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By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 6:43 pm
Above: Hundreds of rubber duckies take to the waters of Gooseberry Creek in the Tannersville Rubber Duck Race & Crazy Boat Race and Festival on May 25. Photo via the Great Northern Catskills website.
Memorial Day weekend in the Catskills abounds with... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 5:10 pm
Above: The Admiral's Dress Grey Caddis. Fly and photo by Anthony Ritter of Gone Fishing Guide Service.
Fishing is a Catskills tradition. The cold, bubbling streams are the birthplace of a distinctly American style of "dry fly" fishing. Catskills anglers... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 4:55 pm
“Two Boys and a Dog in East Meredith” by Cindy Dunne. Second place winner of the 2013 Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.
We could tell you where our favorite secret Catskills swimming holes are, but then we'd have to kill you. Odds are if... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 4:34 pm
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a flood watch for eastern New York and western New England, in effect through 8am Friday morning. In New York State, the watch covers Albany, Columbia, Greene and Ulster counties.
From a NY-Alert message... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 4:08 pm
Train travel in the Catskills these days is more about recreation than transportation. Alas, only a few working segments still remain of the old Ulster and Delaware Railroad, which once traversed the Catskills from Kingston to Oneonta, ferrying coal and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 3:38 pm
Photo from Bridle Hill Farm.
Want to see the mountains from a higher perch? The stunning vistas of the Catskills are always just a fraction more scenic from horseback. It's science.
Ashokan Riding ClubAll year round, proprietors Elene and Umberto Schoeps... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 2:59 pm
Ruins of the Overlook Mountain House. Photo by Jenna Scherer.
If you'd like a side order of history with your exercise, these spots offer plenty of food for thought along with the scenery.
Catskill Mountain House/Escarpment Trail This rambling loop offers... Read more
By Rich Muellerleile on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 2:44 pm
Photo taken on Cathedral Glen trail at Belleayre by Julia Reischel.
The Catskill Mountains provide myriad activities for the avid adventurer, but they can also be risky for the unwary. Two activities notorious for thrusting unsuspecting souls into... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 12:08 pm
Above: More than 100 people pack the Discovery Lodge at the Belleayre Ski Center for an informational meeting about proposed upgrades to the ski center, held by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on Wednesday, May 22. Photo by Lissa... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 10:49 am
"Here they come," writes Watershed Post reader Penny Johnson, who snapped this photo of cicadas emerging in a West Hurley garden at 8am this morning.
This year marks the emergence of Brood II, a group of 17-year cicadas in the Northeast that have spent... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 10:03 am
A man was injured by falling hail at a Roscoe campground on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center.
The man was trying to seek shelter in a bath house on the campground at around 1:35pm when... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 - 2:20 pm
On Tuesday, May 21, New York State voters went to the polls to decide the fate of local school budgets and elect members to school boards.
Most budgets throughout the five-county Catskills region passed. A few were voted down, and will now have 30 days to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 - 1:33 pm
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a tornado warning for south central Delaware County and northwestern Sullivan County, effective from 1:09pm to 1:45pm.
From a message posted on NY-Alert:
At 108 PM EDT...National Weather Service... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 - 1:23 pm
Dear Editor,
I wish to convey my support of the Catskill Mountain Rail Trail. There are many positive aspects of the rail trail project that I have heard through the voice of the community and our local politicians. I would like to offer you my personal... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 - 1:19 pm
Dear Editor,
I am writing to voice my support for the proposed Catskill Mountain Rail Trail. The corridor running from Kingston to Shokan, to Phoenicia, and beyond is ripe for this type of development. I know the Catskill Mountain Railroad has put in a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 21, 2013 - 1:53 pm
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch, effective until 9pm, for 45 counties in New York State as well as northwest Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont.
The NWS warns that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 21, 2013 - 12:11 pm
Photo from the scene posted on Facebook by the Fleischmanns Fire Department.
An early-morning fire destroyed an antiques and jewelry store on Route 28 in Arkville on Tuesday.
Local fire departments responded around 3:45am to the fire at Goldking Bennett... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 20, 2013 - 4:35 pm
Above: A state Department of Environmental Conservation map showing emerald ash borer distribution in New York State. For a larger version, visit the DEC's website.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Monday that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 20, 2013 - 2:39 pm
A head-on collision between an ambulance and a pickup truck on Route 32 left a paramedic seriously injured early Saturday morning .
The Mobile Life ambulance was traveling northbound on Route 32, driven by 43-year-old William Spadafora of Hurley, around 6... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 20, 2013 - 2:19 pm
Above: A mini-documentary on the wedding of William Warren and Renard Latour, shot by local filmmaker Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
New York State law barred William Warren and Renard Latour from marrying for almost four decades.
But when the... Read more
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