Pine Hill News

ONEONTA _ Twenty-one of the 40 Ultimate Idol contestants who sang June 24 and Wednesday night have earned enough points from the three judges to sing at the semifinals under the white tent at the Foothills Performing Arts Center on July 22.

Four Pine Hill residents were arrested earlier this week allegedly for a string of burglaries in the Shandaken hamlet of Pine Hills and the Big Indian area, Shandaken police reported Friday evening.

Officials say a skydiver fell too fast and was knocked unconscious when she hit the ground in western New York.

"Instead of following sports, I follow religion. Every day, I read the paper to see who's winning: the Christians or the Muslims." - Samuel P. Huntington Did you see the cloud shaped like a Mahjong coin over Pine Hill last Tuesday? A Letter Dear Monsignor Sparrow: I try to drink as little soda as possible, to leave a small carbonated footprint.

Jewish Family Services and UlsterCorps are collecting oral histories of elderly Ulster County residents starting Memorial Day weekend as part of the Harvesting a Lifetime Living History Project.

"I am ironic even towards irony." - John Ashbery Did you see the cloud shaped like a Tuscan wine bottle over Pine Hill last Tuesday? A Letter Dear Knowledge-Accumulator: The best whittler I knew was Benson J. Bright.

So we've all been reading and hearing about certain media taking major hits of late.