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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 - 4:50 pm
Above: A NYSEG power outage map at 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 10.
Update, Wednesday, Nov. 11: Power was on again in the Delaware County town of Bovina by 9 p.m. on Tuesday night. Power had been restored to all but two Delaware County NYSEG customers as of 9 a.m.... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 - 5:05 pm
Belleayre Mountain Ski Center will receive $1 million dollars to construct a new emergency medical facility on the ski mountain, New York State Senator James Seward announced on Monday, Nov. 9.
At a press conference held at the state-owned ski resort in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 - 7:17 pm
Above: The Flager in South Fallsburg in the 1950s Catskills. Image from 1950s Unlimited via Flickr.
To the wider world, the Catskills mean just one thing: The Borscht Belt, with its famous Jewish resorts that inspired the movie “Dirty Dancing.”
But... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 - 2:17 pm
Above: Story Laurie, the Andes storyteller and musician Laurie McIntosh, "sprouts like a seed" with Miss Mostert's kindergarten class in Delhi in 2013 as they write a song about germination. Photo courtesy of Harvest of Songs.
A set of songs written by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 - 10:42 am
2:25 p.m. update: A 75-year-old Shandaken woman was killed in a head-on crash on Route 28 in the Delaware County hamlet of Arkville at 6:17 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, according to a press release issued by the New York State Police.
Harriet A. Rauchut was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 - 4:53 pm
Above: Kraft macaroni and cheese. Photo by Mike Mozart, via Flickr.
A Kraft Heinz manufacturing plant in the Delaware County town of Walton that was slated for closure has been saved in an eleventh-hour deal struck by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Senator... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 - 4:08 pm
Above: Image by Allison McDonald via Flickr.
If you’re living in or passing through the Catskills and plan to give gifts to loved ones this holiday season, you have absolutely zero excuse for wrapping up a six-pack of sweat socks. (Unless, of course,... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 - 9:25 am
Above: Republican Chris Tague, shown above in a campaign image from his website, raised almost $20,000 in his successful bid to beat Schoharie County Town Supervisor Gene Milone on Nov. 3.
The political dynamics of Schoharie County were significantly... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 - 12:29 am
Above: Gary Rosa celebrates his election to the position of Delaware County Family Court Judge. Photo via the Vote for Gary Rosa Facebook page.
Gary Rosa has won a heated race for Delaware County's new family court judge position over county attorney... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 - 9:16 pm
The polls are closed across the Catskills, and we're following the returns as they come in using our Storify widget, below.
You can stalk your own results right along with us. Raw election results are being posted on the board of election websites for ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 - 11:58 am
It’s town and county election day in the Catskills, and incumbents and would-be elected officials are squaring off in over 100 local races spanning Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties.
Many town supervisors, town councilors and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 - 7:35 pm
Above: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Photo by Mike Mozart, via Flickr.
The Kraft Heinz Company, a giant food corporation that formed last summer when H. J. Heinz merged with Kraft Foods Group in a mammoth deal backed by Warren Buffett, will likely close a... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 - 10:53 am
The Delaware County Board of Supervisors, without much fanfare, has updated the county's ethics policy, which has been the subject of much controversy this year.
The board, at a Wednesday Oct. 28 meeting, passed a resolution adopting “The 2016 Ethics and... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 - 6:32 am
Above: Leigh Melander, owner of a lodge in Fleischmanns, argued against a proposed bed tax during a public hearing on Oct. 28. Photo by Robert Cairns.
After a run-up of weeks and a public hearing held on Wednesday, Oct. 28, the Delaware County Board of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 - 10:14 am
Above: KeyBank officials Charles Larsen and Jacquelyn Kahrs present a $2,000 check to Phoenicia Fire Chief Gary Carr. Photos contributed by Robin Kirk.
The staff of the KeyBank building that was gutted by fire in the Ulster County hamlet of Phoenicia on... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 - 4:24 pm
Above: One of the many creepy scenes at Night Terrors Haunted Farm in Schoharie.
Halloween is this Saturday, Oct. 31, and the Catskills are celebrating with costume bashes, trick-or-treat events, zombies, witches and more. Here’s our five county guide to... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 - 1:24 pm
Above: This artist's rendering shows what the proposed Delhi Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is expected to look like. The project includes a combination of renovation and new construction at the site of the former Delaware County Countryside Care... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 - 5:35 pm
Above: The Summit Shock Facility in the Schoharie County town of Fulton was closed in 2011. Photo via the New York State Office of General Services, via Flickr.
Over two dozen residents packed the Fulton Town Hall on Monday, Oct. 19 to express their... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 - 10:01 am
Above: Dennis Crowley, a founder of Foursquare, speaks at the Catskills Conf on Saturday, Oct. 24. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Luminaries in the tech world, including the founder of Foursquare and the managing director of Etsy, wore sweatshirts and flannel... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 - 2:46 pm
Above: Gov. Andrew Cuomo riding a motorcycle through the Catskills. Photo via the governor's press office, via Flickr.
Riding on a motorcycle in a leather jacket through the peak of the Catskills fall colors, Gov. Andrew Cuomo led a procession of bikers... Read more
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