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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 - 1:43 pm
Above: A paddler heads down to the shore of the Pepacton Reservoir during the 2014 boating season. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
In the three years since the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opened four of its upstate... Read more
By Jenna Scherer on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 - 10:21 am
David Becker released "To Be Forever Wild," a documentary film about the Catskills, in the summer of 2014. The project has been four years in the making—we interviewed Becker back in 2012 about his plans for the film, which was shot and edited... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 - 1:02 pm
Former congressional hopeful Sean Eldridge has drawn the ire of the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) with his comments about economic development in the New York City watershed.
Eldridge, a Democrat, lost the race for New York State's 19th... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 - 11:29 pm
Republican Congressman Chris Gibson kept his seat in New York's 19th Congressional District with large leads over Democratic challenger Sean Eldridge on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
In a statement emailed to the press at 10:42 p.m. on election night, Eldridge... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 - 3:00 pm
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters go to the polls to decide who will win the race for New York's 19th Congressional District: incumbent Republican Congressman Chris Gibson or Democratic challenger Sean Eldridge.
Gibson, who was first elected in 2010, once... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014 - 3:58 pm
Halloween is a whole week of festivities this year. The fearsome fun began last weekend and continues through the big day itself on Friday, Oct. 31 and beyond.
Here's our guide to Catskills Halloween events for Oct. 30 - Nov. 2.
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By New York City Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014 - 12:10 pm
Proposed Salary Range: $61,238.00 - $80,883.00 (Annual)Work Location: 71 Smith Avenue, Kingston, NY
Working in the Watershed Water Quality Operations, in the Kingston Pathogen Laboratory, the Associate Laboratory Microbiologist II will report to the... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 - 2:42 pm
Above: A promo for Haunted Huguenot Street, New Paltz's annual spookfest, featuring "Mrs. Gertrude Deyo-Brodhead’s infamous Murder Mystery parties at the Deyo House." Tours, spirit readings and ghost stories all weekend.
It’s the darkening evening of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 - 12:32 pm
Above: Andes Central School's tiny graduating class of 2014. Photo by Joe Damone of Joe Damone Photography.
A long-stalled conversation about sharing school services is being revived at a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the Delaware County village of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 - 1:47 pm
Up here in the Catskills, in the heart of New York City's vast rural watershed, it's impossible to forget that one lives in the middle of the city's water supply. The city's huge reservoirs dominate the landscape. Watershed affairs dominate local... Read more
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