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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 - 11:28 pm
Above: “Panther Mountain” by Ethan Myers. A runner-up in our 2013 Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest. Join a guided hike up Panther Mountain on October 10th as part of the 2013 Lark in the Park.
It's perfect season in the Catskills: Blue... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 30, 2013 - 1:08 pm
So that's how they pick those things up. Above: Lazy Crazy Acres, cow-to-cone gelato makers in Arkville, make hay while the sun shines.
Happy Monday, Catskills. We're just about at the midpoint of leaf turning this week, according to the foliage spotters... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 27, 2013 - 11:52 am
Photo of empty post office box by Flickr user Bryan Alexander. Published under Creative Commons license.
In news, timing is critical. As the old reporter's saying goes: Yesterday's news wraps today's fish.
No wonder River Reporter managing editor Jane... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2013 - 11:58 pm
Above: Work begins in earnest at the Phoenicia Library this week, gutted by fire in March of 2011 and currently occupying a temporary space on Ava Maria Drive. According to a newsletter from library director Liz Potter, restoration work on the building is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 23, 2013 - 9:48 am
Above: A video produced by Sean Eldridge's campaign, announcing the 27-year-old Democrat's bid for New York State's 19th Congressional district. Source: Eldridge's campaign website.
With the release of a campaign video Sunday, 27-year-old Democrat Sean... Read more
By Julie McMahon on Monday, Sep. 16, 2013 - 10:44 am
Photo illustration. The reservoir in the background is the Pepacton in Delaware County; photo by Timothy Cox, shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
Since 9/11, the number of Department of Environmental Protection police officers in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 13, 2013 - 3:57 pm
Above: Deputy John Demeo and K-9 Osman "Ozzie" Steele, the Delaware County Sheriff's Office's newest drug law enforcement team. Ozzie is the namesake of a famous Catskills officer of the law: Undersheriff Osman Steele, who was the only casualty of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 12, 2013 - 3:45 pm
A round of intense thunderstorms is headed east across upstate New York this afternoon. We're keeping track of fast-moving Catskills weather updates in the Storify post below. As we add new updates, the latest news will automatically appear at the bottom... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 12, 2013 - 10:53 am
In the unlikely event that you've lost power and are still able to read this post, keep your fridge door shut, say officials at Delaware County Public Health Services, who sent out a press release this morning warning that food can spoil quickly when the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2013 - 10:09 am
Five Delaware County towns held primary elections on Tuesday: Andes, Colchester, Delhi, Kortright and Middletown. Unofficial results are in for all five, although two races are close enough that absentee ballots that have yet to be counted could shift the... Read more
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