Michael Cummins in Myer’s death and said […]

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Michael Cummins testified Tuesday, June 4, in Ulster County Court that he doesn’t remember leaving the Greene County bar where he spent Oct. 28, 2022, with Joseph E. Karolys and other regulars who were partying there.He said he didn’t remember climbing into the back seat of a truck being driven by Karolys’ […]

1:  U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan calls for the resignation Wednesday of Charles Freni, president and chief executive officer of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ryan, a Democrat, blasts Central Hudson’s business practices and said Freni should quit. 2:  State Trooper Christopher Baldner will not face […]