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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 16, 2014 - 11:50 am
A fierce storm that blew through the tiny Sullivan County hamlet of Parksville on Sunday, July 13 has been determined to be a tornado, National Weather Service meteorologists say.
A team from the NWS's Binghamton office, whose territory includes Sullivan... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2014 - 6:55 pm
Post by The Festive Owl.
Above: A Hudson Project festgoer earns her 15 minutes of Internet fame, as she shrieks at the river of trash and belongings running through her campsite. Source: The Festive Owl's Facebook page.
It was billed as the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2014 - 12:27 pm
Dear Editor:
The quality of life of so many people within earshot of the New York Safety Track in Davenport has been compromised. The New York Safety Track is a noise nuisance. Some residents, the lucky ones, have abandoned their homes for the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2014 - 12:25 pm
To the editor:
I am writing to urge you to print the press release printed below, reflecting the citizen response to the Supreme Court Ruling of July 8, 2014, in the matter of Ballard et al vs New York Safety Track, LLC.
As an American citizen and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 14, 2014 - 7:09 pm
A Delaware County judge has refused to hold the Harpersfield-based New York Safety Track (NYST) and its manager, Greg Lubinitsky, in contempt for allegedly violating a declaratory judgement that prohibited racing, automobiles, large engines, and large... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Monday, Jul. 14, 2014 - 10:29 am
Above: Musicians performing at the Catskills Irish Arts Week. Photo by Timothy H. Raab, from the Catskills Irish Arts week Facebook page.
Fervid followers of traditional Irish music and dance descend on East Durham this week for the twentieth annual... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Friday, Jul. 11, 2014 - 12:00 pm
Charles “Sonny” Somelofski of Catskill Outdoor Adventures in Margaretville (catskilloutdooradventures.com), remembers when the licensing process to become an outdoor guide in New York state was a simple paper questionnaire with a $2 fee that asked whether... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Thursday, Jul. 10, 2014 - 2:48 pm
Locals are gearing up for traffic, crowds and delays this weekend as the Hudson Project, a new music and arts festival in the tradition of Woodstock, kicks off in Saugerties.
Legions of hippies and hipsters — an estimated 20,000 a day — will flood 800-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 10, 2014 - 1:48 pm
The regional authority that runs Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in the Catskills, along with Gore and Whiteface in the Adirondacks, has some troubling financial problems, according to a new audit released Wednesday by the New York State Comptroller's... Read more
By Janel Bladow on Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2014 - 3:21 pm
For a few days in July, the legendary Borscht Belt musical comedian and Ziegfeld Follies superstar Fanny Brice returns to the Catskills -- at least in spirit.
Actress and singer Patricia Dell stars in the upcoming one-woman show “One Night With Fanny... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2014 - 12:35 pm
Tom Crucet built a 65-foot-tall rappelling tower in Phoenicia because he knew it would be fun. Thirty years later, it still is.
“It’s one of the joys of my life,” says Crucet, who is a lawyer by trade and has been a town justice for 17 years. “I loved... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 8, 2014 - 4:41 pm
Look out, Catskills: Yet another round of thunderstorms is taking aim at the region, with the possibility of high winds, damaging hail and even the chance of a tornado.
As of late Tuesday afternoon, a line of storms is organizing in western New York and... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Monday, Jul. 7, 2014 - 6:21 pm
Above: As part of Hanford Hills Museum’s Independence Day festivities they had a 3 horsepower Novo engine powering a Dickson’s improved ice cream churn (seen above operated by Amanda Osborn and Cory Young.)
Above: Young entrepreneurs in Phonecia set up... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Monday, Jul. 7, 2014 - 2:25 pm
A horrific multi-car accident on I-90 last Friday left two people dead, including a South Cairo resident, and two others injured.
Shortly before midnight on Friday, July 4, State Police, Fire, EMS and Thruway Authority responded to an accident on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 3, 2014 - 6:39 pm
Hanover Farms, a Route 28 farmstand that has been embroiled in legal battle with the town of Shandaken since 2012, is looking for a fresh start -- a new town, and a new name.
Outside the shuttered farmstand, a new sign has appeared, announcing that the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 3, 2014 - 5:40 pm
Stucki Embroidery, a small business in the Ulster County hamlet of Boiceville, has been sewing the stars onto American flags since 1973. A decade ago, Stucki stars decorated every flag sold in Wal-Marts across the United States.
But the stars no longer... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Thursday, Jul. 3, 2014 - 4:22 pm
The storm that swept across the region Wednesday resulted in major flooding and brought down trees and power lines across Sullivan and Ulster Counties.
Sullivan County
Officials from the Sullivan County Highways & Bridge Department said County Routes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 3, 2014 - 1:23 pm
The forecast for Fourth of July weekend in the Catskills looks bright and clear -- but before Friday arrives with cooler temps and sunnier skies, another round of intense thunderstorms has the region under flash flood watch.
All five of the Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 2, 2014 - 7:15 pm
Heavy rains and thunderstorms on Wednesday afternoon caused major flash flooding in the Sullivan County village of Jeffersonville, and widespread power outages across the region.
The flooding in Jeffersonville was intense enough to bring swift-water... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Wednesday, Jul. 2, 2014 - 3:35 pm
Above: A screenshot picture of Senator Charles Schumer speaking Tuesday at the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center from a Times Herald-Record video of the press conference.
At a press conference held at the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center on Tuesday... Read more
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