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By Paula Ann Mitchell on Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2015 - 11:36 am
It takes luck, miracles and a hero or two to make a music festival happen. That’s how Maria Todaro sees the sequence of events leading up to the annual Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, which begins today, Wednesday, July 29.
In mid-July, the... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2015 - 3:36 pm
The New York State Fair has banned sales of merchandise bearing the Confederate battle flag, but the Delaware County Fair will not follow suit.
The flag, the best-known symbol of the southern rebellion in the U.S. Civil War, became more divisive than at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 24, 2015 - 2:13 pm
Above: A rendering of the drilling incident that caused muddy discharge at the base of the Cannonsville Dam, according to the NYC DEP. Source: NYC DEP.
The Cannonsville Dam isn’t leaking, an investigation by the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Jul. 24, 2015 - 12:51 pm
Above: Contractors work on the rehabilitation of Delhi's Kingston Street bridges. The bridges carry Route 28 over the West Branch of the Delaware River. Photo by Robert Cairns.
The mayor of the Delaware County village of Delhi says that work on the main... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 24, 2015 - 8:33 am
If you're a regular at Dahlia's Delights, a White Sulphur Springs ice-cream-and-sandwich stand, you may hear yourself on National Public Radio this weekend.
NPR's Weekend Edition is profiling snack stands across the country, and is working with local... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Thursday, Jul. 23, 2015 - 5:17 pm
Above: A police officer making a drunk driving arrest. Photo by Flickr user Jeffrey Smith.
Delaware County will have a full-time prosecutor for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) cases following action of the county's board of supervisors on Wednesday, July... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 23, 2015 - 10:05 am
Above: A mountain biker races in Hurley in 2013. Photo by Tim Kleeger of Fats in the Cats.
The Catskill Mountains were made for road cycling and mountain biking, with miles of paved, lightly trafficked roads and rugged mountain trails. For those who love... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015 - 4:46 pm
People riding ATVs on Post Hill Road in the Sullivan County hamlet of Mountaindale discovered the remains of a human body on Friday, July 17, according to the Times Herald-Record:
The remains of the body ... were so badly decomposed, all that was left... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015 - 3:58 pm
Above: A rough beginning of a wood sculpture of a bear made by Samsonville wood artist Hoppy Quick. Quick will be at the Catskill Forest Festival this weekend. Photo via Hoppy Quick's Facebook page.
Woodchips will fly in Margaretville's village park on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015 - 11:34 am
Above: Brisket, pulled pork, chicken and ribs at Catskill Mtn. BBQ in Grand Gorge. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Barbecue fans will drive long distances for their fix of smoked pork belly and brisket. Here’s where to get barbecue in the Catskills.
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 - 9:57 am
Above: Adam Cross, left, the code enforcement officer for the town of Lexington, and Kim Do, a part-time Lexington resident who helped compose the "Broadband Anthem," at the Broadband Pep Rally on July 18. Photo by Julia Reischel.
A boisterous crowd of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 20, 2015 - 3:08 pm
Above: The Cannonsville Dam, looking upstream toward the Cannonsville Reservoir. The dam’s release chamber is a rock structure surrounded by a road on the righthand side of the image. Muddy water began flowing into the West Branch of the Delaware River... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Jul. 17, 2015 - 2:42 pm
Above: Steve Earle at the 2014 season of Camp Copperhead at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian. Photo by Michael Bloom via the Camp Copperhead website.
Steve Earle fans are eagerly awaiting the second edition of Camp Copperhead, a four-day songwriting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 16, 2015 - 4:36 pm
A black bear cub that got its head stuck in a plastic jar was freed by Greene County DEC conservation officers after a four-hour stakeout in the Catskills hamlet of Palenville on June 30.
The cub, stumbling blindly with its head stuck in a large opaque... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Wednesday, Jul. 15, 2015 - 6:22 pm
Above: Clams casino at Maplehurst, a new Italian restaurant in Roxbury. Photo by Rebecca Andre.
New eateries are popping up across the Catskills -- so many, in fact, that we can't list them all in one story. In Delaware County alone, in the central and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 13, 2015 - 10:17 am
Above: Belleayre Beach at Pine Hill Lake in July 2014. Photo by Jonathan Garin.
In the Catskills, there’s a secret swimming hole in almost every town. (If you ask nicely, a local may point you in the right direction.) Here are a few of the best known... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jul. 11, 2015 - 12:58 am
In one of his final acts as New York State's top environmental official, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens acted on Friday to allow the long-awaited Belleayre Resort project in the Catskills to move forward.
In a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 10, 2015 - 11:07 am
A 62-year-old man was killed after being hit by a car on Route 52 in the Sullivan County village of Jeffersonville on Wednesday, July 8, police say.
Daniel Doherty, who lived in Jeffersonville, entered Route 52 near Willy Ave. and was struck by a 2012... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 9, 2015 - 9:47 pm
A second person has been charged in connection with a Tennessee man's plot to attack Islamberg, a Muslim community in the Catskills, according to federal prosecutors.
Robert R. Doggart, a 63-year-old former congressional candidate, was arrested on April... Read more
By Jenna Scherer on Thursday, Jul. 9, 2015 - 9:58 am
Above: Can puppets save a small town from depopulation? Photo from a blog post by Shannon Hayes about the West Fulton Puppet Festival.
Puppets: They're mightier than you think. Though made of fragile substances like felt, sticks and paper, their delicate... Read more
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