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'Thankful For The Memories': Restaurant In Capital Region Announces Closure 'Thankful For The Memories': Restaurant In Capital Region Announces Closure
'Thankful For The Memories': Restaurant In Capital Region Announces Closure A well-reviewed Irish pub in the region has permanently closed after five years in business. Greene County eatery Murphy’s Law Public House – located in Leeds at 1147 Main Street – announced that it would not be reopening after its winter break. “It is with heavy hearts that the Murphy clan regrets to announce the difficult decision…” the business said in a Facebook post Tuesday, Jan. 16.  “Though we never had the intentions of running a restaurant, we feel blessed to have been a part of the experience here in Leeds.” Murphy’s Law Public House opened in 2019 serving up pub staples li…

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by Michael Mashburn
Lifestyle
‘Moan-Inducing’ Menu Lands NY Eatery On ‘Best New Restaurants In America’ List ‘Moan-Inducing’ Menu Lands NY Eatery On ‘Best New Restaurants In America’ List
‘Moan-Inducing’ Menu Lands NY Eatery On ‘Best New Restaurants In America’ List Food so good it evokes moans of pleasure? A New York restaurant was among 50 across the country to make Esquire’s “Best New Restaurants in America” list for 2023. Casa Susanna – located in the Greene County hamlet of Leeds, at the Camptown Hotel – was heralded as serving up the best Mexican food on the East Coast. To come up with the list, Esquire writers traveled the United States, trying nearly 200 new restaurants serving up all styles of cuisine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Casa Susanna (@casasusannacamptown) “After a se…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
VIDEO: 6 Tractor-Trailers Burst Into Flames At Trash Dump In Capital District VIDEO: 6 Tractor-Trailers Burst Into Flames At Trash Dump In Capital District
Video: 6 Tractor-Trailers Burst Into Flames At Trash Dump In Capital District Firefighters spent hours battling a large blaze that broke out at a trash dump in the region. Emergency crews in Greene County were called at around 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, with reports that several tractor-trailers had caught fire at the Catskill transfer station, located on Highway 385. Firefighters arrived to find six, 120 yard trailers that were filled with trash and on fire, the Catskill Fire Company said. Flames had already burned through the walls and frames of three trailers. Catskill fire was dispatched before 11pm for an unknown type fire in the area of the transfer sta…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Capital District Man Busted Two Days In A Row On Weapons Charges Capital District Man Busted Two Days In A Row On Weapons Charges
Capital District Man Busted Two Days In A Row On Weapons Charges Police nabbed a Capital District man two days in a row for allegedly threatening people while wielding weapons. Greene County resident Garrett Dunbar Jr., age 31, of Catskill, first caught the attention of troopers at around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, according to New York State Police. That’s when officers got a report of a man threatening several people with a knife at The Inn at Leeds restaurant on Main Street in Leeds, police said. Dunbar fled the scene before police arrived, but troopers later found him walking along Main Street and determined he was the man they were looking for, po…

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by Michael Mashburn